Installment for today, Saturday

GOD’S ETERNAL CONTRACT WITH ABRAHAM

Next, God makes an everlasting covenant
with Abraham. A covenant is an agreement
between two people where each person
promises to do something that is good for the
other person. A covenant establishes a bond
between two people. An example of a covenant
would be a marriage contract.
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God promises Abraham that even in his
and Sarah’s old age he would have a seed,
which turned out to be his son Isaac. God also
promised that Abraham would be famous and a
blessing to all nations. He promised land for
Abraham’ descendants. For his part Abraham
had to continue to believe God and obey His
commands and teach his children and
grandchildren to do the same. So, we have
promises of God through faith and we must
listen to God’s guidance and obey Him.


Gen 12:1 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:
Gen 12:2 And I will make of thee a great nation,
and I will bless thee, and make thy name great;
and thou shalt be a blessing:
Gen 12:3 And I will bless them that bless thee,
and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee
shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Gen 12:4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had
spoken unto him;

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The promises were repeated to
Abraham’s son Isaac and Isaac’s son Jacob
whose name was changed to Israel. Israel’s
twelve sons fathered the twelve tribes of the
nation, Israel.

BEING MADE RIGHTEOUS BY GOD

Due to his faith and obedience, Abraham
was considered “righteous” by Father God.
Righteousness can be defined as “the
condition of being acceptable to God as made
possible by God.” God’s standard is what
defines true righteousness; His power is what
enables it. Unless God is its author, we will
never possess righteousness. No amount of
man-made effort will result in righteousness.
To be righteous is to be right with God. A heart
that is right with God results in a life that bears
“fruit”.


Gal 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness,
faith,
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Gal 5:23 Meekness, temperance: against such
there is no law.


God produced a righteous standing with
Abraham so that God would forgive Abraham’s
mistakes and correct him so that he would live
a good and blessed life. The same is true for
us today! We can also bear the fruit of the
Spirit if we have faith in God and obey what He
tells us.
Sometimes we substitute true
righteousness with self-righteousness. Self-
righteousness is the opposite of what God
desires. Self-righteousness makes a list of
rules and obeys that list. No one is justified, or
made righteous, by keeping rules but instead
by the faith that enables us to obey God. Only
God can make us righteous.


Hab 2:4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is
not upright in him: but the just shall live by his
faith.
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Rom 1:17 For therein is the righteousness of
God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written,
The just shall live by faith.
Gal 3:11 But that no man is justified by the law
in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just
shall live by faith.
Heb 10:38 Now the just shall live by faith:


Being prideful about keeping self-made
rules does not result in right living. Being full
of faith in God and listening to Him to learn
from Him and obey Him is what brings right
living and blessings from God.

[End Installment]

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