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Abram the Called
By Henry M. Morris III,
D.Min.
Evidence for Creation
“So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him;
and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he
departed out of Haran.” (Genesis 12:4)
It is not clear from the text
just how God made Himself known to Abram when He called him to go to Canaan.
The language would imply that
there was an audible conversation of some sort - far different from what you
and I might expect today.
At the time of this calling,
Abram was a not then a follower of Yahweh, yet the circumstances of
God’s intervention were enough to persuade Abram to uproot his family and start
the journey.
Abram’s
calling and initial response (Genesis 12:1-5) are analogous to
an “awakening,” the initial faith to “see” God (Ephesians 2:8).
There were no specifics in
God’s promise, only broad terms of blessing.
Abram’s response was all that
he knew to do at that time, to respond in obedience (non-resistance) just as
the Scripture implies we are to do (1 Thessalonians 2:13; Titus 3:5; 1 Peter 1:2-5).
Salvation is completely God’s
doing; our “work” is never involved (2 Corinthians 5:21; Romans 10:8-17).
All we can ever do is rebel
and reject the drawing that God wields (John 6:44).
Damnation is man’s work (John 3:19-21; Romans 1:18-32).
That is why Abram became the
biblical example of the faithful (Galatians 3:6-9; Hebrews 11:8-10).
The
actual moment of Abram’s “new creation” (2 Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 4:24) seems to have come somewhat
later when he “believes God” (Genesis 15:6; Romans 4:3).
Although
repentance and faith may come in a rapid sequence, sometimes (especially in
adult conversions) the events may be drawn out over time.
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