"No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God". Now we need to be careful in understanding this verse, for at first glance it seems that Abraham just floated through life happily trusting the Lord. If we look at the account in Genesis we see that this was most definitely not the case. Twice he told lies about his wife being his sister. Even more importantly, he really struggled to believe the promise of God that he would have many descendants. So in that sense he was just like you and me in that there were times he found it hard to believe God. Yet despite that he continued to follow God, and so he grew strong in faith. The culmination of that was his willingness to obey when told to sacrifice Isaac. This time his reaction is markedly different from his earlier hesitancy. He obeys quickly, without argument, and knows that God will somehow or other save Isaac. So we need to follow Abraham's example. We need to keep on taking the next step, even when we cannot see where it is going, or how God is going to fulfill His promises.
Faith is the key. Faith is the key to our relationship with God. Christ died for our sins, and was raised for our justification. If Christ had remained in the tomb it would have meant that His sacrifice had not paid the penalty for our sin. But He was raised, and so we know beyond doubt that we are counted as righteous by God, our sins have been fully paid for.
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