How do we make His name our own?

• Pray…

• Believe…

• Receive…

To be continued…

• Abraham…• Isaac…

• Jacob…

• Joseph…

How did Abraham get into the ark?

How did Abraham…

…get into

Jesus?

How did Abraham get

his name

into the Lord’s name?

• Left …

• Believed …

• Was a father …

• Willing to …

How did Abraham get his name into the Lord’s name?

• Genesis 12:1-9– “So Abram left…built

an altar…called on the name of the LORD…set out…”

• Left his country and father’s house.

How did Abraham get his name into the Lord’s name?

• Genesis 15:6– “Abram believed the

LORD and He credited it to him as righteousness.”

• Believed God’s promise.

How did Abraham get his name into the Lord’s name?

• Genesis 21:1-2– “Now the LORD was

gracious…Sarah…bore a son to Abraham…at the very time God had promised him. “

• …had a son who was God’s Promise become a Real Person!

How did Abraham get his name into the Lord’s name?

• Genesis 22:8– “Take your son…

Sacrifice him…Abraham got up and saddled his donkey.”

• Willing to sacrifice his son.

How did Abraham get his name into the Lord’s name?

• Genesis 22:5 “We will worship and then we will come back to you.”

• Abraham believed God could raise the dead!

Put it all together and…

• Abraham left the old to be with God.

• Abram = “great father”

• Jesus showed up in Abraham’s life.– Promise became a Person– Sacrificial Son– Resurrection (in Abraham’s mind and heart)

Put it all together and…

• Abraham got his name into God’s!

• God got his name into Abraham’s!

• Abraham = “Father of Many”