Fit For Service (Part 4c -Abraham)
This is week six in our study on being fit for service. Today we will continue looking at the life of Abraham to see what made him fit for service and usable by God . You will remember that over the last two weeks we have looked at the life of Abraham and discovered that he had active faith in God, he demonstrated instant obedience, he was unselfish, he lived a life of compassion, he was courageous, and he was hospitable . In this lesson we will look at the final characteristic that made Abraham usable by God. Sixth, Abraham was a builder of altars. Abraham built four altars that are recorded in Genesis. Each altar had a different significance in his life. Altar one: Consecration/Commemoration Webster’s 1828 dictionary gives us the following definitions: Consecration: The act or ceremony of separating from a common to a sacred use, or of devoting and dedicating a person or thing to the ...