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I. ITS GRANDEUR AND IMPORTANCE.

1. A spiritual seed.

2. A worldwide blessing.

II. THE POWER BY WHICH IT MUST BE ACCOMPLISHED.

1. Almighty.

2. Life-giving.

3. Creative.

III. THE MEANS BY WHICH THAT POWER IS ENJOYED — faith.

(J. Lyth, D. D.)

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KJV: (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.

WEB: As it is written, "I have made you a father of many nations." This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.