Saved by faith alone?
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Regardless of what you or I think, this is the verbiage used in the Bible.
A. for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son
B. because you have done this
C. I will surely bless you
God knows all things, past, present and future. But this does not allow us to ignore what is clearly written in scripture.
I will admit that there are things I don't fully understand but "because you have done this" is rather clear.
A. for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son
B. because you have done this
C. I will surely bless you
God knows all things, past, present and future. But this does not allow us to ignore what is clearly written in scripture.
I will admit that there are things I don't fully understand but "because you have done this" is rather clear.
Agree, but Abraham's works justified himself before God.
James 2:21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
After the cross, the believer is not justified by works, but by the faith of Jesus Christ.
Galatians 2:16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
James 2:21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
After the cross, the believer is not justified by works, but by the faith of Jesus Christ.
Galatians 2:16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
What was it that Abraham believed? That through him, a great nation would come and that all the earth would be blessed through this nation? Did Abraham believe in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of his sins? You know, the gospel unto salvation...is there another way unto salvation?
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Actually, Genesis 15 is pointing back to a time even earlier than this.
Acts 7:2
And Stephen said, “Listen to me, brothers and fathers! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
Genesis 11:31
And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.
It really is faith alone in Christ alone.
Acts 7:2
And Stephen said, “Listen to me, brothers and fathers! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
Genesis 11:31
And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.
It really is faith alone in Christ alone.
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It says he believe in God. He had faith, and his faith was accounted as righteousness
And paul said we will be saved by that same faith
16 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 17 (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; 18 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.” 19 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. 20 He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, 21 and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform. 22 And therefore “it was accounted to him for righteousness.”
23 Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was imputed to him, 24 but also for us. It shall be imputed to us who believe in Him who raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead, 25 who was delivered up because of our offenses, and was raised because of our justification.
And paul said we will be saved by that same faith
16 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 17 (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; 18 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.” 19 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. 20 He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, 21 and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform. 22 And therefore “it was accounted to him for righteousness.”
23 Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was imputed to him, 24 but also for us. It shall be imputed to us who believe in Him who raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead, 25 who was delivered up because of our offenses, and was raised because of our justification.