Counted to him for righteousness

“And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So

shall thy seed be. And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.”

Abraham was worried but he spoke to God and told Him all about his problem. He knew that God would answer his questions and keep his promise , he just didn’t understand how. At that stage, Eliezer of Damascus, a slave, was his heir but the Lord promised him that this man would not be his heir. The Lord told him that he would have a son and Abraham believed God; that was all he needed to do. When God knew that Abraham believed Him He counted Abraham as a righteous man. This is the definitive illustration of faith, Abraham believed God... In Romans and Galatians Paul talks about Abraham and faith. It is quite clear that Abraham had not done anything yet to show God how good he was at works. The worst thing about salvation by works is that we would have to take our works with us into the new heaven and the new earth. If that were the case then the new heaven and the new earth would be polluted by left over sin, which was carried there as the baggage of works. If salvation is by faith alone, and it is, then the only thing that we take with us is God’s righteousness and the new heaven and the new earth will be polluted by nothing but Christ’s perfection. 

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