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Abram went to Canaan by faith

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[Genesis 12:4]

So Abram left, as the LORD had told him; and Lot went with him.

Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Haran.

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The first name of Abraham, the father of faith, was Abram.

Abram is home to ‘Ur’, the land of the Chaldeans.

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Abram's father was Terah. And the brothers are Haran and Nahor.

Haran died before his father, Terah.

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Abram married his half-sister, Sarai.

At that time, Abram was married to Sarai because people were able to marry even relative. They wanted a child, but they did not have children different from their wishes.

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One day when they moved to Haran, God appeared to Abram. And he said:

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The Lord had said to Abram, "Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you. "

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. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you." (Gn 12:1~3)

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Upon hearing the word of God, Abram decided to obey his word.

Abram did not know how to go about the land that God spoke,

but he believed in God and decided to leave his hometown and go there.

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Abram told his wife Sarai and his nephew Lot of God's word and prepared to leave. Lot was the son of Haran, the brother of Abram, who died.

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After he had sorted out all his possessions, Abram went out with all his servants.

Abram did not know exactly where to go, but he was dependent on God and was leaving.

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When Abram left Haran and set off into Canaan, he was 75 years old.

God has led the path of the Abram party.

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Through the guidance of God, Abram arrived safely in the area called 'Shechem'

in the land of Canaan. Abram's place was a large oak tree, where the Canaanites already lived.

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There God appeared again to Abram. And he said to Abram, God promised,

"I will give this land to your offspring."

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Abram built an altar with thanksgiving in the place where God appeared.

God has safely led Abram to that place.

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Abram departed from Shechem and moved to the mountain east of Bethel.

He built a tent there. He also built an altar to God and worshiped there.

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In Abraham's obedience from Haran to Canaan, Hebrews says:

"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."(Heb 11:8)

Abraham showed a great faith only in God's dependence on Canaan.

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Abram was later called Abraham, the father of faith. A man of true faith is not one who counts and judges when he is commanded by God.

Like Abram, he is a man who believes that God will lead.

I hope that those who have heard the word today will be able to act in faith,

not hesitating in doing what pleases God.

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