GOD'S CALL TO ABRAM PART 1 (23 OF 64)
by Brad Whitt
Scripture: Genesis 12
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God's Call to Abram Part 1 (23 of 64)
Series: The Book of Beginnings Series
Brad Whitt
Genesis 12
We're looking here tonight at Genesis, chapter 12. Tonight, as we come to verse number one, we look and we notice God's Call to Abraham. As we do this, we're entering into a new division in the scriptures. The first 11 chapters of Genesis cover some 2,000 years of history in a rather rapid pace. There's creation, the fall, a genealogy, there's Noah and the flood, there's a listing of the descendants and nations from Noah. Then, if you remember last time we were together, we looked at the tower of Babel. Then, there was another genealogy to take care of the first 2,000 years of civilization in most of the first 11 chapters of the book of Genesis.
Beginning with the last few verses of chapter 11, the pace begins to slow rather dramatically. It takes the rest of the Old Testament to cover another 2,000 years. It takes the next 13 chapters of Genesis, which deals primarily with the life of a man by the name of Abraham, to cover the next 100 years. Tonight, we have the question, why the change of pace? Why, now, do we begin to focus on one man for such a large, long, section of scriptures? Here's why. Because now the message of the gospel is going to be given in a much more detailed form, a much more descriptive fashion.
The nation through whom the Messiah, the redeemer of all mankind, will come begins with this man by the name of Abraham. We see this in the covenant that God established with Abram or Abraham. By the way, can I just say this tonight? You're probably going to hear me say it either Abram or Abraham. We're talking about the same guy, all right? We're looking tonight at the Abraham. This covenant that God establishes is a covenant that you're going to begin to see next time that is very prominent in the biblical account of Abraham's life.
The major aspect of the covenant is the promise for the seed of Abraham. He is to be the father of all the ...
Series: The Book of Beginnings Series
Brad Whitt
Genesis 12
We're looking here tonight at Genesis, chapter 12. Tonight, as we come to verse number one, we look and we notice God's Call to Abraham. As we do this, we're entering into a new division in the scriptures. The first 11 chapters of Genesis cover some 2,000 years of history in a rather rapid pace. There's creation, the fall, a genealogy, there's Noah and the flood, there's a listing of the descendants and nations from Noah. Then, if you remember last time we were together, we looked at the tower of Babel. Then, there was another genealogy to take care of the first 2,000 years of civilization in most of the first 11 chapters of the book of Genesis.
Beginning with the last few verses of chapter 11, the pace begins to slow rather dramatically. It takes the rest of the Old Testament to cover another 2,000 years. It takes the next 13 chapters of Genesis, which deals primarily with the life of a man by the name of Abraham, to cover the next 100 years. Tonight, we have the question, why the change of pace? Why, now, do we begin to focus on one man for such a large, long, section of scriptures? Here's why. Because now the message of the gospel is going to be given in a much more detailed form, a much more descriptive fashion.
The nation through whom the Messiah, the redeemer of all mankind, will come begins with this man by the name of Abraham. We see this in the covenant that God established with Abram or Abraham. By the way, can I just say this tonight? You're probably going to hear me say it either Abram or Abraham. We're talking about the same guy, all right? We're looking tonight at the Abraham. This covenant that God establishes is a covenant that you're going to begin to see next time that is very prominent in the biblical account of Abraham's life.
The major aspect of the covenant is the promise for the seed of Abraham. He is to be the father of all the ...
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