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Popular BIBLE CLASS Note* THE BOOK OF GENESIS By J. W. SMITH The Word of Encouragement. Chapter 15. All true courage comes from jn God. The man who believes strong; the man who doubts is btrong faith precedes great Faith, in order to be strong must nourished by the word of God. Elijah experienced a season of ural depression and reaction the great victory won on Mount mel on the previous day; so A .mail amount of good .lock for talc. M. C. & J. R. Mosley ! Byron, Ga. :; i-8-tf ! ’♦4+*+++**++++*+++4-H-+44--H 1 **• »j» »j« *j. »*• TO SERVE YOU • . 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Hi Those living in towns where we have local agents should arrange for de¬ Hi Hi livery of The Daily Georgian and Sunday American for 20c a week. Ef: t-jj Hi Hi j^S Hi WIN A CASH PRIZE K LC Hi Hi THE LEADER-TRIBUNE, FORT VALLEY, GA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1925. brave and noble deed, described in preceding chapter, was followed a time of spiritual reaction, so hr needed the special word of ragement, which came to him at critical moment. We read: these things the word of the nmr • unto Abram.” Vs. 1. The that is nourished by daily j meditation, and the humble | of the Holy Scriptures will the life, enlighten the mind, | the intellect, encourage the 1 and multiply good works. I The Vision. V»». 1-6. it' The word of the Lord came to ram in a vision.” The phrase so : found in the Bible, “the word I en U^e Lord came,” occur; here for first time. The revelation was not dream, hut a real message from Lord; for we read in verse five God “brought him forth abroad” commanded him to look toward ven. This vision brought - I. Encouragement. V*. I. 11 , natural , , for . Abram to , , was lieve that the defeated armies of tin East, which he attacked by would return in overpowering force and without mercy fall upon his clan. In addition to this he was appointed that Lot whom he followed him not, but went back the wicked people of Sodom. We readily see tha* he was east do'.vr • when the word of . came to him: “Fear not, Abram: I | am thy shield, and thy exceedin great reward,” Abram whose was weak, was not to he afraid of his fierce enemies; for God would take care of him and be his shield. As the shield is between the body and danger, so God is between His ple and all harm. Nothing can the saint but through God; for life is hid with Christ in God. shield is illustrative of (1) protection. 15: 1; I’.s. 33: 20. (2) j salvation. God’s favor. Ps. 1’.-. 5: 12 . (3) IK: 35. (4) f truth. Ps. 01: 4. (5) The faith. Kph. 6: 16. God was Abram’s reward ulso. rum honored God by refusing the offers of the king of Sodom; God rewards His servant. The reward was God Himself. In God he had all the gifts and blessings of heaven. The man who has God has everything he ! needs for this: life and the life to come. ' 2. Assurance. Vs*. 2-6. God had blessed Abram with rich¬ es and honor, but what would they all amount to? If he died childless Id; inheritance would be lost. He was at the point of concluding that Eliezer, his attached houseborn slave, would be his heir. There was no sign of the fulfillment of the promise con cermng , his . seed , though , he had been years in Canaan. The promise included the coming Messiah, and 1 he wanted assurance of his relation iship to Him. Being encouraged by the word of the Lord, he asked: “What wilt Thou give me, seeing I childless?” God assured him that the heir would be his own son, an<f led him forth to a place where he was taught the most glorious lesson in astronomy ever learned by any man. As he beheld the millions of “silvery eyes (we believe that Divine power strengthened his sight so that he saw not merely the five or six thousand stars seen with the naked eye, hut the 100,000,000 that can he seen through the telescope), parkling in the heavens, he was told: “So shall thy seed be.” The stars had been a familiar l ight, hut from that moment they constituted a sign, testifying to the faithfulness of God. Every time Abram looked at the stars he could see God’s covenant promise written across the skv. 3. Righteou.no. V.. 6. “Ami he believed in the Lord and he counted it unto him for righteous ness.” This is the first time ,, the word , believed , ,,, occurs . the ., ,, Holy , Fcrip- ... tn ture. It is a translation of the He , brew word , araan, ,, - from which , . , we get ,, “amen, ,, . „ “so it is,” . ,, our meaning “it shall , ,, , he ,, .... it must , , be. ,, Under , the ., sky , God ... , to Ah- ., nzure gave a promise ram which included the person and , work , of , ,,, Christ. . , Though the fulfill ment of . tne . promise was impossible , , ' from „ , human standpoint, , . yet Abram a said. “Amen, and . a'l „ was settled ,,, , end I this instance . , of - faith - ... sure. was that , was chosen , , hv the ,, ,. Holy , Spirit. as the model for believing unto justi fication of life. Rom. 4. The word “counted” means “to think” and then ‘to impute,” i. to put to one’s account. The implies that Abram had no ness of his own and that he did merit a. How can a man be as righteous the moment he God? Because faith lays bold on object. God Who is perfection To believe God is to lay hold on perfection. When this is done believe) is regarded as righteous the sight of God, as if he had sinned. Godet says, “To impute the believer righteousness which does not possess, is at the same not to impute to him sins of which he is guilty.” Every believer is fied the same way as the father of the faithful was. Abram was fully suaded that, what God had promised, He was able to perform. "And fore it was imputed to him for right e usness. Now it was not written fo" his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; but for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on Him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead: Who was delivered for our offences and raised again for our justification.” Rom. 4: 21-25 In chapter 15, Abram is justified be¬ fore God; in chapter 22. he is justt f'ed before men. In the former we have faith, jn the latter we have works. Raul quotes from chapter 15; James, from chapter 22. il The Covenant. Vss. 7-21. When righteousness was imputed to Abram, God entered into a solemn covenant with him, by which the pa¬ triarch’s faith was strengthened and confirmed. God reminded him of jformer mercii and favors which were j u pledge of a glorious future. V s. 7. | The covenant included a— 1. Sign. V... 8-12, 17. | Abram said, “Lord shall God, inherit whereby it? shall I know that l 1 was not distrust in God’- wort! that |eausod him to ask for a sign, but a '^ire to have his faith confirmed, The sign God gave him was a typ of Christ in His perfection, strength ;lni1 sacrifice. The three animals were divided, and according to custom, a P ~‘‘ was form ‘‘ d - hetwepn th ° at ' h( ° PP ° S,t, “ •* tre metle8 of h,ch thc covenanting parties , en v ’ tered, and , meeting in the middle took the solemn oath. , . In this , • case God adne parsed between the , sacri f;oe. ’ showing that it was a covenant of The _ smoking , , furnace rep grace. ” resented God in His justice and holi while the flaming torch symbo- , ness, lized , ... Him ... His and . in mercy grace, ■ The sacrifice, ... from another , stand- , , point, ’ was typical ' of the oneness that , , existed , , between the , contracting par ties. . Kurtz says. “Ihe division .. . . oi ... the ' ■ ’ sacrifices into . portions represent; ... the two parties , , to ,, the covenant. A- . I these portions constitute in reality muma), the two parties to the covenant are joined into one.” 2. Ihe Frophecy. Vss. 13-16. In these four verses we have 400 -years of israelitish history written in advance. God revealed to Abram that Ins seed would he in exile, in bondage, and in affliction 400 years, after which the nation, holding them in slavery would be judged, and the chil dren of the covenant delivered, and enriched. The first fourteen chapter of Exodus show how completely this I prophecy was fulfilled. I Abram was told that he would go to his fathers in peace and be buried in a good old age. Going to his fathers means going to the abode of the de¬ parted spirits, and not his burial in the grave; for his fathers were not i buried in Carman. His happy ana peaceful end is recorded in chapter 25: 7, S. Every good man dies ii )tace. “Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of rhat man is peace.” Ps. 37: 37. 3. Confirmation. Vs. 18 I “In the same day God made a eot enant with Abram, saying “Unto thy seed have 1 given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates.” In chapter 12: 7 the promise given Abram concern¬ ing the land is, "L T rito thy reed will 1 Ouch! Rub Backache, Stiffness, Lumbago Rub Pain from back with small trial bottle of old • < St. Jacobs Oil. • * Back hurt you? 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It never disappoints and has been rec¬ ommended for 60 years. give this land.” In this passage the promise is confirmed, “Unto thy seed have I given this land.” Some schol¬ ars learn from 2 Chron. 3: 26 that the complete boundaries of the Prom bed Land have never been realized, and that this promise made to Ab¬ ram awaits its perfect fulfillment. Palestine is the land of the Jews. Prof. Israel Friedlander says, The thinking Jew realizes that the Jew:; still have a land whieh is theirs, theirs j by right of Divine promise and his i’orica! tradition. But, above all, they rely on the promise itself. They be lieve that tht covenant between God and Abraham which assured the Jew ish nation of a land even before it v,a> born, will never be broken. 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