many years after the Tower of Babel
there was a man named Abram who put all
his faith and trust in God he was a
descendant of Shem one of Noah's sons
Abram was chosen by God for a very
important purpose and he would always be
remembered for his great faith God
commands all of us to use the special
gifts and abilities he has given us to
help others know and follow Jesus God
promises favor on earth and rewards in
heaven to all those who obey Him God
said to Abram leave your country your
relatives and your father's house and go
to the land that I will show you because
you choose to obey me I will make you a
great nation I will bless you and you
will be famous you will be blessing and
have favor on earth I will bless those
who bless you and I will curse anyone
who treats you badly through you all the
families of the earth will be blessed
all these promises were a covenant or
agreement between God and Abram so Abram
left his home as God told him Abram took
Sarai his wife his nephew lot and all
their belongings and they traveled to
the land of Canaan Abram was already 75
years old when they started the journey
to Canaan once they arrived God appeared
to Abram and told him I will give this
land to your children Abram decided to
build an altar to God there and was
amazed that God promised this land to
his children even though Abram and Sarai
were very old and didn't have any
children
Abram then continued to travel with say
rye and lot while Abram tried to follow
all God's commands he disobeyed by
choosing to take his nephew lot with
God told Abram to leave his relatives
behind because he knew the problems it
would eventually create as time went on
Abram and lots animals and possessions
became very large and there was not
enough land and water for both families
so Abram said to Lotte
let's not fight between us we are family
isn't there plenty of land all around us
let's separate our family so there was
enough land and water for each of us
Abram allowed lot to decide which part
of the land he wanted lot chose a
beautiful land called the Jordan Valley
and Abram and his family settled in the
land of Canaan after Lotte moved away
God said to Abram now look all around
you in every direction all the land that
you can see is for you and your children
forever I will make their descendants so
numerous that they will be like the dust
covered
God chose Abram for a special purpose a
very important part of his plan God knew
that Abram loved him with all his heart
and that he would teach and train his
children to love and obey Him - God
chose Abraham to be the father of his
chosen people the Israelites today we
call this race of people the Jews God
also promised that the Messiah the
savior of all the people in the world
would come from Abraham's descendants
this Messiah was Jesus and through him
every single promise from God would be
fulfilled
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