ABRAHAM: A MAN OF FAITH (11)

Question 1

how old was Abram he received a command from the Lord to leave his homeland and set out for Palestine and the land of Canaan

Answer 1

75 years old

Question 2

why does Abram not have any heir

Answer 2

because Sarai was barren

Question 3

Sarai encouraged Abram to father an heir by her Egyptian servant ____ who conceived and bore _____-

Answer 3

Hagar; Ishmael

Question 4

how old was Abram when the Lord renewed his covenant to make him a Father of many nations

Answer 4

99 years old

Question 5

ABRAM in hebrew means what

Answer 5

exalted father

Question 6

ABRAHAM in hebrew means what

Answer 6

father of a multitude

Question 7

SARAI in hebrew means what

Answer 7

my princess

Question 8

SARAH in hebrew means what

Answer 8

princess

Question 9

how old was Sarah when she conceived and bore Isaac

Answer 9

99 years old

Question 10

Abram’s wife

Answer 10

SARAI

Question 11

three divine activities

Answer 11

ELECTION
PROMISE
COVENANT

Question 12

God chooses whom he will to be his instrument in his saving act

Answer 12

ELECTION

Question 13

God’s fidelity to his ________ assures their fulfillment

Answer 13

PROMISES

Question 14

is the divinely instituted union between God and man

Answer 14

COVENANT

Question 15

what is covenant in latin and what does it mean

Answer 15

“convenire”,
to come together or
to agree

Question 16

involves a formal, solemn , and binding pact between two or more parties. each party must live up to its end of the agreement

Answer 16

COVENANT

Question 17

two major differences of covenants to contracts

Answer 17

solemn oaths (covenant) 
vs private promises (contract)

gift of persons (covenant)
vs exchange of property (contract)

Question 18

three promises of God to Abraham and the covenants for each

Answer 18

A GREAT NATION
covenant: animals cut in half
(if the covenant is broken, the people will also be cut in half)

A GREAT NAME
covenant: circumcision
(if the covenant is broken, the people will also be cut off from others)

A BLESSING TO EVERYONE
covenant: sacrifice of isaac

Question 19

why are God’s covenants bloody and graphic?

Answer 19

it is bloody because blood is a symbol of life and in a covenant, we are offering not just a part of ourselves, but our lives

Question 20

mountain where Isaac carried the wood that will be used for the sacrifice and where he was about to be slain as sacrifice

Answer 20

MOUNT MORIAH

Question 21

etymology of golgotha

Answer 21

aramaic, which means “the place of the skull”

Question 22

the site of Jesus’ crucifixion

Answer 22

GOLGOTHA

Question 23

what did God do when He saw the faith of Abraham that he was willing to sacrifice his only son for Him

Answer 23

God spared Isaac through an angel and gave them a ram as an alternative instead

Question 24

why is Isaac is a type of Christ

Answer 24

for he was a son as Christ was a Son,

and he carried the wood of sacrifice just as the Lord bore the wood of the cross

Question 25

the ram caught by its horns in the thicket prefigures who

Answer 25

Jesus crowned with thorns and slain in sacrifice

Question 26

the 4 most faithful acts that Abraham has done

Answer 26

by faith, Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place which he was to receive as an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was to go by faith, he lived as a stranger and pilgrim in the promised land by faith, Sarah was given to conceive the son of the promise by faith, Abraham offered his only son in sacrifice

Question 27

5 animals that were cut in half as a covenant to God

Answer 27

``` heifer she goat ram turtledove pigeon ```