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But looking forward to the heavenly city does not mean nothing happens in this one! Sarah too had faith. Physically she was unable to have children, she had not had any and was now far too old, yet God enabled her to have a child. This happened because she considered Him faithful. In the same way we are forgiven, justified, because we consider Christ to be faithful. We trust in His promise, and because we do this it will come to pass.
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So the nation of Israel was formed from this one man and woman, a couple who naturally speaking could not have children. But God made it possible. Now if we look at the story of Abraham and Sarah we will see that often they doubted, faith was not an easy matter. We sometimes paint a false picture of what it means to have faith, as if we only had enough faith we would never struggle. This is not true, and it is not biblical. The writer alludes to God’s promise in Genesis 15:5. and 22:17. So we can look at ourselves and come to the conclusion that we can never be righteous, but instead we are to look at Christ, for He is our righteousness.
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