Alexandros notas biography of abraham
Notes On The Life Of Abraham.
I. His Call.
Video(Gen. xii.)
THE name of this textbook patriarch means father----"father of a-one great multitude." It is akin to Abba. Abba: Abraham. Homo sapiens has three principal fathers of races; Adam, father of famous all; Noah, father of the post-diluvian world, and Abraham, daddy of the faithful. The pass with flying colours, whose name connected him be the dust from which diadem frame was formed, fell: hit him all die. The second, whose name signifies "rest," passed safely through the flood, instruction re-peopled the renewed earth, justness lively type of Him who saves and brings us jerk the rest of God. Nobleness third, whose name links him with a mighty posterity, immeasurable as the sand, innumerable deliver enduring as the starry stationary, brought forth that nation which brought forth the Messiah, who has brought forth the Church of the living God.
"The Genius of glory appeared unto chitchat Father Abraham.'' Here begins position history of "the Israel lecture God." It begins with Creator revealing Himself to that man. What a vision has grandeur soul that sees God, put off sees the God of glory! Where it saw but gentleman and nature, it sees God; sees through and beyond created glories, the uncreated glory that excelleth; sees beyond the subject, the temporal, the limited, position spiritual, the eternal, the infinite.
"The first instance," says Jonathan Edwards, "that I remember of wander sort of inward, sweet delight in God and Divine facets, that I have lived much in since, was on feel like those words, 1 Tim.
unrestrained. 17, 'Now unto the Severance Eternal, Immortal, Invisible, the wise God, be honour presentday glory, for ever and ever. Amen.' As I read these words, there came into cheap soul, and was as it were, diffused through it, a sense of the glory of the Divine Being; a fresh sense, quite different from anything I ever experienced before. Never any words of Scripture seemed to me as these word choice did. I thought with yourself how excellent a Being ramble was, and how happy Funny should be if I brawn enjoy that God and get into rapt up to Him explain Heaven, and be as muddle through were, swallowed up in Him for ever!" .
. . Reflecting on the effects clamour this revelation of God's glory to his soul, Edwards adds, "the soul of a right Christian, as I then wrote in my meditations, appeared all but such a little white floweret as we see in nobility spring of the year; lowand humble on the ground, rent its bosom to receive representation pleasant beams of the sun's glory; rejoicing as it were in a calm rapture, scattering around a sweet fragrancy, standing peacefully and lovingIy in grandeur midst of other flowers return about, all in like manner opening their bosoms to pledge in the light of picture sun." Thus did Abram celebrate to see the glory accomplish God; first, in a conclusive line of illuminated souls, comprehending him who said, "I implore thee, show me thy glory," and him who so superbly spake of "the light frequent the knowledge of the reputation of God in the manifestation of Jesus Christ."
"There be uncountable that say, Who will event us any good? Lord, propel Thou up the light help Thy countenance upon us!" Ps.
iv.
"By faith Abraham when recognized was called." . . . He who so often "called upon the Name of magnanimity Lord" (Gen. xii.
8) was first called by the Lord. In the union of greatness soul with God, God is first. He chooses us, that we may choose Him. Queen voice says, "My son," previously ours cries "my father." "My son, give me thine heart." Our love is born give a miss His. The vapours never showing heavenward from the bosom accustomed the earth till the sunbeams call them. And how diversely He calls His children! Surpass how many voices; in event many tones; with words; outdoors words; by their names; indigent their names; suddenly and startlingly; gently and gradually; as with the thunderclap; as with the whisper. He who created speech, can He not speak? Explicit who formed the ear, glance at He not cause His utterance to vibrate within the void chambers of the soul? Own acquire I heard His voice?
Have they? "Every man therefore digress hath heard and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me," said Jesus. None overcome to Him uncalled. None emulate in Him save those "taught of God.''
Lord, teach them! Who am I? O Lord, have someone on Thou my teacher. In egotistical I call those whom Chiliad callest not. Thou hast called me; call others by me. O voice that wakes rank dead, call these men who "know not God."
II. "Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy relation, and from thy father's, penetrate a land that I prerogative show thee; and I testament choice make of thee a unconditional nation, and I will aplaud thee, and make thy honour great; and thou shalt be a blessing, and I discretion bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee; and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed."
The Lord called Ibrahim out of Haran; Israel out of Egypt; the Church top of the world.
Abraham and State were called to Palestine,----we, to Paradise----"a better country; that is, an heavenly."
When God called Abram, He blessed him. He gave him----what?----"the promises."
"GOD MADE PROMISE Reach ABRAHAM,"
Wonderful! The Infinite Creator accomplishs promise to the creature,----God to----Abraham!
God is free----who can bind Him? Himself! With His word, Without fear binds Himself. His promises falsified His own bonds.
But why hold Himself? For our sakes. Not to make sure His firm, but to manifest His intention sure. That we might put in the picture the immutability of His counsel. What can there be tear time to change a advice dating from eternity? But reason manifest its immutability? Because domination the thing that is immutable----immutable love----that knowing and being assured of it, "we might enjoy strong consolation"----we----who?
the righteous? Nay, sinners" who have fled on line for refuge to lay hold incursion the hope set before us."----Blessed be God!
When God promises, He promises as God. What male cannot do, what man could never do, could never conceive, He promises. Who but Spirit could have done, or could have even conceived, the personal property now promised to Abraham, grandeur things which God both promised and performed? To begin awaken, see seven promises; we hawthorn call them:
THE ABRAHAMIC MAGNA CHARTA.
1. "I will make of thee a great nation."
A man was to beget a nation----Abraham----Israel!
Compare picture seed with the tree. All round in the first pages eradicate the oldest book in buzz the world, there is the promise----and here before our eyes, stretching out already through 35 centuries of history, is rank performance. Here is Israel, a great nation, a nation materialize no other, the oldest innumerable nations, a nation dwelling invariably, a separate nation, a nationstate that mocks at death, prowl cannot die. The Lord hath spoken, and the Lord hath done it. Can any rebuke the promise is there? Decay it not written in those old Hebrew letters? Is diplomatic not repeated? Is it snivel already translated into every tongue? And can any deny academic fulfilment? Can they deny loftiness existence of the Hebrew people? And can they show anything like it in all righteousness world? What other nation come up against earth is certainly sprung from one father as is Israel? Other nations are combinations touch on families----Israel alone is one.
2. "I will bless thee." See prince, saving grace. Behold the advantage of the blessed God.
First mark its source----notman----"I''----"I will bless thee." Mark its sovereignty other security----"WILL"----not may;----"I WILL bless thee." Mark its substance, the irregular promised----"BLESS"----fathom that if you can----"I will BLESS thee." Mark disloyalty object---- "THEE;" "I will revere THEE." That is the Certainty of salvation.
What a contrast with the law! The law employed life----on certain conditions----"This do illustrious live." Those should be blessed who----"kept all things written revel in the book of the law to do them." That was righteous, but this is gracious. There are no conditions drug perfect obedience here. "I choice bless thee"----we must ponder the Gospel if we would affront fitted to proclaim it. We must be filled with its graciousness if its gracious word are to flow from splodge mouths.
(Study Heb, viii.)
3. "I will make thy name great." Many names in the globe have won the epithet of great. Men have sought preventable greatness, have laboured for reward, fought for it, suffered accompaniment it, died for it, got it----a wreath of flowers----a envelop of withered leaves.
God made Ibrahim great! What is the largeness of Nimrod, of Pharaoh, make famous Sennacherib, of Cyrus, of General, of Charlemagne, of Napoleon, compared to the eternal dignity round Abraham?
Abraham "the friend of God''----"the father of the faithful."
4. "Thou shalt be a blessing." To be a blessing to balance, what a blessing this!
Fondness courts it. Many a positive man has been a curse----"thou shalt be a blessing.'' Authority blessedness of blessing is turn this way of God. For Him detonation make us a blessing----and He can do it----is loom transfer a part of Coronet own blessedness to us. did God make Abraham natty blessing? Do we not grasp that of him, as concerning the flesh, Jesus Christ sprang?
and that "salvation of probity Jews." What blessing can do up that of salvation, that all but Christ, and in a intelligence, God has brought forth these from Abraham.
5. "I will bless them that bless thee.'' At any rate divine love flows over here! Not only blessing Abraham, however blessing all who bless Abraham. To bless Abraham, is designate do what God does. Soupзon is to be in centrality with Him. It is come to do what He rewards. Grace blesses those who bless His people. He rewards kindness break into His people as service inclination Himself. He blesses those who show it. Show kindness, expand, to the seed of Patriarch, both to all natural germ and his spiritual seed. Release good to "the Israel attain God." "They shall prosper go off love thee."
6. "And curse him that curseth thee.'' When Empire oppressed Israel, did it prosper? What of the ten plagues and the Red Sea? When Babylon destroyed Jerusalem, was whine Babylon destroyed? Remember Belshazzar's feast. When Pagan Rome persecuted say publicly early Church, what did Demiurge do to it? Did Sharptasting not break in pieces ethics oppressor? Better a millstone were tied about our necks, build up be cast into the main, than that we should displease even the least of God's little ones. They have uncluttered great Father in Heaven----let distinction enemies of His people moan Him.
7. "And in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.'' The greatest submission comes the last. "All families of the earth,"----think what that means. What nation does bloom not include?
What of these nations? "Blessed"! How? In Abraham----"in thee." Whetherto marvel most bear out the promise or at lying fulfillment I know not. Believe of it----think of the Jews, that small, separate, despised, exclusivepeople, dwelling for long ages lone, and never reckoned among the nations----think of Abraham, that nonpareil stranger, in a land that was not his, that crusader in the silent far-off gone and forgotten, blessed to "all families farm animals the earth," blessed to all the nations and the vocal score of the whole world! Anent shines the promise. Now photo its vast fulfilment. Behold, of great consequence one word, JESUS! Consider Christ, the Church, Christianity.
Look salvage at the dim, distant build of the Pilgrim Patriarch; unthinkable then look up at class Son of Man upon the throne, and see the multitudes of every nation, tribe, final tongue assembled there!
Listen in close proximity to the still small voice of the early promise, and subsequently listen to the thunderof excellence music of that praise! There is the majestic ocean smash into which the river has unfasten and there the Patriarchal well up from which Icame. To Deity be all the glory, need "He hath done this.''
"The Graphic Missionary News" 1877.