“Abraham’s Everyday Faith”
1. How ______Abraham ______? "I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you." Genesis 12:2-3 (NIV)
“A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of Abraham:” Matthew 1:1 (NIV)
“Abraham answered, ‘God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.’ And the two of them went on together.” Genesis 22:8 (NIV)
2. Why ______It ______? “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-- 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9 (NIV)
3. Where ______We ______? "However, the days are coming," declares the LORD, "when men will no longer say, 'As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of Egypt,' 15 but they will say, 'As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of the north and out of all the countries where he had banished them.' For I will restore them to the land I gave their forefathers. Jeremiah 16:14-15 (NIV)
"Therefore say: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will gather you from the nations and bring you back from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you back the land of Israel again.'” Ezekiel 11:17 (NIV)
“Then the LORD your God will restore your fortunes and have compassion on you and gather you again from all the nations where he scattered you. 4 Even if you have been banished to the most distant land under the heavens, from there the LORD your God will gather you and bring you back.” Deuteronomy 30:3-4 (NIV) “The Bible is ONE Story”
We divided the Bible into 14 eras.
Era #1 – _CREATION_
Era #2 – The _PATRIARCHS_
Era #3 – The _EXODUS_
Era #4 – The _CONQUEST_
Era #5 – _JUDGES_
Era #6 – _KINGDOM_
Era #7 – _DIVIDED_ Kingdom
Era #8 – _CAPTIVITY_
Era #9 – The _RETURN_
Era #10 – The _SILENT_ Era
Era #11 – The _GOSPELS_
Era #12 – The _CHURCH_
Era #13 – _MISSIONS_
Era #14 – Last _DAYS_ & The New _BEGINNING_