Abraham

Genesis 16 Sarai comes up with a plan to "help" God along with this whole child thing. They decide to get Abram a concubine and have a child through her! Hagar was her name. Hagar had a son with Abram and immediately starting looking down on Sarai, so Sarai started all getting in her face in verse 16. So Hagar flees and the Angel of the Lord appeared to Hagar and tells her to get back to Abram and Sarai, God promises to multiply her descendants through her unborn child.

Genesis 17 God ONCE AGAIN renews his promises to Abram.

Isn’t this how it goes with us???? We keep trying out our own plan, and God is left to constantly remind us that He loves us and is still with us???? It’s a good thing God got good with this early on because some of us really put Him to the test!

God decides to change Abrams name to Abraham and Sarai’s name to Sarah

Genesis 18-19 We have a very familiar event in the life of Abraham. It’s the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah by the hand of God and His angels. Abraham pleads for the cities, as he knows his nephew Lot and his family are there. So the angels of God rescue Lot and his wife and two daughters but they are commanded, as they flea, NOT TO LOOK BACK!!!!!!!! Lots wife disobeys and looks back at the destruction Chapter 19:26 and she is turned into a pillar of salt! BUMMER??? There’s a lot of ways to go, but you have to admit, God was creative on that one!

Salt????? I always thought it would be funny to have a salt lick for deer in the backyard, but have it be a life-size woman running...looking back...(Act it out)

It’s completely plausible that Lot and his daughters didn’t even know what happened at the time! They’re all running, they can’t look back to notice mom...they probably got to their destination and sat down to eat dinner, "Where’s mom?"

I don’t know, but can you pass the salt? Wow that joke just keeps giving. (salt lick pose)

Genesis 20 Abraham fears for his life, lies once again and says Sarah is his sister. This guy just doesn’t get it! God has offered him more than anyone in the bible, and he still battles with doubt and fear!

Genesis 22-25, Hebrews 11:17-9 God had given Abraham and Sarah a son, just like He had promised, His name was Isaac. Abraham is put to the ultimate test when God says he must sacrifice his son Isaac on an alter! At the last moment, God intervened and stopped him. SOMETIMES GOD JUST WANTS TO KNOW THAT WE ARE WILLING. God renews His covenant ONCE AGAIN with Abraham for his willingness to obey Him no matter what.

Genesis 23 Sarah dies

Genesis 25 Abraham dies at the age of 175 years old.

That was a brief overview. I love to study the Old Test and draw from peoples experiences so many years ago. It’s amazing how it is every bit as applicable now as it was then!

Lessons from the Life of Abraham

The call -- Islam claims him, Judaism claims him, Christianity claims him.

God, out of nowhere, clears His divine throat and spoke to this man...a man who came from a background of idol worshipers. He’s not introduced as being a particularly good or moral man! Noah was at least introduced as being "righteous".