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       Acts 7:1-4
   DIR By: clark thompson
       Date: October 6, 2015, 6:27 am
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       Acts 7:1-4 King James Version (KJV)
       7 Then said the high priest, Are these things so?
       2 And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of
       glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in
       Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
       3 And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy
       kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.
       4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in
       Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed
       him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.
       Acts 7:1-4
       NHEB 1 The high priest said, "Are these things so?" 2 He said,
       "Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our
       father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in
       Haran, 3 and said to him, 'Get out of your land, and from your
       relatives, and come into a land which I will show you.' 4 Then
       he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and lived in Haran.
       From there, when his father was dead, God moved him into this
       land, where you are now living.
       These are my thoughts, please share yours.
       1 This was actually something that should have been asked but
       they had witnesses that lied against him, his credit was not
       strong in their eyes because of this but God was with him thru
       this. We may have to answer to the lies people say against us
       and we are to trust in the Lord to get us thru them.
       2 God chose Abram before there was Jew and Gentile; God picked
       Abram to bless because Abram followed after the Lord. God spoke
       to Abram but Abram listened to God. We often times do not hear
       God’s message because we do not listen.
       3 This was an act that took full faith, to be lead by God into a
       place that he knew not to a place he did not know where it was.
       Often times this is how the Lord leads, step by step. We do not
       know where journey are will end but we sometimes may know the
       next step the Lord leads us to. Abram had to leave everything to
       follow the Lord. Are we willing to do the same? If we have Him
       first in our life then we should be able to.
       4 God wants us to take care of our family; Abram did leave but
       had to take care of his father before he moved into the new
       land. God blesses us with family and expects us to spend time
       with them and care for them but they should never come before
       the Lord Himself.
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