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I. THE DIVINE VOICE IS MORE DISTINCTLY HEARD.

1. We need this consolation to confirm our faith.

2. We require a renewed sense of the Divine approval.

3. We require comfort for the evils we have suffered on account of religion.

II. THE DIVINE PROMISES ARE MORE CLEARLY APPREHENDED.

1. We are more free to survey the greatness of our inheritance.

2. We have an enhanced idea of the plentifulness of the Divine resources.

III. WE ARE LED ON TO PERCEIVE THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF LIFE.

1. Our senses deceive us.

2. Our youthful hopes deceive us. Let us learn, then, that "there is nothing sure but heaven."

IV. THE SPIRIT OF DEVOTION IS STRENGTHENED.

1. When God speaks to the soul, our sense of reverence is deepened.

2. When God speaks, our sense of duty is deepened.

(T. H. Leale.)

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KJV: And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:

WEB: Yahweh said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him, "Now, lift up your eyes, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward,