Question... Where is Abraham's faith counted as righteousness?... Brother Glen
Do you mind if I brag on God's Son a second?
As one who had come to understand from the Lord
that he was, "
ungodly",
5 "But to him that worketh not,
but believeth on him that justifieth
the ungodly,
his faith is counted for righteousness."
Abraham was preached "
the gospel";
"And the scripture, foreseeing that God
would justify the heathen through faith,
preached before the gospel unto Abraham,
saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed." Galations 3:8.
in the New Birth, Abraham was granted Repentance and Faith
in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus;
Repentance 'granted';
"“When they heard these things, they held their peace,
and glorified God, saying,
Then hath God also to the Gentiles
granted repentance unto life.”
Acts 12:18
Faith also a 'gift';
"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves:
it is the gift of God:" Ephesians 2:8
The Gift of Eternal Life is Given by the Holy Spirit
Who bares Witness to the preaching of the Gospel, above,
and Works Salvation into the soul, by the New Birth,
at which time the soul is granted and given Repentance and Faith
"So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."
Romans 10:17.
The Holy Spirit Gives the soul the New Birth,
upon "
hearing the word of God", the Gospel
of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
1 "Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you
the gospel
which I preached unto you, which also ye have received,
and wherein ye stand;
2 "By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory
what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3 *For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received,
how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 "And that he was buried,
and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures."
I Corinthians 15.
"
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ:
for it is the power of God unto salvation
to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek."
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is what God uses
to Empower the soul with Salvation, in the New Birth,
when the Holy Spirit Accompanied and Blessed the "
hearing" of it.
The Righteousness that Abraham received
was the Righeousness of the One Who
was the Object of Abraham's Faith,
that He had been given by the Holy Spirit
when he was given the Spiritual Enablement in the New Birth to believe
that when Jesus died, He died for his sins and God buried those sons away,
and on the third day what happened?
Jesus rose from the dead, proving that God had accepted Jesus' payment
to Save Abraham's soul.
Abraham then had that Righteousness of Jesus "
counted to him",
or imputed to His soul, reckoned totally of grace.
3 'For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God,
and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
4 "Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace,
but of debt."
So, Abraham was an ungodly sinner, who was preached the gospel,
and given Repentance and Faith in the New Birth, to believe in Jesus
and it was the Righteousness of the Object of his faith, Jesus Christ,
that was "counted to him", or imputed to His soul
That Then Became HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS.
When God sees a saved soul who has had their sins pardoned
by the Work of Salvation Accomplished by Jesus,
that have been given the Righteousness of Jesus Christ
and the Perfect Life that He had lived as THEIR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
He sees them without sin.
Then what happens?
God JUSTIFIES them, why?
Because their "slate" has been wiped clean of any guilt.
Jesus is the Savior.
It was not 'faith' which Abraham had inherent within himself,
but faith that was given him to believe
what Jesus had done to save his soul
and the Righteousness that was "counted to him"
was that of the Object of his faith,
The Savior, God's Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.
