Homilist 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. THE DIFFICULTIES OF THE LIFE OF FAITH. 1. Natural ties. 2. A desire to be satisfied with the present and visible. 3. Imperfect knowledge of the future. II. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LIFE OF FAITH. 1. A firm belief in the testimony of God. 2. A proper estimate of the visible. 3. A worshipping life. 4. To be undismayed at improbabilities. III. THE BLESSINGS OF SUCH A LIFE. 1. More than compensation for every natural loss. 2. Inward happiness in being the means of doing good to others. 3. It leads to a life of spiritual and eternal sight. (Homilist.) 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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