Understand God’s plan and purpose with you through his promises to Abraham and their link to Christ. Discover what God's unbreakable promises are and how they impact you

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The Message of
SALVATION preached
to Abraham
Understand God’s plan and purpose with
you through his promises to Abraham and
their link to Christ. Discover what God's
unbreakable promises are and how they
impact you

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What was the Gospel (Good News)
that was preached to Abraham?
 And the Scripture
foreseeing that God
would justify the
nations by faith,
preached the
gospel before to
Abraham: "All the
nations will be
blessed" "in you."
- Gal 3:8

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God’s Promise to Abraham
 And Jehovah had said to Abram,
 Go out from your land and from your
kindred, and from your father's house,
to the land which I will show you.
 And I will make of you a great
nation.
 And I will bless you and make your
name great; and you will be a blessing.
 And I will bless those who bless
you, and curse the one despising you.
 And in you all families of the
earth shall be blessed. [Gen
12:1-3]

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God’s Promise to Abraham – Again
(After Lot takes the better Land)
 And after Lot had separated from him,
Jehovah said to Abram,
 Now lift up your eyes and look northward
and southward and eastward and westward
from the place where you are.
 For all the land which you see I
will give to you, and to your
seed always.
 And I will make your seed as the dust of the
earth, so that if a man can count the dust of
the earth, then your seed also will be
counted.

Rise up! Walk through the land, in
its length and in its breadth, for I
will give it to you. [Gen 13:14-17]

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Did Abraham receive the
promise?
 Did he receive the land that God
promised?
 Who is the “seed” of Abraham who will
inherit “for ever”

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Abraham @ 90 years
Still not received the
promises
 And when Abram was ninety nine years old, Jehovah
appeared to Abram and said to him, I am the Almighty
God! Walk before me and be perfect; …
 And God spoke with him, saying, As for Me, behold, My
covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many
nations.
 And your name no longer shall be called Abram, but your
name shall be Abraham. For I have made you a father of
many nations. …
 And I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and
your seed after you in their generations, for an everlasting
covenant, to be a God to you and to your seed after
you.
 And I will give to you and to your seed after you
the land of your sojourning, all the land of Canaan, for
an everlasting possession and I will be their God. [Gen
17:1-8]

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Abraham’s son Isaac
Inherits the Promise but NOT the
actual fulfillment of it

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God’s Promise to Isaac
 And Jehovah appeared to him and
said, Do not go down into Egypt;
stay in the land which I shall say to
you.
 Reside in this land, and I will be
with you and bless you,
 for to you and to your seed I
will give all these lands.
 And I will cause to rise My oath
which I swore to your father
Abraham.
 And I will increase your seed like
the stars of the heavens, and I will
give to your seed all these lands.
 And all the nations of the earth shall
bless themselves in your Seed, [Gen
26:1-4]
 Promise of Land Repeated
 Promise again refers
to “seed”. So Isaac
was not the fulfillment.
 Promise applies to all
nations
 Inherits the Promise but
not its fulfillment

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Abraham and Isaac did not
inherit land
Why?
Was God not able to keep his
promise?

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God’s Promise to Jacob –
Abraham’s Grandson
 And, behold, Jehovah stood above it
and said,
 I am Jehovah the God of your father
Abraham, and the God of Isaac;
 the land on which you are lying, I
will give it to you and to your seed.
 And your seed shall be as the dust of
the earth, and you shall spread to
the west and to the east and to the
north and to the south;
 and all the families of the earth
shall be blessed in you and in your
Seed. [Gen 28:13-14]
 Promise of Land Repeated
 Promise again refers to
“seed”. So Isaac and
Jacob were not the
fulfillment. They were only
carriers of the promise
 Promise applies to all
nations

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Stephen’s Record
 The God of glory appeared to our father
Abraham, being in Mesopotamia before
he lived in Haran, and said to him,
 "Go out from your land and from your
kindred," "and come into a land which I
will show to you."
 Then going out from the land of the
Chaldeans, he lived in Haran. And after
his father died, God moved him from
there into this land in which you now
live.
 And He did not give to him an
inheritance in it, not even a foot
breadth. And He promised to give it to
him for a possession and to his seed after
him, [Act 7:1-5]

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What do these promises
mean?
 Who is the seed?
 Abraham’s seed
 Isaac’s seed
 Jacob’s seed
 Why were Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
promised land (Canaan) but they never
inherited?
 How can the families of the all the world be
blessed through Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
and their seed?

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These Promises is the Gospel
Hope Based on Faith
 Having been called out by faith,
Abraham obeyed to go forth to a place
which he was going to receive for an
inheritance; and he went out not
understanding where he went.
 By faith he resided as a foreigner in a
land of promise, living in tents with
Isaac and Jacob, the joint-heirs
of the same promise;
 for he looked forward to a
city having the foundations
of which the builder and
maker is God. [Heb 11:8-10]
•We too put our hope
And trust in God awaiting
The kingdom of God to
Be setup on earth.
•Abraham was told to look
North, South, East and
West
•The earth will be the future
Kingdom of God

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What was the Gospel message
that was preached to Abraham?
 The Promise (Hope of Salvation) was
only to Abraham and his seed.
 How can an Indian then be saved?
 Even "as Abraham believed God,
and it was counted to him for
righteousness,"
 know, then, that those of faith,
these are sons of Abraham.
 And the Scripture foreseeing that
God would justify the nations by
faith, preached the gospel before
to Abraham: "All the nations will
be blessed" "in you.“ [Gal 3:6-8]
•If we believe (have faith)
then we are Abraham’s children
•As Abraham’s children we
can inherit the promises
•The Promises of God to
Abraham and his seed is the
Gospel Message of Salvation
and covers:
Eternal Life and
inheritance in God’s
kingdom for all nations

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Jesus also preached the same
Kingdom
 There will be weeping and
gnashing of the teeth when
you see
 Abraham and Isaac and
Jacob and all the prophets
in the kingdom of God,
but yourselves being thrust
outside.
 And they will come from
east and west, and from
north and south, and will
recline in the kingdom
of God. [Luk 13:28-29]
 Seek God’s
Kingdom that was
promised to
Abraham
 But seek the
kingdom of God and
all these things will
be added to you.
[Luk 12:31]

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Who is the Seed?
 that the blessing of Abraham might
be to the nations in Christ Jesus,
that we might receive the promise
of the Spirit through faith.
 Brothers, I speak according to man,
a covenant having been ratified,
even among mankind, no one sets
aside or adds to it.
 But the promises were spoken to
Abraham and to his Seed (it
does not say, And to seeds, as of
many, but as of one, "And to your
Seed," which is Christ). [Gal 3:14-
16]

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How can we be part of the Gospel
hope given to Abraham and his
Seed? – By Faith
 for you are all sons of God
 through faith in Christ Jesus.
For as many as were baptized
into Christ, you put on Christ.
 There cannot be Jew nor
Greek, there is no slave nor
freeman, there is no male and
female; for you are all one in
Christ Jesus. And if you are
of Christ, then you are a
seed of Abraham, even
heirs according to
promise. [Gal 3:26-29] You are invited to be part of God’s Kingdom

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Will we really go to heaven
when we die?
 What was the hope of
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob?
 These all died by way of faith,
not having received the
promises, but seeing them
from afar, and being
persuaded, and having
embraced and confessed that
they are aliens and tenants on
the earth. [Heb 11:13]
 Jesus taught
 Blessed are the meek! For
they shall inherit the
earth. [Mat 5:5]