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Sarah’s Death and God’s Provision for Burial

Isaac’s Marriage through God’s Providential Leading

Abraham’s Death with God’s Continuing Covenantal Blessing

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God’s Incomprehensible Call for the Testing of Abraham

Abraham’s Prompt Response of Faith in God

The LORD’s Faithful Provision of the Sacrificial Lamb

The LORD’s Gracious Covenant Promise Confirmed

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Lot’s Drunkenness and the Sons of Incest

Abraham’s Fear and the Sparing of Sarah

God’s Faithfulness and the Son of Promise

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The Grave Sin of Sodom

The Urgent Escape of Lot

The Horrific Rain of God’s Judgment

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Intention: God’s Purposes Made Known to Abraham

Investigation: Great Outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah

Intercession: Abraham’s Plea for Sodom

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Divine Visitors and Abraham’s Hospitality

Divine Certainty yet Sarah’s Laugh

Divine Power along with Rebuke

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Recalling the Covenant Promise to Abraham

Instituting the Covenant sign of Circumcision

Assuring of a Covenant Son in the Line of Promise

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Sarai’s Scheme and Abram’s Agreement

Sarai Despised and Hagar Abused

Hagar Flees and the Angel Intervenes

The LORD’s Promise and Ishmael’s Birth

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Assurance of Offspring, and Abram’s Faith

Assurance of the Land, and Abram’s Obedience

Assurance of the LORD’s Faithfulness to His Promise

How are you righteous before God? Only by true faith in Jesus Christ: that is, although my conscience accuses me that I have grievously sinned against all the commandments of God, and have never kept any of them, and am still prone always to all evil; yet God, without any merit of mine, of mere grace, grants and imputes to me the perfect satisfaction, righteousness and holiness of Christ, as if I had never committed nor had any sins, and had myself accomplished all the obedience which Christ has fulfilled for me; if only I accept such benefit with a believing heart. (Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 60)

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War of the Pagan Kings

Abraham’s Rescue of Lot

Blessing of the Priest-King

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Wealth and Worship upon Return to Canaan

Strife and Separation of Lot from Abraham

Covenant and Confirmation of the LORD

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Wandering and Worship in the Promised Land

Wavering and Worry in Egypt

Wealth and Withdrawal back to Canaan

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In the Line of Covenant Promise

Out from His Homeland in Ur of the Chaldeans

To a Promised Inheritance by Grace through Faith