Les Feldick Bible Study

What did God tell Abraham to do when He called him out of Ur?

God told Abraham to leave the city of Ur, leave his family, and go to a place that God would show him. Abraham believed God, and that belief became faith; Paul later uses Abraham to show that righteousness was declared only because he believed God.

Les teaches that Abraham was steeped in idolatry as a young man in the city of Ur. God reached down in grace and told him to leave the city, leave his family, and go to a place He would show him, and Abraham believed God. Les draws a contrast between believing God, which becomes faith, and merely believing in God, which is only recognizing that He exists but not having anything to do with Him. Then in Romans 4:5, Paul builds his case that Abraham was declared righteous only because he believed God.