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FAQ # 54
QUESTION 54 : When was Abraham Justified?
The scripture
said, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness”
(Rom 4:3). But how do we know he believed God? Did he just say so and
it’s done. No, faith without works is dead. In fact, it was after his
attempting to sacrifice Isaac (works) that God sanctioned his faith, not
before. When he lifted up his hands to slay the child, God said through
an Angel, “for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not
withheld thy son, thine only son from me” (Gen 22:12).
In other
words, when the scripture said someone believed God the writers clearly
knew that works is involved. Not that you did works to believe, but rather
if you believe works will flow. It’s like saying you ran (faith) 198.243
mph for 34.235 miles and didn’t sweat (works) not even once. Impossible.
The same thing goes for faith and works. If we say we believe God yet
refuse to obey the gospel (Acts 2:38), then how can we be justified?
“Was not
Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac
his son upon the altar? Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and
by works was faith made perfect? And the scripture was fulfilled which
saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness:
and he was called the Friend of God. Ye see then how that by works a man
is justified, and not by faith only” (Jas 2:21-24).
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