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Our Savior Lutheran Church, Excelsior MN|ABRAHAM: Four Tests of a Real Believer Episode
“ABRAHAM: Four Tests of a Real Believer” Hebrews 11:8-19
(Part two in the series “Character Studies—Part 2”)
I. The Test Of A _____________________________
A. Hebrews 11:8—“By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later
receive as his inheritance, ____________ and ________, even though he did not
know ____________________________.”
B. Abraham’s first test was hard because:
1. He was ________ (Genesis 12:4)
2. He was _____________
3. He was ________________
C. This test raises the question: ___________?
D. A real believer will __________________________ without knowing “where.”
II. The Test Of A ___________________________
A. Hebrews 11:9—“By faith, (Abraham) made his home in the _________________
like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in ________ as did Isaac and Jacob,
who were heirs with him of the same ______________.”
B. This test raises the question: ________?
C. A real believer will _____________________________ without knowing “when.”
III. The Test Of An ________________________________
A. Hebrews 11:11-12—“By faith Abraham, even though he was ______________—
and Sarah herself was ___________—was enabled to become a father because
he considered Him faithful who had made the promise. And so from this one
man… came his descendants as ________________ as the stars in the sky and
as ________________ as the sand on the seashore.” (Genesis 18:9)
B. This test raises the question: ________? (Genesis 15:6)
C. A real believer will _______________________ without knowing “how.”
IV. The Test Of A ________________________________
A. Hebrews 11:17b-19—“He who had received the promises was about to ________
________________________________, even though God had said to him, ‘It is
through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.’ Abraham _____________ that
_______ could raise the dead and figuratively speaking, he did receive Isaac
back from the dead.”
B. This test raises the question: ________? (Hebrews 11:9a)
C. A real believer will _________________________ without knowing “why.”
Mark 9:24—“I do believe. Help me ______________________________.”
[ Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:00:00 GMT ]
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