There were two movements in Abram’s enlightenment. There was a revelation and a response, a statement of faith and a step of faith. It began with a statement of faith (12:1–3). “Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee.” The Word of God broke through into the darkness and deadness of Abram’s soul as God spoke to him about a new place and a new people. Abram
Genesis 12:1–4