ABRAHAMıS FAITH About righteousness To Know: ³Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness. (Genesis 15:6) Genesis 15:6 bursts into the Bible story like an alien spacecraft might burst into our atmosphere out of another world. Genesis is about planting seeds. Revelation is about fruits and flowers. In Genesis, we are barely getting to know that there is a God and how he began his work. Then suddenly only 15 chapters into this, the book of beginnings, we learn that Abram leaned his full weight on the Lord. Complete trust is not easy for any human being, even Abram. Yet from this point on the Bible is about faith as it develops in Abramıs family line. As I grow older, I do not trust my balance to tie my shoes standing up unless I lean on something solid. The word translated ³believed² literally means to steady oneself by leaning on something.² Abram leaned on the Lord and the Lord accounted that as righteousness. The faith of Abram was not in a promise as much as it was in the person who made the promise. That person has now appeared in flesh on the earth, his name is Jesus Christ. Righteousness is agreement with Godıs will. Faith is righteousness in the extreme because it conforms us to Godıs supreme will for humankind. Faith in Christ unites us to the one in whom Godıs righteousness is perfect. Faith is therefore leaning on Christ and not on our own understanding. What are you leaning on? 011510$-011510 <{{{{{{>< Other posts: |