Abraham Called
F. Hastings Genesis 12:1 Now the LORD had said to Abram, Get you out of your country, and from your kindred, and from your father's house… Now the Lord God had said unto Abraham, Get thee out of thy country, &c. The record of Abraham's life is second only in beautiful simplicity to that of Christ. There are certain correspondences between the two. I. A SUMMONS WAS GIVEN TO ABRAHAM. It was from the Lord. We know not the form. It was explicit. He was to leave all. It was an unmistakable summons, and it was repeated. Such calls are generally opposed to carnal inclinations. Dangers beset the one who should respond to the call, for "the Canaanite was then in the land." II. THE SUMMONS WAS SUSTAINED BY A PROMISE of guidance to the land. The first call was to a land, the second to a definite place. God did not at first tell Abraham that he would give him the land, but only "show" it. God does not reveal all the riches of his grace at once. The promise was sufficient. Abraham went forth from the plain of Chaldea to the land which God would make through him and his descendants the most renowned in the world. Ever listening to a voice unheard by others Abraham was led. Sublime faith of the patriarch; he looked for "a city that had foundations." - H. 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: WEB: Now Yahweh said to Abram, "Get out of your country, and from your relatives, and from your father's house, to the land that I will show you.