One of the most exciting and prominent men in the Scripture is Abraham. Three times in the Bible he is called “the friend of God.” His name occurs seventy-four times in the New Testament. He is the man whom Paul uses as an illustration to show that salvation is a gift by the single condition of faith and faith alone. God’s plan of redemption through Jesus Christ and His making available that gift necessitated a chosen people, a beginning, and with Abraham we’re at
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