He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now, I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me. Genesis 22:12 James 2:21 states that Abraham was justified by works when he offered Isaac on the altar. Abraham showed his faith by sincerely obeying God. True faith will reveal itself by obedience to God. True faith is the kind that which people are saved. As Abraham was preparing to sacrifice Isaac, it was evident that Abraham was willing to do whatever God asked him to do. God knew that Abraham was a God-fearing man.…
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Faith And Sacrifice – Part One
He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now, I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me. Genesis 22:12 Read the full passage of Genesis 22:1-14. Abraham had faith and commitment to God that showed when he was being tested. He was tested to the maximum when God asked him to sacrifice his son, Isaac, His promise from God. This went against what Abraham knew about God. Abraham’s story shows three extreme tests of faith: God told Abraham to leave his people and country without knowing where he was going. God required…
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Abram Believed
And Abram said, “Behold, you have given me no offspring, and a member of my household will be my heir.” And behold, the word of the Lord came to him: “This man shall not be your heir.” And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” And he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness. Genesis 15: 3-6 God made a promise to Abram. A promise that to man seemed impossible. However, Abram believed the Lord. What comes to mind when you think on…
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Rejoice In God
More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. Romans 5:11 Our last spiritual blessing from this passage is reconciled to God. Paul has stated that rejoice in tribulations and in hope of the glory of God. In this verse, he adds that we rejoice in God himself; in his existence, his attributes, his justice, his holiness, his mercy, his truth, and on his love. Christians rejoice in who God is and glorifies God is the administrator of the universe. One evidence that we are reconciled to God is that we rejoice in him as he is. We find…
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Saved By His Life
For if while we were enemies we were reconciled, to God but the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be served by his life. Romans 5:10 We were the enemy of God. This is not reverse. God desires us to have a deep relationship with him. We have offended God with our sin. Yet, God has provided a way to reunite us to him. God did this by sending his son Jesus to die on the cross for our sins The first step to spiritual salvation is to except God‘s gracious gift of forgiveness. It is available through Jesus personal sacrifice. This is…
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Christ’s Death! God’s Love. Part 4
for while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person – though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die – but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:6-9 Christ died for sinners. We were helpless and useless. Christ died to save us from our sins. Jesus died at the right time for all. God designed to deliver from sin into work a great change. While we are sinners in this sinful state, we are rebellious to God. We have…
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Hope and Love – part 3
And endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. Another spiritual blessing is hope! In today’s society Hope is to have wishful thinking on something that might happen. However, the biblical meaning is not wishful thinking but having confidence in God concerning his promises. This makes it sure and leaves no room for doubt because it is based on God’s word. We will experience this hope because God is “the God of Hope”. This means that he himself is the object and assurance of…
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In Our Sufferings – Part 2
Through him we have also obtained access by faith into his grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, Romans 5:2-3 The peace of God is the beginning of everything in the Christian view. They access by faith into his grace is something more then, and after the peace of God. Because of Jesus we have grace by God. God loves each of us and offers grace to us. Paul list sufferings as one of the blessings. Suffering refers to the troubles and difficulties that may affect our lives. Such…
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Spiritual Blessing – Part 1
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 5:1 God gives us spiritual blessings. Even though we are found guilty before God, we repent, he turns around and forgives us and gives us spiritual blessings. We have been justified! Let’s review the meeting of justified. Just a fied means declared or made righteous in the sight of God. Righteousness means worthy, upright, good. When we repent God justifies – ( makes us good in the sight of God). We are worthy. This happens all through our faith, not works. shalom means peace. This term mean more then the…
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The Race Set Before Us
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfector of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:1-2 The race that is set before us is the race that is the lifelong test of faith that we experience during our time in this world. This race must be ran with persistence,…