Lesson 6:
the father of nations
Let's go!
The flood showed us God’s holy judgment. Remember the forty days and forty nights of rain? But God is also gracious. He saved Noah and gave people a new start. The Tower of Babel was also a holy judgment. Remember how God confused the languages and scattered people around the world? But God still had a plan for the nations.
Do you remember the first time we saw God’s judgment, back in the garden with the snake? But God also had a rescue plan: the Snake Crusher, who would come from Eve! Do you remember who he is?
continue
Soon enough, Adam and Even had another son named Seth. Later, his 8th great grandson Noah was born. Then Noah’s son, Shem. And from Shem’s family came Abram. Abram was from a place called Ur. Yes, it rhymes with fur. Abram would be God’s man to carry out God’s plan. The plan was awesome. God would give him a promised land. He would also give him lots of children. And through one of those children God’s promise to save and bless people from every nation would come true. Can you guess who that one child would end up being?
continue
Well as the story goes, Abram had a son named Isaac. Isaac had a son named Jacob. Jacob had twelve sons, and one of them, Judah, would be the great-great-great-great-great- (you get the idea) grandfather of that child who would grow up to be the one who saves and blesses people from every nation. If you guessed that child became the Snake Crusher - Jesus, you were correct! He would be the one God would use to crush Satan and save God’s people from among all the nations.
Ur was a long way from Eden. Yet God set his love on Abram and his family. He came to Abram and spoke to him: “Abram, I want you to move from Ur to a land far away.” God promised that he would make “a great nation” out of his children. This all must have surprised Abram, because at the time he was seventy-five years old. His wife Sarai was also old. And they had no children yet. Do you know anyone who has a baby when they are older than your grandparents? No!
continue
This is hard to believe, but Abram did believe that God would give him both land and a baby. He believed that God would make his name great so that he would be a blessing to all the families of the earth. In faith, Abram left Ur and journeyed with his wife and his nephew Lot. When they arrived in the land of Canaan (which would later be called the promised land), the Lord appeared to him and said, “To your offspring I will give this land” (Gen. 12:7). Abram was so amazed by God and his words that he stopped right there and worshiped.
continue
Once Abram arrived in the land, he realized that he and Lot had so many possessions that they needed separate land to fit everyone and everything. So Lot made a home in a beautiful place that was “well watered everywhere like the garden of the Lord”, and Abram found a spot west of Lot. Once they settled, God spoke again saying: “Lift up your eyes.” Abram looked north, south, east, and west. “All the land that you see,” God said, “I will give you. And you will have as many children and grandchildren and great-great-great grandchildren as there is dust on the earth.” A few days later, God said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars. So shall your offspring be.” Abram looked up. He might have started counting “one, two, three . . .” and never stopped. How would God do it? He didn't know, but he still believed God’s word and obeyed whatever he told him.
continue
Much later, God changed Abram's name to Abraham, explaining that he was going to make him the father of many nations - and that's what that name means. He also changed his wife's name to Sarah which means princess, also meaning she would be a princess of many nations. God gave them new names to confirm his promise to them, that he would make them the parents of many many children. When God gives a promise, he always keeps it. Because Abraham believed what God told him, God viewed him as righteous. Abraham's faith in God became a great example for everyone who believes in God today.
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Memory Verse
I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
Genesis 12:2
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Lesson 6:
the father of nations
Let's go!
The flood showed us God’s holy judgment. Remember the forty days and forty nights of rain? But God is also gracious. He saved Noah and gave people a new start. The Tower of Babel was also a holy judgment. Remember how God confused the languages and scattered people around the world? But God still had a plan for the nations. Do you remember the first time we saw God’s judgment, back in the garden with the snake? But God also had a rescue plan: the Snake Crusher, who would come from Eve! Do you remember who he is?
continue
Soon enough, Adam and Even had another son named Seth. Later, his 8th great grandson Noah was born. Then Noah’s son, Shem. And from Shem’s family came Abram. Abram was from a place called Ur. Yes, it rhymes with fur. Abram would be God’s man to carry out God’s plan. The plan was awesome. God would give him a promised land. He would also give him lots of children. And through one of those children God’s promise to save and bless people from every nation would come true. Can you guess who that one child would end up being?
continue
Well as the story goes, Abram had a son named Isaac. Isaac had a son named Jacob. Jacob had twelve sons, and one of them, Judah, would be the great-great-great-great-great- (you get the idea) grandfather of that child who would grow up to be the one who saves and blesses people from every nation. If you guessed that child became the Snake Crusher - Jesus, you were correct! He would be the one God would use to crush Satan and save God’s people from among all the nations. Ur was a long way from Eden. Yet God set his love on Abram and his family. He came to Abram and spoke to him: “Abram, I want you to move from Ur to a land far away.” God promised that he would make “a great nation” out of his children. This all must have surprised Abram, because at the time he was seventy-five years old. His wife Sarai was also old. And they had no children yet. Do you know anyone who has a baby when they are older than your grandparents? No!
continue
This is hard to believe, but Abram did believe that God would give him both land and a baby. He believed that God would make his name great so that he would be a blessing to all the families of the earth. In faith, Abram left Ur and journeyed with his wife and his nephew Lot. When they arrived in the land of Canaan (which would later be called the promised land), the Lord appeared to him and said, “To your offspring I will give this land” (Gen. 12:7). Abram was so amazed by God and his words that he stopped right there and worshiped.
continue
Once Abram arrived in the land, he realized that he and Lot had so many possessions that they needed separate land to fit everyone and everything. So Lot made a home in a beautiful place that was “well watered everywhere like the garden of the Lord”, and Abram found a spot west of Lot. Once they settled, God spoke again saying: “Lift up your eyes.” Abram looked north, south, east, and west. “All the land that you see,” God said, “I will give you. And you will have as many children and grandchildren and great-great-great grandchildren as there is dust on the earth.” A few days later, God said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars. So shall your offspring be.” Abram looked up. He might have started counting “one, two, three . . .” and never stopped. How would God do it? He didn't know, but he still believed God’s word and obeyed whatever he told him.
continue
Much later, God changed Abram's name to Abraham, explaining that he was going to make him the father of many nations - and that's what that name means. He also changed his wife's name to Sarah which means princess, also meaning she would be a princess of many nations. God gave them new names to confirm his promise to them, that he would make them the parents of many many children. When God gives a promise, he always keeps it. Because Abraham believed what God told him, God viewed him as righteous. Abraham's faith in God became a great example for everyone who believes in God today.
continue
Memory Verse
I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
Genesis 12:2
continue
continue
nOW, LET'S TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE ON WHAT YOU'VE LEARNED...
go to quiz
01.
02.
03.
04.
05.
06.
07.
08.
09.
10.
Lesson Complete
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