1. Abraham – A Friend of God Speaker: Pastor Tan Choon Seng

3. 4 Main Events (Genesis 1 – 11)
The Creation
The Fall
The Flood
The Tower of Babel

4. 4 Main Characters (Genesis 12 – 50)
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
Joseph

5. Abraham
A Friend of God

6. Importance of Friends / Friendship

8. Abraham
A Friend of God

9. 1) Abraham’s Faith in God He was even called the friend of God.
…the Scriptures say:, “Abraham believed God, and God counted him as righteous because of his faith.”
He was even called the friend of God.
(James 2:23 NLT)

10. 1) Abraham’s Faith in God 8 By faith Abraham, when called
to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. 
(Hebrews 11:8)

11. 1) Abraham’s Faith in God
9 By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents,
as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.
(Hebrews 11:9)

12. Prayer of Jehoshaphat O LORD, God of our ancestors,
You alone are the God who is in heaven. You are ruler of all the kingdoms of the earth.
You are powerful and mighty;
no one can stand against You! ?
(2 Chronicles 20:6)

13. Prayer of Jehoshaphat Are You not our God, who drove
out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel, and gave
it to the descendants of Abraham Your Friend forever?
(2 Chronicles 20:7)

14. 1) Abraham’s Faith in God But without faith it is impossible
to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
(Hebrews 11:6)

15. 2) Abraham’s Love for God
21 Don’t you remember that our ancestor Abraham was shown to be right with God by his actions when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? 22 You see, his faith and his actions worked together. His actions made his faith complete. (James 2:21-22)

16. 2) Abraham’s Love for God
“your only son” (Genesis 22:2)
“your only son” (Genesis 22:12)
“your only son” (Genesis 22:16)

17. 2) Abraham’s Love for God
If you love Me,
keep My commandments.
(John 14:15)

18. 3) Abraham’s Loyalty to God
But you, Israel, are My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the descendants of Abraham My Friend.
(Isaiah 41:8)

19. 3) Abraham’s Loyalty to God
A Divine Visit
(Genesis 18:1-8)

20. A Divine Visit

21. 3) Abraham’s Loyalty to God
And the LORD said, Shall I hide
from Abraham that thing which I do
(Genesis 18:17)

22. 3) Abraham’s Loyalty to God
For I know him, that he will
command his children and his household after him, and they
shall keep the way of the LORD,
to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham
that which He has spoken of him.
(Genesis 18:19)

23. 3) Abraham’s Loyalty to God
4 You adulterers! Don’t you realize that friendship with the world
makes you an enemy of God?
I say it again: If you want to be
a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God.
(James 4:4)

24. 3) Abraham’s Loyalty to God
Come close to God, and God
will come close to you.
Wash your hands, you sinners;
purify your hearts,
for your loyalty is divided
between God and the world.
(James 4:8)

25. 3) Abraham’s Loyalty to God
No one can serve two masters;
for either he will hate the one
and love the other, or else he will
be loyal to the one and despise
the other. You cannot serve God
and mammon [money]
(Matthew 6:24)

26. 3) Abraham’s Loyalty to God
28 Did we not strictly command you
not to teach in this name?...
29 But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: “We ought to obey God rather than men.
(Acts 5:28,29)

27. 3) Abraham’s Loyalty to God
And if it seems evil to you to
serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve…
But as for me and my house,
we will serve the LORD men.
(Joshua 24:15)

28. 3) Abraham’s Loyalty to God How can I be a Friend of God?
Faith in God

29. 3) Abraham’s Loyalty to God How can I be a Friend of God?
Faith in God
Love for God

30. 3) Abraham’s Loyalty to God How can I be a Friend of God?
Faith in God
Love for God
Loyalty / Allegiance to God

31. 3) Abraham’s Loyalty to God
You are My friends
if you do what I commnd.
(John 15:14)

32. Abraham
A Friend of God

33. Abraham
A Friend of God
Are You?