(XII.  1-8.)

3.  ^  Now  Jehovah  said  unto  Abram,  'Get  thee  out  of  thy
land,  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  will  "bless  thee  and  make
thy  name  great,  and  thou  shalt  be  a  ^blessing.     And  I

and  his  obedience  to  it  (chaps,  xi.  10-xiv.);  the  second,  the  conflicts  of  his  faith
as  regards  his  relationships  and  the  promises  of  Gk)d.
Sec.  1. — The  call  of  God,  and  the  obedience  of  faith.
We  have  in  the  first  section  a  complete  sevenfold  picture  : —

1.  His  genealogy,  or  birth -title,  as  descended  from  Shem:  the  line  of  promise.
(Chap.  xi.  10-26.)

2.  The  hindrances  of  nature  to  faith,  (xi.  27-32.)

3.  Abram  in  the  land  :  the  heavenly  portion  realized,  (xii.  1-8.)

4.  His  failure  in  Egypt :  the  saint  going  down  into  the  world,  and  its  conse-

quences, (xii.  9-20.)

5.  Abram  and  Lot :  our  choice  and  God's  choice  for  us.  (xiii.)

6.  Abram  as  overcomer  :  the  strife  with  the  kings,  (xiv.  1-16.)

7.  Where  the  heart  rests,  (xiv.  17-24. )

Grod,  nature,  heaven,  the  world,  victory  over  self,  and  the  victory  over  opposi-
tion from  without  are  all  represented  here,  while  the  last  of  this  series  closes  it
with  so  ble-ssed  an  assurance  of  what  Christ  is  for  the  heart  occupied  with  Him
that  we  know  without  any  doubt  that  there  can  be  nothing  beyond  it.  Let  us
look  more  closely  at  these  things.
