PPT-Abraham encounters the God of Grace

1 What would you give up to follow God 2 What would you sacrifice for God By faith Abraham when God tested him offered Isaac as a sacrifice He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son even though God had said to him It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death. 9. -My God is Gracious. Genesis 21. Romans 5. My God is Gracious. Grace and Mercy…These two words are fundamental to our understanding of who our God is and how He interacts with His creation. My father helped me understand these two key words with the following definitions. Mercy is God not giving us what we deserve, while Grace is God giving us what we don’t deserve. In God’s mercy He forgives us of our sins and doesn’t cast us forever into hell. In God’s grace, He declares us righteous and makes us full members of His family and provides a new destiny, heaven. . Journal Issue 40 April 2012 1 of 3 www.redcliffe.org/ encounters Westerners’ I nvolvement in P rojects in Africa: Hindrance, Help or N ecessity? Dr Jim Harries , Author of Theory to Pract Journal Issue 36 March 2011 1 of 12 www.redcliffe.org/ encounters Believing in Grace Davie: what does she bring to an understanding of mission in Europe? Chris Ducker, Mission Partner , Moldova &# By:Tiarra Scott . Item Title. Decree in Runyon v. Dresser, [Law papers].. Author/Creator. Author:. . Lincoln, Abraham. Created/Published. November 23, 1843. Sangamon County, Illinois. Notes. Appears to be in Lincoln's hand.. Faith in God’s Provision. Genesis 22:1-19. God creates the world,. God creates man,. Man rebels against God,. Man begins to destroy himself,. God nearly destroys man,. God begins to save man,. Man tries to glorify himself,. Genesis 12-22. The age of the Patriarchs. (The beginning of the Hebrews). Abraham. Isaac. Jacob (Israel). Genesis 12-50. Main stories. The Call of Abraham & Covenant (. Ch. 12, 15, 17, 22. ). Patriarch in Trouble over wife (. What are some of the answers the world would give to this question? . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPbMQS73wV4. . Abraham. Moses. 430 Years. Old Testament. New Testament. 400 Years. Jesus’ Birth. Lets continue Chapter Fifteen!. Spanish Voyages:. They got lucky . Slow to the party, because they were preoccupied . Re-conquest, consolidation under one rule, and expulsions of Muslims. Christopher Columbus . A. Background.. 1. Abram “Father of Height.”. 2. 20. th. generation from Adam (Luke 3:34-38) 10. th. from Noah.. 3. Born 292 years after flood in “Ur of the . Chaldees. ” (Gen. 11).. 4. His father . Moses. The Jews believe that they can trace their roots back to one man – Abraham. . He lived nearly 4,000 years ago, in the country now known as Iraq.. Most people at the time worshipped many gods, this was known as ………….. : . Evidence for Faith. Sunday AM. : . Is One Faith as Good as Another?. Sunday PM: . Bible Authority. Monday: . The Blood of Christ. Tuesday: . Will Only Those in the Church of Christ be Saved?. Wednesday: . The . Bible . Course. Document #: TX001075. Abraham. Despite humanity’s sin, God chose to stay in relationship with humanity and chose a group of people to call his own, namely the Hebrew people. They would later be called the Israelites.. Ur, the birthplace of Abraham, was generally identified with the modern town of Mugheir in present-day Iraq. It is about 150 miles from the Persian Gulf and 875 miles from Egypt.. Elder Mark E. Petersen, who was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, explained that Abraham “mentions that the priest of Elkenah were also the priest of Pharaoh. The altar was obviously specially built for human sacrifice.. . “This Right Shall Continue in Thee, and in Thy Seed”. . . President Ezra Taft Benson said. : “. The responsibility of the seed of Abraham, which we are, is to be missionaries to ‘bear this ministry and Priesthood unto all nations’ (Conference Report, Apr. 1987, 107)..