Introduction

  • Genesis 12:1-3, 11-12 – God’s promises to Abraham.

God’s promises

  • Genesis 12:1-7

I will make you a great nation.

  • Genesis 21:5
  • Exodus 1:7-9, 20
  • Deuteronomy 26:5
  • Genesis 14:13 – “Abram the Hebrew”
  • Romans 4:18-22
  • FULFILLED! Abraham became the father of the Hebrew nation.

To your descendants I will give this land.

  • Joshua 1:1-6; 21:43-45
  • Nehemiah 9:7-8
  • FULFILLED! The nation lived in the land of promise.

In you all the families of the earth will be blessed.

  • Matthew 1:1, 2-16; 3:8-9
  • Acts 3:13-15, 19, 25-26
  • FULFILLED! Abraham’s descendant, Jesus, became the Savior of the world.

Abraham’s exemplary faith

  • Hebrews 11:8-10, 13-19
  • John 8:31-33, 37-47
  • Romans 4:9-17, 23-24
  • Romans 9:6-8
  • Galatians 3:6-9, 26-29