When God calls you…. Genesis 12:1 -4

Genesis 12 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. 2 “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.” 4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Harran. 

#1 First calling of Abraham Location: Mesopotamia Acts 7: 2 To this he replied: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Harran.3 ‘Leave your country and your people,’ God said, ‘and go to the land I will show you.’ 4 “So he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Harran. 

#2 Second calling of Abraham Location: Harran Genesis 12: 31 But when they came to Harran, they settled there.

Genesis 12 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. 2 “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.” 4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Harran. 

#2 God Called Abram (Gen 12) #1 God called Abram(Acts 7)

Abrahamic Mission Personal Make your name great National A great nation Global All peoples will be blessed

Genesis 12 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. 2 “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.” 4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Harran. 

Your country Your people Father’s household

Genesis 12 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. 2 “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.” 4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Harran.  Plural Singular

Genesis 12 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. 2 “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.” 4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Harran. 

Abrahamic Mission Personal Make your name great National A great nation Global All peoples will be blessed

Genesis 11:1 Now the whole world had one language and a common speech Genesis 11:1 Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. 2 As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there. 3 They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. 4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”

Abrahamic Mission Personal Make your name great National A great nation Global All peoples will be blessed

When God calls you…. Genesis 12:1 -4 Trust Him totally No children

When God calls you…. Genesis 12:1 -4 Gen. 11:29 The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, …. 30 Now Sarai was childless because she was not able to conceive.  

When God calls you…. Genesis 12:1 -4 Trust Him totally No children No specific location

Genesis 12 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. 2 “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.” 4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Harran. 

When God calls you…. Genesis 12:1 -4 Trust Him totally

When God calls you…. Genesis 12:1 -4 Trust Him totally Obey Him totally

Genesis 12 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. 2 “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.” 4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Harran. 

When God calls you…. Genesis 12:1 -4 Trust Him totally Obey Him totally Old age is of no obstacle

When God calls you…. Genesis 12:1 -4 Trust Him totally Obey Him totally Old age is of no obstacle Leave the past behind

Genesis 11:10 This is the account of Shem’s family line. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.  11 And after he became the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.

Noah Shem 500 Arphaxad 100 950 600 11 10

  Gen. 5:32 After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham and Japheth. Gen. 9:29 Altogether, Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.

Genesis 11:10 This is the account of Shem’s family line. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.  11 And after he became the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.

Noah Shem 500 Arphaxad 100 950 600 11 10

12 When Arphaxad had lived 35 years, he became the father of Shelah 12 When Arphaxad had lived 35 years, he became the father of Shelah. 13 And after he became the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

Noah Shem 500 Arphaxad 100 Shelah 35 950 438 600 12 11 10

14 When Shelah had lived 30 years, he became the father of Eber 14 When Shelah had lived 30 years, he became the father of Eber. 15 And after he became the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

Noah Shem 500 Arphaxad 100 Shelah 35 Eber 30 950 433 438 600 12 11 10

16 When Eber had lived 34 years, he became the father of Peleg 16 When Eber had lived 34 years, he became the father of Peleg. 17 And after he became the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.

Noah Shem 500 100 Shelah 35 Eber 30 Peleg 34 950 464 433 438 600 14 13 Arphaxad 100 Shelah 35 Eber 30 Peleg 34 950 464 433 438 600 14 13 12 11 10

18 When Peleg had lived 30 years, he became the father of Reu 18 When Peleg had lived 30 years, he became the father of Reu. 19 And after he became the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.

Noah Shem 500 100 Shelah 35 Eber 30 Peleg 34 Reu 239 950 464 433 438 Arphaxad 100 Shelah 35 Eber 30 Peleg 34 Reu 239 950 464 433 438 600 15 14 13 12 11 10

20 When Reu had lived 32 years, he became the father of Serug 20 When Reu had lived 32 years, he became the father of Serug. 21 And after he became the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.

Noah Shem 500 100 Shelah 35 Eber 30 Peleg 34 Reu Serug 32 239 950 464 Arphaxad 100 Shelah 35 Eber 30 Peleg 34 Reu Serug 32 239 950 464 433 438 600 16 15 14 13 12 11 10

22 When Serug had lived 30 years, he became the father of Nahor 22 When Serug had lived 30 years, he became the father of Nahor. 23 And after he became the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.

Noah Shem 500 100 Shelah 35 Eber 30 Peleg 34 Reu Serug 32 Nahor 230 Arphaxad 100 Shelah 35 Eber 30 Peleg 34 Reu Serug 32 Nahor 230 239 950 464 433 438 600 16 15 14 13 12 11 10

24 When Nahor had lived 29 years, he became the father of Terah 24 When Nahor had lived 29 years, he became the father of Terah. 25 And after he became the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.

Noah Shem 500 100 Shelah 35 Eber 30 Peleg 34 Reu Serug 32 Nahor Terah Arphaxad 100 Shelah 35 Eber 30 Peleg 34 Reu Serug 32 Nahor Terah 29 148 230 239 950 464 433 438 600 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10

Terah Haran Abram Nahor Lot 26 After Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. 27 This is the account of Terah’s family line. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.  Terah Haran Abram Nahor Lot

28 While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, in the land of his birth. 

Terah Haran Abram Nahor Lot

#2 God Called Abram (Gen 12) Haran died #1 God called Abram(Acts 7)

Terah Haran Abram Nahor +Sarai + Milkah Iskah Lot 29 Abram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milkah; she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milkah and Iskah. Terah Haran Abram Nahor +Sarai + Milkah Iskah Lot

Terah Haran Abram Nahor +Sarai + Milkah Iskah Lot 30 Now Sarai was childless because she was not able to conceive. 31 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Harran, they settled there. Terah Haran Abram Nahor +Sarai + Milkah Iskah Lot

#2 God Called Abram (Gen 12) #1 God called Abram(Acts 7)

12:4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him 12:4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Harran. Acts 7:4 “So he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Harran. After the death of his father, God sent him to this land where you are now living. Gen 11:32 Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Harran.

Noah Shem 500 100 Shelah 35 Eber 30 Peleg 34 Reu Serug 32 Nahor Terah Arphaxad 100 Shelah 35 Eber 30 Peleg 34 Reu Serug 32 Nahor Terah 29 Abram 130 148 230 239 950 75 205 464 433 438 600 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10

11:26 After Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. Henry Morris and John Whitcomb paraphrased Genesis 11:26 as follows: “And Terah lived seventy years and begat the first of his three sons, the most important of whom (not because of age but because of the Messianic line) was Abram” (The Genesis Flood, 1961, p. 480).

Noah Shem 500 100 Shelah 35 Eber 30 Peleg 34 Reu Serug 32 Nahor Terah Arphaxad 100 Shelah 35 Eber 30 Peleg 34 Reu Serug 32 Nahor Terah 29 Abram 130 148 230 239 950 75 205 464 433 438 600 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10

Noah Shem 500 100 Shelah 35 Eber 30 Peleg 34 Reu Serug 32 Nahor Terah Arphaxad 100 Shelah 35 Eber 30 Peleg 34 Reu Serug 32 Nahor Terah 29 Abram 130 148 230 239 950 75 205 234 264 296 326 360 390 425 525 1025 464 433 438 600 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10

When God calls you…. Genesis 12:1 -4 Trust Him totally Obey Him totally Old age is of no obstacle Leave the past behind

When God calls you…. Genesis 12:1 -4 Trust Him totally Obey Him totally

When God calls you…. Genesis 12:1 -4 Trust Him totally Do you trust Him for your needs? Obey Him totally

When God calls you…. Genesis 12:1 -4 What do we do when God seems to withhold our heart’s desire? He is able to help us to love and trust Him enough to accept the delay with joy and to see it as an opportunity to develop these virtues—and to praise Him. —David Roper

When God calls you…. Genesis 12:1 -4 Trust Him totally Do you trust Him for your needs? Do you compromise in your choice of your life partner? Do you trust God with your future? Obey Him totally Do you obey Him in keeping yourself holy? Do you honor Him in your school, work? Do you postpone your obedience?

摩西 2060 BC 30 AD 2017 AD 1446BC Abrahamic Mission Personal Make your name great National A great nation Global All peoples will be blessed

When God calls you…. Genesis 12:1 -4 Trust Him totally Obey Him totally

Final parting words: Commit yourself to… A mission longer than your life. Blessing the nations Building a lasting legacy