By the way I believe God showed Abraham two examples of his descendants. His earthly and his spiritual. First he showed him the earthly
Gen 13:14 And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
Gen 13:15 For all the land which thou seest,
to thee will I give it, and to thy seed forever.
Gen 13:16 And I will make thy seed as the
dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
Gen 13:17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.
His promise that
in thee all families of the earth will be blessed. By the Messiah who was to come.
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.
We will now see the children of faith. His heavenly or spiritual children. He believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness. FAITH God is really his exceeding and great reward. Not really his riches nor his descendants, I AM. God is ultimately his reward
Heb 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
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.
All people are saved by faith in God, Old or New Testament(Covenant) Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness just like us. How is belief shown through faith. They are different. You can't have faith until you get belief. Belief is the knowledge, faith is the action that follows. Somebody can get all the information but never move to action and will never be saved. Knowledge will not save you. Studying will get you knowledge. Knowledge will provide understanding. Wisdom is knowing what to do with that knowledge. Faith will move a person to action. Works always are the result of Faith. By FAITH the patriarchs obeyed God and were saved by them. Works demonstrated their Faith. Therefore we are children of Abraham through FAITH.
Heb 11:8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance,
obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
Heb 11:9 By faith
he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country,
dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
Heb 11:10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Heb 11:11 Through faith also Sarah herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
Heb 11:12 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the
stars of the sky in multitude, and as
the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
Gen 15:1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram:
I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
Gen 15:4 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.
Gen 15:5 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.
Gen 15:6 And
he believed in the LORD; and
he counted it to him for righteousness.
Be Blessed
Pastor DT Salaz
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