{"id":497,"date":"2015-08-22T20:00:10","date_gmt":"2015-08-22T20:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/?p=497"},"modified":"2015-09-18T03:03:10","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T03:03:10","slug":"genesis-abrahams-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/genesis-abrahams-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"Genesis &#8211; &#8220;Abraham&#8217;s Faith&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-497-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermons\/aug23-15.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermons\/aug23-15.mp3\">http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermons\/aug23-15.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.com\/e\/27JG\">Download YouVersion sermon notes<\/a><\/h4>\n<div class=\"box item bible\">\n<h4>Abraham&#8217;s Faith<\/h4>\n<p>Genesis 15:1-6 ESV<\/p>\n<p>After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: &#8220;Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.&#8221; But Abram said, &#8220;O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?&#8221; And Abram said, &#8220;Behold, you have given me no offspring, and a member of my household will be my heir.&#8221; And behold, the word of the Lord came to him: &#8220;This man shall not be your heir; your very own son shall be your heir.&#8221; And he brought him outside and said, &#8220;Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.&#8221; Then he said to him, &#8220;So shall your offspring be.&#8221; And he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"special\" href=\"http:\/\/www.a.youversion.com\/bible\/esv\/Gen.15.1-6\">Go to Bible Reader \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"box item notes\">\n<h4>Find comfort in God&#8217;s promises.<\/h4>\n<p>Gen 1:6 \u2022 Belief is required. \u2022 We need to be periodically reminded. \u2022 This happens through spiritual disciplines.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"special\" href=\"http:\/\/www.a.youversion.com\/events\/504758\/notes\">Add Your Notes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"box item notes\">\n<h4>Understand intention is equal to action.<\/h4>\n<p>Gen 1:6 \u2022 Righteousness is doing right acts. \u2022 Jesus equates intention with action. \u2022 God can see the intention in a man\u2019s heart and credit as a right act.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"special\" href=\"http:\/\/www.a.youversion.com\/events\/504758\/notes\">Add Your Notes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"box item notes\">\n<h4>Know that justification is only through faith.<\/h4>\n<p>\u2022 Romans 4 \u2013 Works cannot save us, only faith can. \u2022 Galatians 3 \u2013 The law cannot save us, only faith can.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"special\" href=\"http:\/\/www.a.youversion.com\/events\/504758\/notes\">Add Your Notes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"box item bible\">\n<h4>Works cannot save.<\/h4>\n<p>Romans 4:1-12 ESV<\/p>\n<p>What then shall we say was gained by Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh? For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. For what does the Scripture say? &#8220;Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.&#8221; Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness, just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works: &#8220;Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered; blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not count his sin.&#8221; Is this blessing then only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? We say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness. How then was it counted to him? Was it before or after he had been circumcised? It was not after, but before he was circumcised. He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well, and to make him the father of the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"special\" href=\"http:\/\/www.a.youversion.com\/bible\/esv\/Rom.4.1-12\">Go to Bible Reader \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"box item bible\">\n<h4>The Law does not save<\/h4>\n<p>Galatians 3:1-14 ESV<\/p>\n<p>O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified. Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh? Did you suffer so many things in vain\u2014if indeed it was in vain? Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law, or by hearing with faith\u2014 just as Abraham &#8220;believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness&#8221;? Know then that it is those of faith who are the sons of Abraham. And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, &#8220;In you shall all the nations be blessed.&#8221; So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith. For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, &#8220;Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.&#8221; Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for &#8220;The righteous shall live by faith.&#8221; But the law is not of faith, rather &#8220;The one who does them shall live by them.&#8221; Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us\u2014for it is written, &#8220;Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree&#8221;\u2014 so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"special\" href=\"http:\/\/www.a.youversion.com\/bible\/esv\/Gal.3.1-14\">Go to Bible Reader \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"box item notes\">\n<h4>Do not separate your faith from your action.<\/h4>\n<p>James 2 \u2022 Every action has belief behind it. \u2022 This is why Christians pursue holy living.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"special\" href=\"http:\/\/www.a.youversion.com\/events\/504758\/notes\">Add Your Notes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"box item notes\">\n<h4>Remember that patient endurance is faith in action.<\/h4>\n<p>\u2022 Patient endurance is fueled by belief in God. \u2013 This is called hope. \u2022 In turn, patient endurance fuels right living. \u2013 This is called holiness.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"special\" href=\"http:\/\/www.a.youversion.com\/events\/504758\/notes\">Add Your Notes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"box item notes\">\n<h4>So What?<\/h4>\n<p>\u2022 Know the promises of God. \u2022 Believe in the promises of God. \u2022 Be filled with hope and expectation. \u2022 Approach all life\u2019s circumstances filled with this hope and expectation. \u2022 Allow every action to be fueled by hope and expectation. \u2022 Live a life of holiness.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"special\" href=\"http:\/\/www.a.youversion.com\/events\/504758\/notes\">Add Your Notes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download YouVersion sermon notes Abraham&#8217;s Faith Genesis 15:1-6 ESV After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: &#8220;Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.&#8221; But Abram said, &#8220;O<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/genesis-abrahams-faith\/\"><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":202,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,21,43,11,10],"tags":[24,44,13],"class_list":["post-497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible-studies","category-members","category-sermon","category-service","category-worship","tag-members","tag-sermon","tag-worship"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/genesisbanner.jpg?fit=1150%2C400&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":502,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497\/revisions\/502"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}