Homilist Genesis 12:1-3 Now the LORD had said to Abram, Get you out of your country, and from your kindred, and from your father's houseā¦ I. THE DIFFICULTIES OF THE LIFE OF FAITH. 1. Natural ties. 2. A desire to be satisfied with the present and visible. 3. Imperfect knowledge of the future. II. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LIFE OF FAITH. 1. A firm belief in the testimony of God. 2. A proper estimate of the visible. 3. A worshipping life. 4. To be undismayed at improbabilities. III. THE BLESSINGS OF SUCH A LIFE. 1. More than compensation for every natural loss. 2. Inward happiness in being the means of doing good to others. 3. It leads to a life of spiritual and eternal sight. (Homilist.) 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: |