Good morning and welcome in today. Today, we’re going to take a look at some scripture from Galatians 3:6-7
6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
First of all, scripture teaches that Abraham believed God. What does it mean to believe something?
When you believe, it means you accept something as true. You feel that you are sure of the truth of something.
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
When we believe the way Abraham believed, we completely accept God’s truth. We take God at His Word and trust Him as He leads us on the road to salvation. When you believe, it means that you think something is true, correct and real. You have complete confidence in the truth of something.
Confidence simply means having full trust and reliability in a person or thing. This is the trust and belief that Abraham had in God.
Proverbs 3:26 For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
Isaiah 41:10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
When you truly believe something in your heart, it causes a reaction in your life. If you believe it’s going to be a nice day tomorrow, you might throw the boat on so you can go fishing in the morning.
If you really believe it’s going to rain, you might take the clothes off of the clothesline. When we truly believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, it’s going to cause a reaction. God doesn’t want anybody to perish. He wants us to believe in his only begotten son. Faith righteousness is the righteousness that comes from truly believing in the Lord with all your heart.
True Faith leads to obedience and faithfulness to the teachings of Christ. If you really don’t believe in God in your heart, you’re not going to have a desire to change or to do His will.
Heb 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
The Christian life is not about appearing righteous to other people, it is about pleasing God inside of our hearts. Pleasing God is learning to do His will. It’s learning to love him, from our hearts through faith.
John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
John 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
We can be a child of Abraham when we are filled up with the same faith that he had.
James 2:21-22
21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
If you really believe in your heart that somebody is going to come and pick you up and take you out for dinner, you’ll prepare yourself and be waiting for them. Believing in your heart results in an action.
Abraham was justified by works. The works were a result of the faith that he had. Faith is having a strong belief in God, or in the doctrines of a religion. When we want to learn what faith is, all we need to do is take a look at all the examples in Hebrews chapter 11. There are numerous examples of men of God whose faith caused an action in their lives.
Faith that moves you to action is called faith righteousness. It’s an active faith.
Acts 16:31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
John 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
When Jesus was preaching, many people were starting to believe in Him and went out to see and hear what he had to say. They believed in Him so much that they were going out to get healed by Him from their sicknesses and diseases.
True Faith is going to cause a reaction in your life. True faith will cause you to act upon your belief. If you really believe it’s going to frost overnight, you will cover up your garden. That’s a result of true faith. Abraham believed in God with his entire heart. He placed his trust completely into Gods hands.
Romans 4:19-25
19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah’s womb:
20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
21 And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
22 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.
23 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;
24 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;
25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
A promise is a declaration or assurance that one will do a particular thing, or that a particular thing will happen. A promise gives good grounds for expecting something. For example, your dad may tell you to cut the lawn, and you promise that you will get it done today. When your dad is at work today, he can have great expectations that the lawn will be complete when he gets home. The Bible is filled with the promises of God.
2 Cor 7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Hebrews 10:23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
2 Cor 1:20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
2 Pet 1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
When we are strong in our faith, we put our complete trust in the promises of God.
Phil 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
Once again, Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness. Faith righteousness is trusting that God will bring it to pass. This is the righteousness that Moses was filled up with, when he trusted God would split the Red Sea and deliver them out of the hands of Pharaoh. Faith righteousness is letting go and letting God. Instead of trusting in yourself, it’s trusting in Him.
Many years our group was having a bible study. After the Bible study, there was a short stairway in the building that we were meeting in. There was a 10 year old girl with whom her and I had become really good friends. One evening, she stood at the top of the stairway, and I stood a couple steps down from her. We had just done a lesson on faith and trust. I asked her if she trusted me, to which she replied, yes.
I told her,…….close your eyes, and lean forward, and I will catch you. She closed her eyes and leaned forward. From a foot or two away, I caught her in my arms.
This is an illustration of what faith really is. It’s trusting in something greater than yourself. In our human nature, we rely on ourselves and the things that we can do. Faith is about placing your trust and reliance and confidence in Christ and the things that he will do. When we have this kind of faith we truly become the children of Abraham.
I think that’s where I’m gonna stop for today, but Lord willing, we’ll talk to you some more tomorrow. Until then, bye. Bye, everybody. ♥️
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