PPT-Abraham Is Visited By God

Introduction Review the previous lesson and the verse Ask the children what they do when they have visitors If they serve anything or share a meal with them What is the best thing they like about having visitors at home . Moriah. . Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.’. “Early . the next morning Abraham got up and saddled his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about. On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. UNDERSTANDING . THE SCRIPTURES. ANTICIPATORY SET .  . Reading. of Genesis 11:27—13:20, the narrative of Abram. ’. s call. . God did not choose Abram because he was already what we would call a saint. . And the scripture was fulfilled that says,. "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness," and he was called God's friend. . (Jam 2:23). Mesopotamia Map. Haran. Ebla. 1800. Damascus. 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.. Some were preaching a different gospel - (Salvation through Jesus & the law of Moses. ). Not . really another gospel because there is only one gospel. A Perverted Gospel Is No Gospel At All. A Perverted Gospel Is No Gospel At All. 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 (. Genesis 22:1-19. Gary Hiebsch.  . ”aliens and strangers.”. “sojourners and pilgrims.”. I Peter 2:11. After . these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am. Genesis 12. Outline. Who was . Abraham?. . What is a . Covenant?. What was . Promised?. Explanation of what was Promised. Why do I need to know all this?. Is this the only time this promise occurs?. 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 ………….. 2 . and to him Abraham apportioned a tenth part of everything. He is first, by translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, that is, king of peace. . 3 . He is without father or mother or genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God he continues a priest forever. . Name later changed from Abram to Abraham.. Three world religions revere Abraham as the father of their faith:. Judaism . Christianity. Islam . Read Genesis 12:1-9. Question 1. How does God’s grace come through in each element of God’s promise to Abraham?. 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.. 16 . I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her.”. 17 . Abraham fell facedown; he laughed and said to himself, “Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?” . . “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)..