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He said to him, "I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it."
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Faith Built on God's Record
Commentators explain that God grounds His future promise in His past faithfulness. By reminding Abram, "I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur," God provides a concrete, historical reason to trust Him. This teaches believers to strengthen their faith for the future by recalling God's proven track record in their own lives and in Scripture.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
19th Century
Baptist
What! Abraham, is not God's promise sufficient for you? O father of the faithful, though you do believe, and are counted as righteous through belie…
16th Century
Protestant
I am the Lord that brought thee. Since it greatly concerns us to have God as the guide of our whole life, so that we may know that we have…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he said to him After he had expressed his faith in him, and in his word, and the blessedness of a justifying rig…
Assurance was given to Abram of the land of Canaan for an inheritance. God never promises more than he is able to perform, as men often do. Abram d…
