Section 5
ambitious young man. I had no intention of re ceiving God, but as the gospel penetrated into me I could not help saying, "God, I want You." I could not deny that the glory of God had ap peared to me. Such an experience is indefinable. No human words can adequately describe what we saw when the gospel penetrated our being. We can only say that the God of glory appeared to us, attracting us and calling us. We, like Abra ham, were called by the God of glory.
Abraham was the same as we are. We should not think that we are different from him. We should not appreciate Abraham and depreciate ourselves, for we are all on the same level. We are all Abraham. Abraham was not outstanding. When I heard the story of Abraham as a child, I thought he was extraordinary. However, as I read the Word in later years, I realized that there is little difference between Abraham and me, that we are nearly the same. Although Abraham had been called by God, he did not have the bold ness to leave the land of idolatry, forcing God to use Abraham's father to bring him out of Ur. Abraham was the called one, but his father ini tiated the actual departure. They left Ur of the Chaldees and dwelt in Haran. However, when Abraham still was not bold enough to follow God