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4 So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.
5 Then Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they departed to go to the land of Canaan. So they came to the land of Canaan.
6 Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, as far as the terebinth tree of Moreh. And the Canaanites were then in the land.
7 Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” And there he built an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
8 And he moved from there to the mountain east of Bethel, and he pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; there he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.
9 So Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South.
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In the same way there are things we need to do to keep our SPIRITUAL BODIES AND OUR FAMILIES defend against SIN: GODLINESS!
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1. There are COMMANDS to OBEY (Gen. 12:1)
2. There is a COVENANT to OWN (Gen. 12:2)
3. There are CONSEQUENCES to OCCUR (Gen. 12:3)
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1. There are PEOPLE to CONSIDER (Gen. 12:4-5)
2. There are PLACES to REMEMBER (Gen. 12:6-7)
3. There are PRACTICES to RECOVER (Gen. 12:8-9)
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4 So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. 5 Then Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they departed to go to the land of Canaan. So they came to the land of Canaan.
7 And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. The Canaanites and the Perizzites then dwelt in the land.
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Deuteronomy 8:18 (NKJV)
18 “And you shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.
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Genesis 14:14 (NKJV)
14 Now when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his three hundred and eighteen trained servants who were born in his own house, and went in pursuit as far as Dan.
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Genesis 13:5 (NKJV)
5 Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks and herds and tents.
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Proverbs 13:20 (NKJV)20
He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will be destroyed.
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2 Peter 2:7–8 (NKJV)
7 and delivered righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked 8 (for that righteous man, dwelling among them, tormented his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds)—
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Genesis 12:6–7 (NKJV)
6 Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, as far as the terebinth tree of Moreh. And the Canaanites were then in the land.
7 Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” And there he built an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
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Genesis 12:8–9 (NKJV)
8 And he moved from there to the mountain east of Bethel, and he pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; there he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord. 9 So Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South.
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Abraham's life is a picture of salvation by FAITH
Genesis 12:4 (NKJV)
4 So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him...
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Hebrews 3:12–15 (NKJV)
12 Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; 13 but exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end, 15 while it is said: “Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”
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Genesis 15:6 (NKJV)
6 And he believed in the Lord, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.
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Acts 16:31 (NKJV)
31 So they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”