{"id":3201,"date":"2024-05-24T13:05:41","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T13:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/why-god-chose-abraham\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T12:48:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T12:48:25","slug":"why-god-chose-abraham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/why-god-chose-abraham\/","title":{"rendered":"\u306a\u305c\u795e\u306f\u30a2\u30d6\u30e9\u30cf\u30e0\u3092\u9078\u3070\u308c\u305f\u306e\u304b\uff1f\u8056\u66f8\u304c\u8a9e\u308b\u3053\u3068\u3001\u8a9e\u3089\u306a\u3044\u3053\u3068"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>The Bible never says why God chose Abraham. Genesis says only that the LORD spoke and &quot;Abram departed&quot; (Genesis 12:4). What Scripture does give is the purpose: &quot;in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed&quot; (Genesis 12:3). Later books add that God took him from a family that served other gods, and found his heart faithful. So the question has two halves, and the Bible answers the second far more fully than the first. Why this man, we\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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What Scripture and tradition say.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-3201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4097,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/abraham-frequency-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":3201,"position":0},"title":"How Many Times Is Abraham Mentioned in the Bible? 311 Times","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"5\u6708 25, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The King James Bible names Abraham 250 times and Abram 61: 311 in all. 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