Introduction:
His name appears in the Writings of the Prophets more than three hundred times. In this lesson we will see how God called him to follow Him, and why He called him.
Abram (later rename Abraham by God) was a descendant of Shem. Do you remember Shem, Ham and Japheth? They were the three sons of Noah. Between Shem and Abram, there were ten generations, just as there were ten generations between Adam and Noah. Abram's father's name was Terah, was an idol-maker.
Abram's wife's name was Sarai. "Now Sarai was barren; she had no children." (Gen. 11:30) Abram and Sarai had the same father, but not the same mother.Abram lived in a city named Ur, which was located in the country of Chaldea, known today as Iraq.
The Scriptures tell us that one day the Lord God revealed Himself to Abram and spoke with him. "The Lord had said to Abram, 'Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you.'" (Gen. 12:1)
What God asked Abram to do was extremely difficult, but God had plans to greatly bless him. God planned to make of Abram a new nation from which the prophets of God and the Savior of the world would arise. That is why God promised Abram saying, "I will make you into a great nation…and you will be a blessing…and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you."
"So Abram left, as the Lord had told him…Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Haran. He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan, and they arrived there." (Gen. 12:4-5)
Why did Abram obey God, turning his back on his father's home and religion and became a wanderer? He left everything he loved, his country, his wealth to go to an unknown land God had chosen for him. There is only one reason. Abram had confidence in God. Abram did not know where he was going, but he believed the word of the Lord which said, "Move out! If you move, I will greatly bless you!" Abram had confidence in God and left his country as the Lord God had told him. And God, in His faithfulness, led Abram to the land of Canaan, which today is called Palestine or Israel. Abram was seventy-five years old. His wife was sixty-five and childless. Could two elderly people have enough children and descendants to fill the land? How could this happen?
"I will make you into a great nation. You will be a blessing…and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you." (Gen. 12:2,3)
*Abraham'call and Lot: A lesson of choice
* (great lesson by ebibleteacher.com with trading cards, activities and games)
* (great lesson by ebibleteacher.com with trading cards, activities and games)
Boardgame to review the lesson
