So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.So Abram went, as Yahweh had told him. Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.So Abram went, as Jehovah had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
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… the future. It's an actual land that would belong to Abraham. How do I know that? Look at how Abraham responded to the promise. Genesis 12 verses 4 and 5. As soon as he received the promise, Abram went forth as the Lord had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. Now Abraham was 75 years old when he departed from Haran, and Abram took Sarai, his wife, and Lot, his nephew, and all of their possessions which they had accumulated, and the persons which they had acquired in Haran. And they set out for the land of Canaan, and thus they came to the land of Canaan. Abraham understood this was a literal promise. He said, family, it's time to pack up and move. We're headed to this land. If he thought this was heaven, why would he have gone to all of this trouble? I mean, it was a big deal in Abraham's day to move someplace. I mean, if you wanted to move in Abraham's day, I mean, you didn't call up Mayflower or Daryl Flood Moving Company and say, hey, come pack me up. We're headed to Canaan. …
… and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed. And Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him and Lot went with him. And Abram was 75 years old when he departed from Haran. I want to go to the 14th chapter of Genesis quickly. Verse 12 says, they took Lot, Abraham's, he calls him his brother, but he's saying he's my blood. He was actually technically Abraham's, Abraham was his uncle. He was, Lot was the nephew in the family relationship. And when Abram heard this, that his brother was taken captive, he armed 318 trained servants who were born in his own house and went in pursuit as far as Dan. Verse 16, they brought back all the goods, brought back his brother Lot, his goods, all the women and the people. Notice verse 17, the king of Sodom came out to meet him. The king of Sodom came and it tells us in a moment that he made him an offer. And we also have the king of Salem, which was Melchizedek. …
Now, with that in mind, and we will continue a part of his life here, What I'd like to give you is I'd like to give you five requirements for learning to walk by faith. What is the first lesson in the school of faith I must learn if I'm going to learn to walk and to live by faith? The first lesson is this. I must learn to listen to God. That is absolutely basic in all of our walk with God. If I don't know, if I can't hear him, if I can't identify his voice, if I can't hear him, if I can't know that God is speaking to me, how will I know where to go? How will I know what to do? How will I know how long, when, how, what? You see, the truth is that God intends to give us direction for our life. Does he not say, trust in the Lord with all your heart? Lean not to your own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him. …