1. ABRAHAM GOD’S FOREVER FRIEND Romans 15:4- For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. ESV

2. 2 Chronicles 20:1 (NASB) - 1 Now it came about after this that the sons of Moab and the sons of Ammon, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat. 2 Chronicles 20:1 (NASB) - 1 Now it came about after this that the sons of Moab and the sons of Ammon, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat. 2 Chronicles 20:7 (NASB) - "Did You not, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and give it to the descendants of Abraham Your friend forever?” 2 Chronicles 20:7 (NASB) - "Did You not, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and give it to the descendants of Abraham Your friend forever?”

3. James 2:23 (NASB) and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "AND ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS RECKONED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS," and he was called the friend of God.

4. HE SURRENDERED HIS LIFE TO GOD Matthew 6:33 – “but seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” FIRST 1 Kings 17:13 (NASB) – “Then Elijah said to her, "Do not fear; go, do as you have said, but make me a little bread cake from it FIRST and bring it out to me, and afterward you may make one for yourself and for your son.”

5. Proverbs 3:9 (NASB) “Honor the LORD from your wealth and from the FIRST of all your produce”

6. 2 Corinthians 8:5 (NASB) - 5 and this, not as we had expected, but they FIRST gave themselves to the Lord and to us by the will of God.

7. Revelation 3:15-17 - (NASB) 15 'I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot. 16 'So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth. 17 'Because you say, "I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing," and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked…”

8. “the hypocrisy that does not know itself to be hypocritical.”

9. I surrender all, I surrender all; All to Thee, my bless-ed Savior, I surrender all. c - All to Jesus I Surrender © 2001 The Paperless Hymnal™

10. ABRAHAM LEFT EVERYTHING TO OBEY GOD’S COMMAND Genesis 12:1-3 (GW) The LORD said to Abram, “Leave your land, your relatives, and your father's home. Go to the land that I will show you. 2 I will make you a great nation, 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. Through you every family on earth will be blessed.”

11. Mark 1:16-20 (NASB) - 16 As He was going along by the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew, the brother of Simon, casting a net in the sea; for they were fishermen. 17 And Jesus said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men." 18 Immediately they left their nets and followed Him. 19 Going on a little farther, He saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who were also in the boat mending the nets. 20 Immediately He called them; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and went away to follow Him.

12. “what have I ever given up that was valuable to me in order to serve God?”

13. ABRAHAM WAS A PEACEMAKER Genesis 13:8 (NASB) - So Abram said to Lot, "Please let there be no strife between you and me, nor between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are brothers.”

14. Matthew 5:9 – “Blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall be called the children of God.”

15. Romans 3:14-17 - 14 "Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness." 15 "Their feet are swift to shed blood; 16 ruin and misery mark their ways, 17 and the way of peace they do not know." NIV

16. Romans 14:19- 19 Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification. NIV LOVE, JOY, AND PEACE.

17. ABRAHAM WAS A FRIEND OF GOD BECAUSE HE WAS WILLING TO DO THE UNTHINKABLE. we Genesis 22:5 (NASB) – “Abraham said to his young servants, "Stay here with the donkey, and I and the lad will go over there; and we will worship and return to you."

18. Hebrews 11:17-19 - 17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was offering up his only begotten son; 18 it was he to whom it was said, "IN ISAAC YOUR DESCENDANTS SHALL BE CALLED." 19 He considered that God is able to raise people even from the dead, from which he also received him back as a type. NASU

19. Hebrews 11:8-10 (NASB) - By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was going. 9 By faith he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, fellow heirs of the same promise; 10 for he was looking for the city which has foundations, whose architect and builder is God. Hebrews 11:8-10 (NASB) - By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was going. 9 By faith he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, fellow heirs of the same promise; 10 for he was looking for the city which has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.