And he believed the Lord, and He counted it to him as righteousness. (Genesis 15:6 ESV)
Belief
Some might mistakenly believe that the Bible is a book of tough rules and regulations intended to make people nicer.
While the Bible, if followed, might indeed have that effect on our society, that is not the primary message of Scripture.
Because perfect obedience is an impossible task. But that failure, which we realize more and more, the more we more understand God’s law has a solution.
God intends and desires His people to believe in the Lord. That Lord is the Messiah.
And what Abraham believed is that the Messiah-to-come was enough. The Messiah-to-come replaces our disobedience with His obedience. The Messiah-to-come makes possible and makes real the People of God.
And so Abraham’s belief was as good as righteousness in God’s eyes.
And the same is true today.
The Messiah-who- came is enough. The Messiah-who-came replaces our disobedience with His obedience. The Messiah-who-came made possible and made real the People of God: Us.
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