{"id":4214,"date":"2017-09-16T11:00:03","date_gmt":"2017-09-16T15:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/?p=4214"},"modified":"2018-09-22T19:38:10","modified_gmt":"2018-09-22T23:38:10","slug":"sunday-school-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/sunday-school-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"A Friend of God"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Teacher: Rev. Tom Cullen<\/h5>\n<p>A Study of the Life of Abraham in Genesis 12-23<\/p>\n<p>Abraham is called a &#8220;friend of God&#8221; in James 2:23; 2 Chronicles 20:7; Isaiah 41:8. The question is, how can we be a friend of God? Jesus says in John 15:13,14 that is possible. So we&#8217;ll be looking at how this friendship is initiated by God, and nurtured through a thirst for God, trust in God and obedience to God.<\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-4\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-4\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1 odd\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">PowerPoint<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Notes<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Audio<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/What-God-Has-Done.pdf\">A friend of God knows what God has done<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lesson-1.pdf\">Lesson-1<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4214-14\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/201701151115_TC_Abraham01.mp34\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/201701151115_TC_Abraham01.mp3\">http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/201701151115_TC_Abraham01.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/HearsResponds.pdf\">A friend of God hears God\u2019s call and responds in faith<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lesson-2.pdf\">Lesson-2<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4214-13\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/201701221115_TC_Abraham02.mp33\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/201701221115_TC_Abraham02.mp3\">http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/201701221115_TC_Abraham02.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Promises-and-Obeys.pdf\">A friend of God receives God\u2019s promises and obeys<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lesson-3.pdf\">Lesson-3<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4214-12\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/201701291115_TC_Abraham03.mp32\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/201701291115_TC_Abraham03.mp3\">http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/201701291115_TC_Abraham03.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Trials.pdf\">A friend of God faces trials of many kinds<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lesson-4-blanks.pdf\">Lesson-4<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4214-11\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/201702051115_TC_Abraham04.mp31\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/201702051115_TC_Abraham04.mp3\">http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/201702051115_TC_Abraham04.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/God-First.pdf\">A friend of God puts God first<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lesson-5-blanks.pdf\">Lesson-5<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4214-10\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/201702121115_TC_Abraham05.mp30\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/201702121115_TC_Abraham05.mp3\">http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/201702121115_TC_Abraham05.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/King.pdf\">A friend of God recognizes God is King<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lesson-6-blanks.pdf\">Lesson-6<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4214-9\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/201702191115_TC_Abraham06.mp3?_=9\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/201702191115_TC_Abraham06.mp3\">http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/201702191115_TC_Abraham06.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Faith.pdf\">A friend of God has a firm faith in God<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lesson-7-blanks.pdf\">Lesson-7<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4214-8\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/201703051115_TC_Abraham07.mp3?_=8\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/201703051115_TC_Abraham07.mp3\">http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/201703051115_TC_Abraham07.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gods-Hand.pdf\">A friend of God does not force God\u2019s hand<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lesson-8-notes.pdf\">Lesson-8<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4214-7\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/201703121115_TC_Abraham08.mp3?_=7\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/201703121115_TC_Abraham08.mp3\">http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/201703121115_TC_Abraham08.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Covenant.pdf\">A friend of God enters into covenant with God<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lesson-9-notes.pdf\">Lesson-9<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4214-6\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/201703191115_TC_Abraham09.mp3?_=6\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/201703191115_TC_Abraham09.mp3\">http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/201703191115_TC_Abraham09.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Wonder-ppt.pdf\">A friend of God is lost in wonder at God<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lesson-10-notes.pdf\">Lesson-10<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4214-5\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/201703261115_TC_Abraham10.mp3?_=5\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/201703261115_TC_Abraham10.mp3\">http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/201703261115_TC_Abraham10.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Talks-ppt.pdf\">A friend of God talks with God<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lesson-11-notes.pdf\">Lesson-11<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4214-4\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/201704021115_TC_Abraham11.mp3?_=4\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/201704021115_TC_Abraham11.mp3\">http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/201704021115_TC_Abraham11.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Grace-ppt.pdf\">A friend of God knows God\u2019s continued grace<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lesson-12-notes.pdf\">Lesson-12<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4214-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/201704091115_TC_Abraham12.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/201704091115_TC_Abraham12.mp3\">http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/201704091115_TC_Abraham12.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Eternal-God-ppt.pdf\">A friend of God knows the Eternal God<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lesson-13-notes.pdf\">Lesson-13<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4214-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/201704231115_TC_Abraham13.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/201704231115_TC_Abraham13.mp3\">http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/201704231115_TC_Abraham13.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/God-Provides-ppt.pdf\">A friend of God knows that God will provide<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lesson-14-notes.pdf\">Lesson-14<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4214-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/scbc2017.com\/scbcwpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/201704301115_TC_Abraham14.mp3\" \/><a 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Tom Cullen A Study of the Life of Abraham in Genesis 12-23 Abraham is called a &#8220;friend of God&#8221; in James 2:23; 2 Chronicles 20:7; Isaiah 41:8. The question is, how can we be a friend of God? Jesus says in John 15:13,14 that is possible. So we&#8217;ll be looking at how this friendship is initiated by God, and nurtured through a thirst for God, trust in God and obedience to God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":7259,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[442,425],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4214"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4214"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7260,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4214\/revisions\/7260"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}