About this episode

This sermon explores God's call to Abraham and its implications for the Christian life.

This sermon explores God’s call to Abraham in Genesis 12 and shows how it serves as a pattern for the Christian life: God calls people out of spiritual darkness by grace and invites them to trust his promises. Brian Hedges highlights how a genuine life of faith is marked by obedience, separation from idols, pilgrimage with God, and a life that becomes a blessing to others. He organizes his message like this: (09:23) 1. The Call of God (24:57) 2. The Life of Faith Read the transcript of this...

People in this episode

Host: Brian Hedges

Topics covered

• God's call
• life of faith
• obedience
• spiritual darkness
• trusting promises
• blessing others

Keywords

• Abraham
• God's call
• faith
• obedience
• spiritual darkness
• Christian life
• blessing

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Genesis 12

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