So also, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”Even so, Abraham “believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.”Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.Even as Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.
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… Jews. Abraham was, you know, every Jewish person respected Abraham so much. And what Paul said is consider Abraham. He believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness. Understand then that those who believe are children of Abraham. Okay, let's just look at Verse 6, consider Abraham. He believed God and it was credited to him. Now he starts quoting Old Testament passages. He says, what does the Scripture say? Scripture say that Abraham believed God. It doesn't say that Abraham observed the law and was doing everything right, so God says, okay, then you're righteous. You know why? Because you've obeyed the law so well. No. What the Scripture says is the opposite of that. He says Abraham believed. It's because of his faith in God. And it says that God credited to him. See what it says there? Verse 6, he believed God and it was credited to him as righteousness. Do you understand the word credited? Credited means to put into someone's account. It was just placed in there. …
… blessing. That's just not true. The Bible tells us Abraham had a very clear understanding of what this blessing would be. Hold your place here and turn over to Galatians chapter three. Galatians chapter 3 verses 6 through 8. As you're turning there, let me remind you of the setting of the book of Galatians. The churches at Galatia were being infected by false teachers. They were called the Judaizers. And the Judaizers said this, they said, faith in Jesus Christ is necessary for salvation, but it's not sufficient for salvation. That is, you need to trust in Jesus as your Savior and keep the law, be circumcised, on and on and on and on. It's faith and works. That was the teaching of the Judaizers. Today you have the same thing. In fact, in most of Christendom, you find the same thing being taught. Faith in Christ is important, but it's not enough. To be saved, you need to trust in Christ as your Savior and be baptized and partake of the sacraments and joined this particular church and, and, and, and. It's faith in Christ and for salvation. Paul says no. In Galatians 1.8, he says, if any man preaches another gospel, that is another gospel besides faith in Christ alone, let that man be anathema. Let him be damned. The Bible says it is faith in Christ alone that saves. And to prove that to the Galatians, he uses the story of Abraham. …
… What does the scripture say? Abraham believed God and it was accounted to him for righteousness. Y'all missed a great spot to say amen. Why is that important? Because here's what this means. The scripture says Abraham was considered righteous simply because he believed. it was accounted to him for righteousness it put him in right standing with god it put him in a place where god was pleased with him god it put him in right a right standing with god just because he believed god look at your neighbor say you got to believe god say believe god yeah is this god it's not god it's gourd say gourd you got to believe god you got to know he's a way maker. You got to believe he's a problem solver. You got to know he loves you. You got to know he cares about you. You got to know he's looking out for your behalf. You got to know deep in your heart. I know the devil wants you to question God and think God doesn't care about you and God don't love you. The devil wants you to think all of that stuff, but you got to know deep in your heart of hearts, God loves me. God has a future for me. …