which we prize as a saint, the world mocks. Unbelievers often scorn our convictions and our hopes. But if God says it, it is true; and we can bank on it. Note that God said, “Father of many nations have I made thee.” God treats the future like the past (“have”) in terms of fulfilling His will. God is so faithful that when He speaks you can count on it as being done already. So even though Abraham is not yet literally the “father of many nations,” God is so faithful that He can still say He has already