The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-01-04

|. found il, and being man OF prayei
he prayed for more light, and in an
swer it was borne in upon him tha
polytieism was all wrong. He reject
! ed il with all its works, and in I'll
wide reaches of the Mesopoiamiai
! fields he was born again TO new faitl
/ -monotheism. That he was right wa
amply INDICATED, for the one God
Jehovah, spoke to him. Abram ther
knew that his life was not his own
but anothers His allegiance from
henceforth was not to King Hammer.
abb, but to the Great Potentate and
King Of All Life, Jehovah God. That
was his discovery. and it marked a
new epoch for the destiny of the race.
hbram obeyed the call, and in that act
OF obedience he won Immortality. He
became the founder of new nation.
the Jews, but he became infinitely
more. He became the father OF the
countless multitude of all nations and
OF all centuries. who worship One
God, the Father Almighty, maker OF
Heaven and Earth More particular
| ly, he is the spiritual father of all
followers of the Lord Christ. He is
la mountain-peak. standing high and
radiant among the lesser mountain
characters that surround him, and one
word suggests the grandeur of his
character. Faith He was its incar-
nation. Read Genesis xv:6. and there
we have the secret of his greatness,
And he believed in Jehovah; and he
reckoned it to him for righteousness.
A commentator on today's lesson thus
sums up Abrams act of faith in lcav-
ing all for the Voice that called him:
This faith abrams faith in Jc-
hovah) was of such vital import
ance to the world that it had to
be preserved at any cost. To save
Abram and all the world it was
necessary to isolate him and safe
guard him from idolatrous infec-
ton. This was a radical remedy.
but 1t was the only one that would
work Il
Our third and last point is a COM
'arison of Abraham with Christ.
Please note the change from Abram 7
o Abraham This change of name g
one of the significant things in the v
tie OF our great leader. Abram left I
iaran when he was seventy-hve years q
Dung. | am sure. in the exhilaration o
his new faith. he felt youthful. .
reat leaders have ever been noted u
'r their ebullient spirits, and Abram Ia
'uld have been no exception. He had Ia
zen a wandercr in the land of prom in
tor twenty-four years when the g.
reatest spiritual experience of his h;
{ took place. God met him. by the tn
ay. and talked with him. and then o
as revealed the God who seeks cove tr
nt-relationship with His children: IN
And | will establish my cove .;
nant between me and thee and -.
thy seed after thee throughout -
heir generations for an cvcrlast- -
ng covenant. to be a God unto
hee and to thy seed after thee =
Genesis xvii:7.)
Then Abram became Abraham
rom exalted father the meaning
one, was added the more significant
aning of the other, father of
lhtude.' Abraham, the spiritual
estor of all who believe in Jehovah
mountaineering Godl Abra-
!, whose act of faith is the noble
ne OF Paul's wonderful epistle TO
Romansl Without him our Bible
ia never have been written. for he
ne key-character of the Old Tesla
t. selected by God to be the fore 4
Ter OF the new dispensation. that
ugh him as the patriarch of the
zen people should come the Re-
ner OF men, in whom the promise
n of old-'in thee shall all the
lies OF the earth be blessed
fuihlled. Thus Paul adds. (GaIa-
m:29); And if ye be Christ's
are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs / y
riding to the promise. N