(Men God Made) Abraham — Willie Mullan

But we're starting a new series this evening, and I've entitled it, Men God Made. And for the next 12 or 14 weeks, we're going to look at the training techniques of the great teacher. How the godly character of these men was developed under the mighty hand of God.

That's what we're after. Wanting to see these men in the school of God, and how God developed them into the men he desired should serve him. Now, some of them were in the school for quite a long time.

Moses and the Three Stages of God's Training

Next week we'll be looking at Moses. Remember, Moses lived for 120 years. And if you divide the 120 by 3, it gives you 340. And it is very remarkable in the life of Moses, that the first 40 years was spent in Egypt.

He was known to all in Thunderay as the son of Pharaoh's daughter. In fact, this should be an impressive promise, because this was the title he bore. He was called the son of Pharaoh's daughter. And he spent 40 years in Egypt learning, learning to be something.

He was learned in all the wisdom of Egypt, so said in his book. And then you'll find something happened and he had to run from Egypt. And the next 40 is at the back side of the desert, tending a few sheep.

That's a bit of a change, a new class he's in. God has put him into a new class. And while the first 40 was spent learning to be something, the next 40 is spent learning to be nothing. That's a good class, and when you graduate from that, you're getting on in school with God.

But the last 40, ah, that's the most important 40, the last 40 was spent in the wilderness with the children of Israel as they led them through the wilderness. And while the first 40 was in Egypt learning to be something, and the second 40 was at the back side of the desert learning to be nothing, the last 40 was spent in the wilderness learning that God was everything.

That's when he graduated. So that's the sort of thing we're going to do in the days to come. We're going to look at the training techniques of the great teachers. How the godly character of these men was developed under the mighty hand of God.

The Atheist's Indictment of Biblical Heroes

I want to say a word about an atheist club that's in America just at this moment. And they have printed the book, and they have the pictures, or supposed to be pictures, of all these great men of God.

Abraham, and Moses, and Joseph, and David, and so on. But these pictures are sort of repulsive faces, criminal, diabolical. And you know they've got a lot to say about each character. When they talk about Abraham they say, he's called the friend of God.

And yet this man is the man who was prepared to sacrifice the purity of his wife to save his own skin. How could he be the friend of God? Or what kind of a God is it that would make such a creature his friend?

When they talk about David they have a repulsive picture there. And they say this is the man after God's own heart. And then they point out that he committed adultery with another man's wife. And then to cover his sins he murdered her husband.

And then they talk about the man after God's own heart. Talk about the terrible things that Jacob did, and the lies he told his old blind father. And then say that God is proud to be called the God of Jacob.

Now this is an atheistic club at its finest. In this club are supposed to be men who have letters at their names and have come to universities. For professing themselves to be wise they have become fools.

Sin, Judgment, and the Sinless Son of God

Now let me say right away that all they said about Abraham. And all they said about Jacob. And all they said about David. It's all perfectly true. All perfectly true. But you see when they are trying to indict God because of the sins of these men.

It's the old game of sitting in the Savior's face again. And throwing stones at the God of God. Don't let's forget that God condemned Abraham's sin. And Jacob's sin and David's sin. And he gave his own son as the sacrifice on the cross.

To put away that sin. But these men won't touch Christ behind that. What have they got to say against him? They have no indictment to place on his head. Thank God he's still faultless. And spotless. And sinless.

And crimeless. And it was this spotless, sinless, crimeless, holy son of God. Who became the Lamb of God. And the sins of the past. Yes. That was covered by the type of atonement. That were laid on him.

On Calvary. And thank God he carried them away forever. Oh how terrible it is. Now tonight we are going to start with Abraham. And remember that Abraham is one of the great characters of the New Testament as well as the Old.

Abraham's Credentials in the New Testament

I'm sure it will surprise some of you when I tell you that Abraham is named 74 times in the New Testament. That's remarkable isn't it? Yes you remember that our Lord Jesus talked about Abraham. How that Abraham rejoiced to see my day.

And you remember that when Stephen was standing before the Sanhedrin. That he took this Jewish council back. To the day that the God of glory appeared through our father Abraham. You will find that a great part of the letter to the Romans.

Is taken up with detail after detail about Abraham. You find it after whole chapters in Galatians. All about Abraham. And the longest paragraph in the great chapter of Hope which is Hebrews chapter 11.

The longest paragraph is given to Abraham. You see from the notes tonight I've called it his credentials. You know Christianity claims him father of the faithful. And indeed when you trust Christ you are called the seed of Abraham.

That's what believers are. And you know that Judaism tonight claims him the father of the nations. You go and ask Bagan tonight who Abraham is he will soon tell you. And you will find that Islam and all the Arab world tonight and the Muslims.

They all look back to Abraham. So he is quite a character. I want you to get the hold of this. Now I want to go back tonight to his country. Because it's always good to start with a man's country if we don't know something about him.

Abraham's Ancestry from Noah to Terah

Therefore we put him in the school at all. And let's go back to the book of Genesis chapter 9. Book of Genesis. And we're at chapter 9. And this is the place in the chapter where the sons of Noah went forth out of the ark.

Three of them. Shem, Ham and Japheth. Verse 19 will do us. We're at Genesis 9 and 19. These are the three sons of Noah. And of them was the whole earth overspread. Verse 18 gives you their names. Shem and Ham and Japheth.

Now these are the sons and from them the whole earth was overspread. We've looked at this on more than one occasion. Then chapter 10 begins to give you the sons of Japheth. You see when they got out of the ark.

You'll find if we trace them carefully. That they went in different directions. Because Japheth went north. And you'll find that Ham went south. And the colored nations around the equator came from him.

You'll find that Shem went right out east. And that's the one we're after this evening. Interestingly, sons of Japheth. You see Genesis 10 and verse 2. The sons of Japheth. See the first one, Gomel. That's the old word for Germany.

I suppose you know that, don't you? Well, if a German doesn't know, then nobody else does. Yes, and that's where they came from. And you'll find that nearly all the good-looking, fair-haired, blue-eyed, lovely men.

They come from right up there. Because that's where Japheth went. I'm sure we're related in some way. But we're different. Where I came from, you know? Newton asked. They used to say that all the terrible things came from America.

But the devil himself came from Newton. And it wasn't me. I had nothing to do with it. But here are the sons. Now, when you go down a bit. You will find the sons of Pound there in verse 6. And it's interesting to see that Prussia's there in Midfordham.

The old word for Egypt and so on. And then when you come into chapter 11. See chapter 11, verse 10. These are the generations of Shem. This is Nicodemus' son that went right out east. Shem was a hundred years old.

And begot Arsaxad is the bridge. And verse 12 says Arsaxad begot Salah. And verse 14 says Salah begot Eber. And verse 16 says Eber begot Peleg. And 18 says Peleg begot Reu. And verse 20 says that Reu begot Zerug.

And verse 22 says Zerug begot Nahor. And verse 24 says Nahor lived nine and twenty years and begot Terah. And it says in verse 26 Terah lived seventy years and begot Eber. That's where he came from. Now that's very interesting for us.

Because we find that these are the generations of Terah there in verse 27. You'll find in a moment or two when we get into chapter 12. Let me just do this for you now. Chapter 12, 11 will do us. And Terah took Abram his son and Lot the son of Haram his son's son.

And Terah his daughter-in-law his son Abraham's wife. And they went forth with them from the Ur of the Chaldeans. That's the bit I was asking. Now I want you to see how far they drifted. From the ark rested on Mount Ararat.

And this fellow Shem came out and went east and they'd gone and gone and gone. You know where Ur of the Chaldeans is. If you look them up and find the Persian Gulf and go north. And go north east a little bit.

You'll find the old mark of Ur of the Chaldeans. Now that's where they had got to. Wanted to get the hold of it. Now there's something told us about Ur of the Chaldeans in some of the great history books.

And I was travelling on today. And it said that it was one of the great trade routes of the world at that time. It meant that all the great trading long caravans of people selling. Bringing commerce from one place to another.

That Ur of the Chaldeans was one of the main spots. Now I think this is true. That we think you know, we think. That when we look back and we say that Abraham was born somewhere. Or at least he lived for a while in Ur of the Chaldeans.

Away in Mesopotamia, Babylon, this country. I think that we've got the idea that it's a sort of map of the earth. Now let me tell you that all the scholars are agreed. That in those days it was greater than London.

And greater than New York. It was the big place in the world then. So we need to get the hold of that. I wrote this down today. A tablet was discovered recently. And it revealed there was a school in Ur of the Chaldeans.

Greater than either Oxford or Cambridge. So I want you to get the hold of it. I want you to sort of see the place.

And get this into perspective. This is where this land was brought up.

Idolatry and Sin in the Ancient World

Because I want you to get the hold of this. As our brother behind me will know. That in all the big cities with all the education and all the commerce. And all the money and all that sort of thing. There's always sin.

And great sin. When Paul walked into Corinth. Which was the metropolis of his day. He began to write out a catalogue of all the sins. We don't need to go over them tonight. Because they're not nice to go over.

Adultery and all the rest.

Men acting like women. This didn't begin in Liverpool you know.

It's a long time ago since that began. And it's a long time back since man ran after man you know. Goes way back a long time. But way back there you know. There was this sin. And of course idolatry. And evil religion and all the rest of it.

So I hope you've got the hold of that. Let's go over to Acts chapter 7 for a moment. I don't want to waste too much time just laying down the foundations of where he was brought up sort of style. Because that's not what we're after.

But I think it's important for all the young folks here. You see Stephen was a great quick friend in the early church. And these Judaizers arrested him. And like they did with the Lord they brought false witnesses against him.

Says in chapter 6 verse 13. They set up false witnesses which said. This man seeketh not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place and the law. For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place.

And shall change the customs which Moses delivered us. And all that sat in the council. The whole Sanhedrin. Seventy one of them. Looking steadfastly on him. For his face had been the face of an angel.

He did not sat on too much you know. Being a man of God filled with the Holy Ghost doesn't get upset with a crowd like that. Then said the high priest. He's asking the questions. Looking at the prisoner he said.

Are these things so? And this is how Stephen began. And he said. Men. Brethren. And Father. But when you're saved you know. And filled with the Holy Ghost. You have respect to everybody around you. All the false promises.

Just look at the council and say. Men. Brethren. Fathers. Fathers. Then he said this. The God of glory. Appeared unto our father Abraham. When he was in Mesopotamia. Before he dwelt in Charon or the word Charon is the one that's in the original.

Now this is something that we don't know properly. That. The God of glory appeared to this man. Now we don't know exactly what way he appeared. Don't come around and ask me. Because I don't know. I know the glory of God is a great thing.

But I know the God of glory is greater than the glory of God. And it was the. God of glory that appeared to him. Now I've got to get something of silver to you. Let's go to Joshua for a moment. The book of Joshua.

Abraham's Pagan Background and God's Call

And we're at chapter 24. Joshua. And we're at the 24th chapter. And Joshua's coming to the end of his day here. Verse 1. And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to check him. He called for the elders of Israel and for their heads and for their judges and for their officers.

And they presented themselves before him. And Joshua said unto all the people. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel. Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old times. I want you to get the hold of this because it's very important.

Even Terah. That's way back there. The father of Abraham. And the father of Naper. And they served other gods. I want you to get that. Because that's most important. And when we're talking about the other side of the flood.

We're talking about the other side of the Euphrates. Just in case you've got the thing wrong. So that Abraham came from the other side of the Euphrates. From one of the causes. Away back in that great wonderful place of education and life and commerce and blessing.

And riches and all the rest of it. But without that religion. They worshipped idols back there. Well that's something we need to pay attention to. Let's get this settled. Let's go to 1 Corinthians for a moment.

And we're at 1 Corinthians chapter 10. And I'm not wanting to waste time about this. But I would really like to say something about this. 1 Corinthians chapter 10. Verse 19. Paul's writing to these Corinthians and he's saying to them.

What say I then? That the idol is anything? Or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is anything? But I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice. They sacrifice to devils. Because where you get idolatry.

Idol worship. Where you get men worshipping idols. Let me get it over to you. It is demon worship. Let me get it over to you that Abraham. Was a demon worshipper before he was gone. And we go back to Joshua.

Are you back in Joshua? Joshua 24. Verse 2. They served other gods. And verse 3 says. And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood. And led him throughout all the land of Canaan. And multiplied his feet and gave them Isaac.

See verse 14 away down there. And therefore fear the Lord and serve him in sincerity and truth. And put away the gods. Which your father served on the other side of the flood. Yeah they were still there somewhere.

Wanted to get this. Because I wanted to get that this is what he was called from. The God of glory calls him. You know here is this man. And let me go back to Genesis 12. To get this bit settled also.

Because you have to do a treatment like this to get it properly. Genesis 12 is where the call comes. And the Lord said unto Abraham. Get thee out of thy country and so on. I'll go back to that in a moment.

So Abraham departed verse 4 says. As the Lord had spoken unto him. And Lot went with him. Abraham was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. Let me get that over to you too. Because that also is most important.

If you take Abraham's age sometimes. He lived on till he was 175 years of age. That's when he died. Lived a good old day in those days. Now if you're living 70 of those years. Of being reckless. Of almost half his life.

He wasn't a kid when he was called out. He was over 70 years of age when he was called out of this. He lived almost half his life. In the darkness of demon Russia. And the psychologists around us will say.

If you live the half of your life. Worshipping demons or doing all kinds of sins. Nobody can save you. It is baloney. When the God of Glory came to us. He can save you alright. He's quite able to dispense the darkness.

And smudge the feathers. And make you a new creature. No matter who you are. The fellow sitting back there tonight. Chuck McCullough. He boozed all his life. Either one day God came in and saved him. There was no more bother with him after that.

We didn't have to chain him to keep him out of the pubs or anything. No. So we've got all these sort of things sort of sorted out. You can see. The character he became when you look at the New Testament.

Seventy four signs. Mentioned. He's got a sort of a picture of the land he lived in. And the mighty place that Earl of the Chaldees was. I'm not exactly sure how God made himself known to him. I just know that the God of Glory called him.

That's all. It's almost the same with each one of us. I go back to the day when I stood with no shoes on my feet. And an old torn shirt and a coat pinned with a safety pin. And the God of Glory came and shook me.

And I can't tell you all about it. I just know it happened and I was there when it happened. Now we're getting down to things now. You've seen his credentials in this country. And his form. Now God had to put him into the school now.

Abraham Learns to Separate from His Former Life

And he was cursed with something. Sometimes sinners find out that there are things about them that they never really knew were there until they get these. Even old nature, it's a queer old nature. I'm sure you've found out about it before now.

But we're going to find this out now. Putting him into the school now. Now we're at Genesis 12. Really only starting, but maybe the clock will stop for some reason or something. That old clock, I hate it.

All right. We're at Genesis 12. Now the Lord had said unto Abraham. He didn't only appeal it through him. He called him. And this is what he said. Get thee out of my country. God saved you and leaves you in Hollywood.

I don't believe that stuff. You may try to tell me it's all right. Won't you try to tell me there's any other case of salvation but I don't believe a word of it. You tell me that you can flirt about with the film stars and tell me you're a new feature.

I'm afraid I don't believe you. I don't believe that, Robert. I think you've got to get out. And there's a whole lot of things that we all have to get out of. And maybe there's some things that some of you would have to get out of yet.

You're only in the school now. Remember it's the school with us. It's the technique that God made man out of. Said to Abraham, get thee out of my country. And from my kindred. And from my father's house.

Unto a land that I will show thee. He didn't tell him the land but he just said unto a land that I will show thee. And if God saves you at all, I'll show it to you sooner or later. You can bank on it.

And I will make of thee a great nation, thou. And I will bless thee. Make thine end great and thou shall be a blessing. And I will bless them that bless thee. Will curse them that curse thee. And heckle if our mother didn't.

The whole of us. He was doomed before it was finished, wasn't he? And now. He thought he would stand on his hind legs and guard millions from Russia. And drop off the Jews. Oh he hasn't got a chance. God cursed him.

Sometimes I pray that God will curse the IRA and my ministers. For the blood that's shed in this country. And I'll tell you if the curse of God comes out of it. I don't think that I should creep into a hole for anybody.

God says I will bless them that bless thee. And curse them that curse thee. And in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. Because Christ was going to come through him. So Abraham departed, or Abram as his name was then.

As the Lord had spoken unto him. And Lot went with him. And that's the bit you see. You see as I go down this chapter now that we're in. You see I detect. That finding out faith. Oh I know he had faith.

I know that the God of glory appears. And I know that he heard the voice of God. And I know that Hebrews chapter 11 says. By faith Abraham when he was called obeyed. And went forth not knowing whether he went.

I know that. But I believe that while he had faith he had fear. He was somehow afraid to go alone. Now he was asked to go alone. Get thee out of my country. He obeyed that and did so. And from my people.

Not from. He needed some ways now I decide. Just at that moment. Sometimes God calls some of us you know. And there are men who would love to go and serve the Lord. They need to have somebody with them.

Afraid to go alone. And I'll tell you if you're going to be the servant of the Lord. And I'm sure the man behind me knows this. You need to stand alone sometimes. And if you're not prepared to stand alone.

I don't think you'll ever be much use. Yes he was afraid. He was afraid of going alone. So he took Lot with him. And then you'll find out this. It says. Verse 5. And Abram took care of his wife and Lot his brother's son.

And all their substance that they had gathered. And the souls that they had gotten and hidden. And they went forth to go into the land of Canaan. And into the land of Canaan they came. It's a long journey from one of the Chaldeans.

Abraham's Courage to Separate from Lot

And I think the Caliph on Lot in those days was. That you go right up the side of the Euphrates. And you go up to a spot where you turn. And you go southward through the Syrian desert. You would come to a place called Haranim there.

And eventually you would come to Damascus. In the desert. Way out in the desert there. And then he came on down into the land of Canaan. Verse 6. And Abram passed through the land onto the place of Shechem.

Onto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. It was the land of Canaan. And if you go on the trip. With our brother Mr Gardner. I'm sure that you'll be taken to these very spots. And it's very interesting to stand there and say.

You know this is where they came to. And all the rest of it. Now when he got there. It says in verse 7. And the Lord appeared unto Abram and said. Unto thy seed will I give this land. And I can never make anything out of that.

Only what it says. It came forth to Abram and he said. You know. Unto thy seed will I give this land. Belongs to them to me. Abram sees according to the flesh. Unto thy seed will I give this land. And there he builded an altar unto the Lord.

Who appeared unto him. And he removed from himself a mountain on the east of Bethel. And fixed his tent having Bethel on the west. And Hai on the east. And there he builded an altar unto the Lord. And called upon the name of the Lord.

There's no doubt at all about him being saved. You know. He was the Lord now. He was away from demon worship. And Abram journeyed on still to the south. And there was a famine in the land. Now that's a funny thing.

Why call them out? Why take them so far? Why bring them in? Why say this is the land. I'll give this land. No. What God was doing. God's going to test them out now. How do you know if God calls you into something?

See some of you young ones. You're about to go into the work of the law. And you know you're praying. And the Lord opens up the door. And you can see it. And He has spoken to your heart. And you're so happy.

Oh you test yourself. They were ready to run home. He didn't like the famine. He feared the famine. I'll tell you he was armed unto Egypt. That's what the test is. It says. And Abraham went down into Egypt to sojourn there.

And that was a sad day. Because I'll tell you. That when he went down into Egypt. He brought an Egyptian woman home with him when he came back again. And from her came Ishmael. And that was a sad moment.

You see it's this fear that's there. He's afraid of almost everything. And then this indictment. It says in verse 11. And it came to pass when he came near to enter into Egypt. He said unto his wife. Behold now I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon.

Therefore it shall come to pass when the Egyptians shall see thee. That they shall say this is his wife. And they will kill me. Say I pray thee thou art my sister. Well this is the indictment that the Atheists leave against him.

And it's the right one. He was prepared to sacrifice. The purity of his wife. To shed her skin. See the little phrase they will kill me. He was afraid. I think you're beginning to see this fella in the school.

Oh I know his face. I know all about him. He's got a whole lot of face. Oh but there's something here that God will have to deal with. It's fear. It doesn't work well you know. Like putting water in the petrol.

Doesn't help it at all. You'll find if you go right through the story that again and again and again. That this terrible thing that belonged to him. It comes up. And somehow if you don't examine the whole thing.

You know you get the idea he was so wonderful. Oh well he had this you know. This curse that was his. He was afraid. Now where do you see God putting him in the school? We're going into chapter 13 now.

And he comes back from Egypt here. Yes. And it says verse 5. And Lot also which went with Saban had flocks and herds and tents. And the land was not able to bear them that they might grow together. For their substance was great so that they could not grow together.

And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle. And between the knights and the peasants that dwelled then in the land. And Abram said unto Lot. Lest there be no strife I pray thee between me and thee.

And between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen. For we be brethren. And I said on one occasion. This is the first time the word brethren is in the book. I'm a Satan. I get into trouble for this. Yeah. I said this at the brethren conference once you know.

Because I do get myself into trouble sometimes. And an old brother who was very nice to me. William Gilbury was. He was one of the greatest characters that ever lived I think. Something comes to my mind now and I'm sure God needs me to tell you this.

I'll go back to this if the Lord brings me back. You know one of the brethren preachers was preaching on insurance. And oh boy he gave the meeting some stuff about insurance. That you shouldn't insure your house and you shouldn't insure, you shouldn't insure nothing.

It was all the same. And old Gilbury was sitting beside me. And I gave him my elbow and I said. What do you think about that? And he said to me. Just wait a minute. And when this dear brother had preached.

Gathered up his Bible, his books. Down the steps. Out on the street. He told them of the meeting. And old Gilbury got up and went down the aisle. And I got up and went down the aisle. And we were not after him.

And as the dear brother was flipping the keys into the door of the car. Old Gilbury says. I hope you're not driving it without insurance. Yes. So the day I was preaching here. And I said. This is the first time that the word brother is in this book.

And they're fighting. Old Gilbury was behind me. And he said this. Please Willie look at the next verse. Because Abraham said. It's not the whole line before thee. Separate thyself. He said he was still preaching separation you know.

It was very nice wasn't it? Yes. This is what Abraham said. He's getting rid of the young fellow. That's the bit I want you to get the hold of. He's beginning to grow up. He's beginning to graduate. He says to Moses.

Now I can go without you. Maybe I'd be better without you. Oh you'd always be better. With the Lord. And the baby included you. Yes I can see him having the courage here. This is what I'm after. Courage to separate.

And I think if you go on into the next chapter. Maybe we can do this quickly. You'll find the chapter 14. It's the place where the four kings go to war with the five kings. You'll find in verse 1 there are four kings.

And it says in verse 2. These need war. And then he says. That's the first time the word war. In this book. First time. And of course. The four kings. Overcame the five kings. And Lot was taken prisoner.

Because he was dwelling down in Sodom then. And you can see these kings there. The five are mentioned in verse 2. War with Beelar. King of Sodom. And that's where Lot was dwelling. He was taken prisoner.

And then old Abraham had enough courage. To get up in the middle of the night. And go and tackle. The four kings. Are they gone now? And he overcame them. And he delivered Lot. And the point I want to make is.

That when he came back. You see now Catholic met him. And blessed him. Verse 21 in our chapter 14. And the king of Sodom. Said unto Abraham. Give me the person. He had taken Lot of prisoners. Seek refuge to thyself.

And Abraham said to the king of Sodom. I have lift up mine hand unto the Lord. The most high God.

The possessor of heaven and earth. That I will not take from.

Or trade even to a shoelacer. You know. This fellow is graduating. First of all he's got the courage. To step through. And go it on his own now. The way God wanted him to. And he's got the courage to say no.

Abraham's Growing Faith and Refusal of Worldly Wealth

To all the things of this earth. That would have made him rich. Now he's graduating. That's the thing. I believe it. He's beginning to see his God. You know it's the people that know their God. That they're strong.

And then they begin to do excellence. Now let me get along through. Chapter 22. So you see how it works out. We're just looking at the schools. There are so many details. It doesn't matter. Chapter 22 is very interesting.

It begins like this. And it came to pass after these things that God did tempt Abraham. And I don't like the word tempt. Because the book tells me that God tempteth no man. I think it was just another test.

It's an old word. It can be translated tempt or test. When the thing comes from the devil it's tempt. When it comes from God it's test. God's testing Abraham. And God said unto him, Abraham. And you'll find in a moment that this thing took place at night.

And I can see him cuddled up in the corner of the tent. I think he lived in a Bedouin tent in those days. He's living listening to this old world. Carl curled up in the tent corner. No electric light or anything.

Let's get it like that. All but ignores the voice of the Lord. Out of the darkness comes a voice he knows. Abraham. He immediately answered, Hear am I. And the voice said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah.

And offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. Being tested isn't it? Wonder what they would have done. I'll tell you he's not afraid anymore. I'll tell you this fellow has graduated and you're going to see that.