Acts 7:2 And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,
3 And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee.
4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Haran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.

Abram repeatedly told his wife to pose as his sister whenever they would enter a new territory. Where does this land on the faith scale?

Interesting text, as it seems from this in conjunction with Acts 7:2-4 that Abram must have received two calls.

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I had never realized this before about the two calls until västergötland brought it to our attention.

In light of this, Abram (Abraham) responded to the first call in which his father went with him, and then responded to the second call to continue on to Caanan, after his father died.

My answer to that is that Abram had his lack of faith times just as we do today.

We are told that Sarah was not telling an untruth by stating she was a sister of Abraham.

He reasoned that he was not guilty of falsehood in representing Sarah as his sister, for she was the daughter of his father, though not of his mother. But this concealment of the real relation between them was deception. No deviation from strict integrity can meet God's approval. {PP 130.1}

We are told that Sarah was not telling an untruth by stating she was a sister of Abraham.

When I worked in West Africa I discovered that a young man in Western Nigeria would call any young lady in his village a sister.

In former days a fellow female Adventists was always called a sister?

Does it depend on circumstances if we are telling the truth or not?

While in the midst of this lack of faith, was Abram in a saving relationship with God? How does that apply to our lack of faith today?

"The Lord in His providence had brought this trial upon Abraham to teach him lessons of submission, patience, and faith-lessons that were to be placed on record for the benefit of all who should afterward be called to endure affliction. God leads His children by a way that they know not, but He does not forget or cast off those who put their trust in Him."—Ellen G. White, Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 129.

Abram's failure in Egypt seems counterbalanced by the nobility of character that he demonstrated in his dealings with Lot. From the heights of Bethel Lot saw the Jordan Valley, well watered and fertile like the Garden of Eden and the plains of Mesopotamia. Lot chose that which appealed to his sense of immediate gain. Little did Lot realize what his choice would cost him. The decision was between "faith" and "sight," and the results demonstrate the wisdom of making the right choice. Abram's close relationship with the Lord and his determination to walk by faith enabled him to look beyond the immediate temporal advantages to eternal gain.

And the LORD said to Abram, "Go forth from your land and your birthplace and your father's house to the land I will show you. And I will make you a great nation and I will bless you and make your name great, and you shall be a blessing.