Back To The Origin: Why Choose Abraham and Not A Man From Gerar?

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Why did God choose Abraham to be the father of his people Israel?

Certainly Abraham was not even righteous. He was known to be an idol worshiper in the Ur of the Chaldeans. In his wandering after God called him, he still had flaws in his life, bothering on lying, polygamy etc.

Yet God did not unchoose him. Abraham’s life was not near a picture of perfection, yet God chose him, why?

The only remarkable thing we see in Abraham’s life is his obedience and BELIEVE in God. This was what made him righteous – his believe, not his works.

He had scores of unrighteous works, but he believed in God and was ready to obey God blindly.

At that time, there were even persons and nations which knew God better than Abraham.

Gerar was a righteous nation, and Abimelech was a righteous king; because he even queried God as to why God would destroy a righteous nation for nothing (Genesis 20:4)

For him, he confessed that he had integrity and innocent hands to which God himself confirmed (Genesis 20). Abimelech recognized and called God, “Lord” when God came to him in a dream. How did he know to say “Lord”, if he didn’t know and serve God?

His servants were sore afraid after Abimelech shared his encounter with God with them, if they did not know the might and personality of God, how come they had so much awe for him?

It is obvious these guys in this quiet nation knew much about God at this time than the Patriarch Abraham did.

If God’s choice of a nation was to be after the works of men, he would have chosen a seed from Gerar rather than from Ur, the land of idols!

This really affirms to us all that our works is not the basis for which God chooses; and if he didn’t unchoose Abraham when he misbehaved occasionally, God cannot and will not unchoose any of his children today who have a better covenant with than that of old.

His decisions are always His to make; our input is totally insignificant.

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