GOFAMINT DEVOTIONAL-ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD

ABRAHAM JUSTIFIED BY FAITH

Suggested Hymns: G.H.B. 14,75

Devotional Reading: Rom. 4

Topic for Adults: Not By Works

Topic for Youths: God Credited Righteousness To Abraham

Topic for Intermediates: God Justified The Uncircumcised

Lesson Scriptures: Rom. 4:9-12; Acts 15:5-6; Rom. 4:1-8; 22; 4:16-27

MEMORY VERSE

“And being fully convinced that what He had promised He was able to perform. And therefore it was accounted to him for righteousness”

Romans 4:21-22 (NKJV).

DAILY DEVOTIONAL READING

Abraham Believed God

Mon. 14/3/2022                                                     Rom. 4:1-3

It is true that Abraham had something to boast about. He walked with God and his walk with God was almost a perfect one. He obeyed God without hesitation, he offered his son in obedience to the instruction of God but all these good acts did not commensurate or was not proportionate to the righteousness of God. No human effort can equal the standards of God. Aside Abraham’s good works, He walked by faith with God and His promises. We must do good works and walk in faith with God. Do the right thing, believe God, walk in faith and you will be counted righteous.

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Point of Emphasis: Believe God and do not waver in your belief.

Prayer Point: Lord Jesus, increase my faith and help me never to be shaken in my faith in You.

Reading The Bible Through in a Year: Morning: Gal. 1:11 - 24; Evening: Job 4-6

BACKGROUND

Abraham is regarded as the father of faith. He became the father of faith by becoming a great example of unwavering faith for both the Jews and Gentiles; the circumcised and the uncircumcised. Although on several occasions Abraham obeyed God without hesitation and was relentless in his pursuit of the God who spoke to him, it was not his good works alone that made him right with God. Rather, it was his faith. On the premise of his unwavering faith, righteousness was imputed and credited to him and he became an example to us who believe in the name of the Lord and have as a result been declared righteous.

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NOTES ON THE LESSON

PART 2: IMPUTED RIGHTEOUSNESS - ROM. 4:1-8, 22

One of the Bible truths being attacked today is imputation of sin and righteousness. The truth remains unchanged though; when Adam sinned, his guilt was imputed to us and we also became as culpable as he was. In the same way, when Jesus suffered and was crucified, His righteousness and sinlessness was imputed into us. Just as Adam’s guilt was not ours but we became partaker of it by imputation, same way, the righteousness of Jesus Christ is not ours but became ours when God made Christ culpable and liable for our wrongdoings.

Righteousness is not earned by good works; there is nothing we can do that will measure to God’s standard of holiness and righteousness. If it were to be earned by good works, Abraham (more than most of us) had several things to boast about in his walk with God. But God’s unchanging rule is that salvation or righteousness is not to be attained by good works. The only requirement for salvation is faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ.

Abraham believed God and righteousness was imputed or credited to him. He didn’t do anything to merit God’s righteousness. The sacrifice of his son, his obedience to leave his father’s house, his care for the angels and every other good works he did were not too good or sufficient enough to earn God’s righteousness. Through Adam’s sin, sin was imputed to all mankinds. Christ’s righteousness was imputed to make us right with God .

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CONCLUSION

Abraham became the father of faith not by being circumcised, not by being a Jew, not by doing good works and not even by his sacrifice. He became the father of faith and became an example to us all by his total trust in and dependence on God. Abraham heard the voice of God and he believed Him and God in His sovereignty credited righteousness unto him. It was faith of Abraham that prompted him to do good works. Any believers who have faith in God will not fail to do good works like Abraham. Though, it is not the good works that make us righteous.

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QUESTIONS

1. How important is circumcision to salvation?

2. In your own words, explain how righteousness is credited to Abraham.

3. How important is faith to our salvation?

4. What did you learn about the faith of Abraham in God’s word?

5. What do we need to do to be declared righteous by God?