Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law that the blessing of Abraham might come upon us (the Gentiles) in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Historians have listed the ten most world-changing battles: but it was rightly said that the greatest of them was fought in the heart of Abraham.
If anyone thinks of Abraham as just a Bible character, they have not even begun to understand the world in which they live.
The Bible names him 309 times: but because of his faith, his name is inscribed upon the whole of the Middle East, and upon world history to this day.
He was the first man noted for the “obedience of faith.” His life’s career was consistent with his faith.
“Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness” (Romans 4:3). What is of faith, is forever.
Abraham was not “deeply religious.” He was not “religious” at all in our modern sense. He had no creed, no hymns, no Bible, no images, and no theology.
He probably did not really know much about God: but he knew God, personally, and very well. He walked with God. For this patriarch, God was not a go-to-church-once-a-week obligation, pushed into the spare corner of life; there was no church to attend.
He did not believe God just to be faithful to tradition; there was no tradition. God was his way of life.
God was to Abraham like money, sport, or sex is to most the world today. You and I should strive to have the great faith that Abraham owned!
Taken from Daily Fire Devotional: 365 Days in God’s Word by Reinhard Bonnke. Copyright © 2015 by Reinhard Bonnke. Use by permission of Whitaker House. www.whitakerhouse.com
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