Chapter 5 of 17

Section 4

Section 4

Me up, I will let you go." The created race gave up God, and God gave up the created race.

However, God called out of this race one man with his wife. God had no intention of calling a third person. His intention was to call one com­ plete person, which includes a man and wife. If you are an unmarried man, you are incomplete. Without your wife, you are an incomplete per­ son; you need her to complement you. Together you are a complete entity. Therefore, God called Abraham with his wife as one complete person.

We may think of ourselves as not being very absolute for God. However, Abraham, our be­ lieving father and model, was not absolute him­ self. When he was called by God to leave Ur of the Chaldees, he not only brought his wife, but other relatives as well.

God called Abraham by appearing to him as the God of glory (Acts 7:2-3). God did not call him by mere words; He called him by His glory. Abraham saw the glory of God and was attracted.

Our experience is the same. In a sense, we also have seen the glory of God. When we heard the gospel and it penetrated us, we saw the glory of God. Did you not see the glory of God at the time you were saved? I saw it when I was an

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