“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_ .