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I. THE CANAANITE IS IN THE LAND.

1. The present world, through which we are travelling, is in the hands of the enemies of God.

2. Yet this very earth is to be, one day, the possession of the saints.

3. Meanwhile, our position in it, as pilgrims, is one of privation and peril.

(1) We have spiritual foes, unseen, but ever watching against our souls.

(2) We find the Canaanite in ourselves, in our fleshly infirmities, natural appetites, and carnal propensities and cravings, not yet wholly subdued.

II. OUR DUTY OF ALLEGIANCE TO GOD IN THE LAND OF OUR SOJOURN.

1. Like Abraham, we must be inoffensive to the Canaanite in the land, biding our time.

2. We are not to refrain from common acts of courtesy and civility in intercourse with worldly men.

3. Yet we must so keep aloof from them, as to preserve the purity of our pilgrim separation.

4. We must openly worship in the midst of the enemy's country.

5. In this spirit we are to pursue our pilgrimage.Conclusion:

1. This is not our rest.

2. Let us not covet worldly possessions.

3. Let our hearts be fixed on the final recompense of reward.

4. A word to the Canaanite. Are you content to stay in the land which you cannot long or finally possess?

(T. G. Horton.)

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KJV: And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

WEB: Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. The Canaanite was then in the land.