Genesis 12:1-3 Now the LORD had said to Abram, Get you out of your country, and from your kindred, and from your father's house… Survey this treasure house of grace; how rich! how full! The believer may say, This heritage is all my own. Measure, if it be possible, the golden chain which extends from one hand of God in eternity past to the other in eternity to come. Every link is a blessing. Behold the starry canopy. The glittering orbs outshine all beauty, and exceed all number. Such is the firmament of Christ. It is studded with blessings. But millions of worlds are less than the least; and millions of tongues are weak to tell them. Mark how they sparkle in the eye of faith. There are constellations of pardons. "In Him we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sin." There is the bright shining of adoption into the family of God. "As many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God." There is the milky-way of peace, perfect peace, heaven's own peace. "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you." There is the morning star of sin destroyed. "God, having raised up His Son Jesus, sent Him to bless you in turning away every one of you from His iniquities." There is the lustre of Divine righteousness. "This is His name, whereby He shall be called, The Lord our Righteousness." There is the light of life, "I give unto them eternal life." There is all glory. "The glory, which Thou gavest me, I have given them." There is the possession of all present, and the promise of all future good. "All things are yours," "things present — things to come." There is the assurance that nothing shall harm. "All things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose." Such is the blaze of blessings, on which the believer calmly gazes. But reader, are they yours? (Dean Law.) Parallel Verses KJV: Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: |
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