S U N D A Y   S N I P P E T S (tm) # 5 7                    11 Feb '96

                        Augustine on Abraham

"God's promises made to Abraham are now to be considered; for in these the
oracles of our God, that is, of the true God, began to appear more openly,
concerning the godly people, whom prophetic authority foretold.  The first
of these reads thus [Genesis 12]: `And the Lord said unto Abram, Get thee
out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, and
go into a land that I will show thee:  and I will make of thee a great
nation, and I will bless thee, and magnify thy name; and thou shalt be
blessed: and I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curse 
thee:  and in thee shall all tribes of the earth be blessed.' 

"Now it is to be observed that two things are promised to Abraham, the 
one, that his seed should possess the land of Canaan, which is intimated 
when it is said, `Go into a land that I will show thee, and I will make 
of thee a great nation',  but the other far more excellent, not about the 
carnal but the spiritual seed, through which he is the father, not of the 
one Israelite nation, but of all nations who follow the footprints of his 
faith, which was first promised in these words, `And in thee shall all 
tribes of the earth be blessed.' ".
                                        
- from _The City of God_ , by Augustine the 5th-century Theologian/Bishop

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Develop a daily prayer habit.  Use the promises in the Bible as springboards
to prayer: pray that each of God's promises would be fulfilled, naming 
some of the promises each day; this will give content to your prayer times.



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