Chapter I The Hole of the Pit “The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran; and said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land …
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ABRAHAM: OR, THE OBEDIENCE OF FAITH: Chapter II
Chapter II The Divine Summons “Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto the land that I will show thee: and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy …
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ABRAHAM: OR, THE OBEDIENCE OF FAITH: Chapter III
Chapter III “He Obeyed” “By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed.” HEBREWS 11:8. AH, how much there is in those two words! Blessedness in heart, and home, and life; fulfilled …
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ABRAHAM: OR, THE OBEDIENCE OF FAITH: Chapter IV
The First of the Pilgrim Fathers GEN. 12:4–9. “Abram departed” (Verse 4). “Abram passed through” (Verse 6). “Abram went forth” (Verse 5). “Abram removed” (Verse 8). “Abram journeyed” (Verse 9). “He went out, not knowing whither he went.”—HEBREWS 11:8. ALL through the history of mankind …
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ABRAHAM: OR, THE OBEDIENCE OF FAITH: Chapter V
Gone Down into Egypt “Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land [of Canaan].”—GEN. 12:10. THE path of the separated man can never be an easy one. He must be willing to stand alone; to go outside …
ABRAHAM: OR, THE OBEDIENCE OF FAITH: Chapter VI
Separated from Lot “Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me. If thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or, if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the …
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ABRAHAM: OR, THE OBEDIENCE OF FAITH: Chapter VII
The Two Paths “Is not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me.”—GENESIS 13:9. ABRAHAM and Lot stood together on the heights of Bethel. The Land of Promise spread out before them as a map. On three sides at least there …
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ABRAHAM: OR, THE OBEDIENCE OF FAITH: Chapter VIII
Refreshment Between The Battles “Four kings with five.”—GENESIS 14:9. THE strife recorded in Genesis 14 was no mere border foray. It was an expedition for chastisement and conquest. Chedorlaomer was the Attila, the Napoleon of his age. His capital city, Susa, lay across the desert, …
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ABRAHAM: OR, THE OBEDIENCE OF FAITH: Chapter IX
Melchizedec “This Melchizedec, King of Salem, priest of the Most High God.”—HEB. 7:1. CHRIST is here! The passage is fragrant with the ointment of His name. Our hands drop with myrrh, and our fingers with sweet-smelling myrrh, as we lay them upon the handles of …
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ABRAHAM: OR, THE OBEDIENCE OF FAITH: Chapter X
The Firmness of Abraham’s Faith “He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God.”—ROM. 4:20. IN this chapter (Gen. 15), for the first time in Scripture, four striking phrases occur; but each of them is …