How did Abraham respond to God's command to leave Ur, and what did that begin?
By faith, Abraham obeyed and went. God had commanded him in Ur of the Chaldees to leave his family and go to a land God would show him. His faithful departure marked the beginning of God's dealing with the man from whom the nation of Israel would come.
Les explains that God first spoke to Abram while he was still in Ur of the Chaldees, giving him one command: leave Ur and your family and go to a land God would show him. By faith Abraham went. Les emphasizes that this faithful departure marked the beginning of God's dealing with that man, the one out of whom the nation of Israel would come. In this context, Les ties it back to Genesis 12 and the Abrahamic covenant.
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How did Abraham respond when God first called him and what did that start?
Abraham's response to that command was 'by faith Abraham went,' and that going marked the beginning of God's dealing with the man out of whom the nation of Israel would come.