Abram took Sarai his wife.GENESIS 12:5+Let Nothing Terrify YouIt is not merely because of her wifely affection that [Sarai] follows her husband. She was aided by the Holy Spirit, who moved her womanly...  Read More

So Abram went, as the LORD had told him.GENESIS 12:4+Our Chief ConcernTrue obedience is not to do what you yourself choose or what you impose upon yourself, but what the Lord has commanded you through...  Read More

So Abram went, as the LORD had told him.GENESIS 12:4+Promise and FaithPromise and faith belong together naturally and inseparably. For what is the use of making any promise if there is no one to belie...  Read More

"In you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."GENESIS 12:3+Blessing upon BlessingBut of this promise flowed all the sermons of the prophets concerning Christ and His kingdom, about the forgi...  Read More

"In you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."GENESIS 12:3+Christ Brings the BlessingThere follows that promise which should be written in golden letters and should be extolled in the langua...  Read More

“And I will make of you a great nation . . . and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”GENESIS 12:2-3+Called from Idolatry to Be a BlessingIt is a great and inexpressible gift that Ab...  Read More

"I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you."GENESIS 12:2+Blessed to Be a Great NationThe first gift is that Abraham will be "a great nation," that is, that his descendants will have a ki...  Read More

"I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing."GENESIS 12:2+Firm in FaithAbraham saw none of these things. In fact, he had abundant ...  Read More

Now the LORD said to Abram, "Go from your country... to the land that I will show you."GENESIS 12:1+The Lord's CallingWhen Moses was describing Noah (Genesis 6:9), he called him a righteous and perfec...  Read More

These are the generations of Shem.GENESIS 11:10+The Church Is Not a PlaceThis list of the fathers teaches us the basic doctrine that God has never altogether abandoned His Church, even though on some ...  Read More

There the LORD confused the language of all the earth.GENESIS 11:9+The Language Gap DefeatedTherefore it is a great blessing and an outstanding miracle of the New Testament that by means of various la...  Read More

"Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language."GENESIS 11:7+Comfort through ConfusionThis also serves to comfort the true Church, that God not only sees the enterprises, machinations, and cou...  Read More