The Altar of Abraham

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Independence of God is the desire of all men.
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Christ gave not Himself by halves.
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He (Abraham) went out “not knowing whither he went.” There is that which characterizes his faith.
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Abraham, stranger-like, goes here and there. He pitches his tent and builds an altar. It is all he has in the land. Happy and quiet, he rests in the promise of God. And this also is what we ourselves have to do.
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Perhaps it will happen to us, as to Abraham, to buy a sepulcher and that is all. (Gen. 23)
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God cannot be satisfied with a half obedience: but, having walked in what God says, we may rest in His love and have His altar until He come in whom are all the promises.
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