1. The Book of Genesis
In Review

2. Genesis: The Book of Beginnings
Beginning: Humanity
Beginning: Hebrews
Four Events:
Four People:
Creation (1-2)
Fall (3-5)
Flood (6-9)
Babel (10-11)
Abraham (12-25)
Isaac (25-27)
Jacob (28-36)
Joseph (37-50)
c. 2,000 years
c. 193 years

3. Abraham: Man of Faith
The life of Abraham in Gen is characterized as a life of faith (Rom. 4; Gal. 3; Heb. 11; Jas. 4)
What is faith?
Faith is ultimately surrender: “Get out” (Gen. 12:1; Acts 7:3)

4. Abraham’s Surrender
1. He surrendered his country and his kinship (Gen. 12:1-9)
He got out and left to go 1,000 miles away (Heb. 11:8-16)
We too must surrender our country (Phil. 3:20; 1 Pet. 2:11) and kinship (Mt. 10:35-37)

5. Abraham’s Surrender
2. He surrendered his own personal rights or desires (12:9 – 14:24; 18:22 – 19:38; 20; 23-24)
He dealt with situations and issues not of his own choosing
We too must surrender our rights (1 Cor. 8; Rom. 14; Phil. 2:4)

6. Abraham’s Surrender
3. He surrendered his own wisdom, judgment, and will (15:1 – 18:21; 21:1-34)
He learned to trust God’s will over his own (Rom. 4:1-22)
We too must surrender our will (Lk. 22:42; Jn. 7:17)

7. Abraham’s Surrender 4. He surrendered his own son (Gen. 22:1-24)
He sacrificed what he loved and without hesitation (Heb. 11:17- 19; Jas. 2:21-24)
We too must surrender our own (Lk. 9:23; 14:33; 1 Cor. 13:5)

8. The Christian’s Surrender
Abraham is in God’s kingdom
Why? He surrendered all! He had a surrendering faith!
When we sing, “All to Jesus I surrender … I surrender all,” do we really mean it?

9. The Christian’Surrender
“Abraham” means “father of a multitude”: we do his works (Jn. 8:39), we walk in his steps (Rom. 4:12), we are his seed (Gal. 3:29)
Let us make Abraham’s surrender, our surrender