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Abraham was a man who was deep into a life of faith. He has left everything … his country, his culture, his family … in trust on the promise of God. He is also the man who half the human race, essentially three world religions, looks to as a paragon of faith, who has just had, first of all, a word of the Lord, a clear, audible revelation, but he was also filled with with doubt. | Abraham was a man who was deep into a life of faith. He has left everything … his country, his culture, his family … in trust on the promise of God. He is also the man who half the human race, essentially three world religions, looks to as a paragon of faith, who has just had, first of all, a word of the Lord, a clear, audible revelation, but he was also filled with with doubt. | ||
:''Abram said, “O Lord | :''Abram said, “O Lord GOD, what will You give me, since I am childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”<ref>New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995), Ge 15:2.</ref> | ||
:''Then Abraham | :''Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, “Will a child be born to a man one hundred years old? And will Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?”<ref>New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995), Ge 17:17.</ref> | ||
So how do you think you’re going to do? | So how do you think you’re going to do? | ||