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… I. GOD'S CALL. 1. The call was from the Lord. He put into Abram's mind "good desires," and helped him to bring them to "good effect." 2. The call was a distinct command. Abram was told to do something which was not easy; to give up much that was dear to him. 3. The call was accompanied by many gracious promises. (1) God promised to guide him. (2) God promised him posterity. (3) God promised him renown. (4) Chiefly, God promised to make him a blessing.Thus the call to renounce is accompanied by an assurance that the believer shall receive at God's hands great things. II. ABRAHAM'S FAITH. 1. Abraham did what God told him. 2. Abraham went where God led him. 3. Abraham remembered God at every stage of his journey. (W. S. Smith, B. D.) 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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