2. When God calls you…. Genesis 12:1 -4

3. 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. 

4. #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. 

5. #2 Second calling of Abraham Location: Harran Genesis 12:
31 But when they came to Harran, they settled there.

6. 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. 

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

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

9. 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. 

10. Your country
Your people
Father’s household

11. 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

12. 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. 

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

14. 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.”

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

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

17. 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.

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

19. 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. 

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

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

22. 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. 

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

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

25. 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.

26. Noah
Shem
500
Arphaxad
100
950
600 11 10

27. 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.

28. 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.

29. Noah
Shem
500
Arphaxad
100
950
600 11 10

30. 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.

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

32. 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.

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

34. 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.

35. 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

36. 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.

37. 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

38. 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.

39. 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

40. 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.

41. 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

42. 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.

43. 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

44. 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

45. 28 While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, in the land of his birth. 

46. Terah
Haran
Abram
Nahor
Lot

47. #2 God Called Abram (Gen 12)
Haran died
#1 God called Abram(Acts 7)

48. 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

49. 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

50. #2 God Called Abram (Gen 12)
#1 God called Abram(Acts 7)

51. 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.

52. 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

53. 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).

54. 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

55. 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

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

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

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

59. 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

60. 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?

61. 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

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

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