Good Morning Friday...
Father thank You for this NEW day and this new week. You have blessed us with another WONDERFUL day to see Your WISDOM and TRUTH. May we use this day, and every day this week, to show this dark world Your FRUIT, Your LIGHT, and YOUR GLORY TODAY. ABBA, during this time of “The 10 Days of Awe” before Your Most Holy Day, The Day of Atonement, and everyday, we ask you to HELP US to SEE our SINs, REPENT from them, CONFESS them, AND BE CLEANSED by Your Mighty Right Hand. IN YESHUA, JESUS CHRIST’S GLORIOUS AND MIGHTY NAME we ask these things Father. Praise You and Bless You in Yeshua, Jesus Christ Name. AMEN! - The 40 Days of Elul (Day 34)(Day 5 of The 10 Days of Awe): Elements Of A True Faith - The Abrahamic Covenant Day 5 of The 10 Days of Awe, so we are half way to The Day of Atonement, The Biblical High Holiest Day of The Year. Today, let’s do a “self inventory” and take a look at some elements of a true faith. It is important to remember, we are not saved by good works, but we are saved FOR good works (Ephesians 2:8-10). This all begins with… Faith. Let start with Our Father's Word and then discuss. “Therefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace, so that the promise might be sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all (as it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations”) in the presence of Him whom he believed—God, who gives Life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did; who, contrary to hope, in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, “So shall your descendants be.” And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb. He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform. And therefore “it was accounted to him for righteousness.” Romans 4:16-22 Now, let’s break down these verses one-by-one: 4:16 - Our Father In Heaven has made us all, by instruction and belief, sons of Abraham. It is only His children, who have the faith of Abraham, who are the spiritual seed of Abraham, and it matters not what tribe, nation, former religion, or language you have come out of. Faith in Our Father Yahweh and His Son Yeshua (Jesus) are what make us righteous in His Eyes. Faith is believing Our Father and taking His Word (Yeshua, Jesus) as Perfect Truth. Five Elements of a True Faith (Romans 4:17-22): 1.) A True Faith Must Have Valid Substance. When Paul quotes Genesis 17:5, he is explaining that Abraham’s faith had valid substance because it contained the revelation of Our Father Who Is In Heaven AKA God Almighty (Verse 17a). 2.) A True Faith Must Have A Valid Focus. The focus of Abraham’s faith was El Olam or The Everlasting God, Our Father, who was The Giver of the revelation (Verse 17b). Keeping a valid focus is what Commandment #1 is all about. 3.) A True Faith is different than hope, and even seemingly contradictory, yet a true faith rests upon hope. There is absolutely no uncertainty in Abraham’s, or our, hope (Verse 18a) because it is in The One In Whom There Is No Uncertainty And The One Who Never Lies. (Numbers 23:19, Titus 1:2) 4.) A True Faith has purpose. The purpose, becoming the father of many nations, was the purpose of Abraham’s faith. He realized the promise that was given to him in what we call “The Abrahamic Covenant (compare the verses in Genesis 12:1-3 and verse 18b).” 5.) A True Faith produces works. Abraham was a follower of “The Way,” and his was A True Faith that guided the way he lived. He followed the instructions given by Our Father. A True Faith believes that following Our Fathers Instructions, aka commandments (Biblically defined “works” (see James 2:26)), is part of living a submissive life obeying God. A true faith is seen in believing our life will be more full when we listen to Our Father, having faith that what He tells us is best for us. One of Abraham’s greatest “works” was leaving everything he knew at the command of God Our Father. Prayer: Father, please grant us and strengthen us with the substance, focus, hope, purpose, and works (ex: John 13:35) that show The Light of The Whole World, Our Savior Yeshua, and let us rejoice in it. Abraham saw Your Son Yeshua’s Day and rejoiced in it, thank You Father that so can we. Praise be You, Our Father and Savior, for Eternal Life and producing righteousness through our true faith in You. Father, grow us, guide us, and sanctify us in The Way only You can. In Yeshua, Jesus Christ’s Name, Amen. The Referenced Word of El Olam (The Everlasting God), The God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob: “Now The LORD (YHWH, Yahweh) had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, From your family And from your father’s house, To a land that I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” So Abram departed as The LORD (YHWH, Yahweh) had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.” Genesis 12:1-4 “God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?” Numbers 23:19 “For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.” James 2:26 “By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” John 13:35 Extra Scripture For Elul: “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.” Ephesians 2:8-10 “I am my Beloved’s, And my Beloved is mine. He feeds His Flock among the lilies.” Song of Solomon 6:3 God Bless Everyone and have a wonderful True-Faith-Filled Friday!
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