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    The Faith of Abraham: Self-denial, sacrifice, trust, and total surrender
    The Faith of Abraham: Self-denial, sacrifice, trust, and total surrender
    The Faith of Abraham: Self-denial, sacrifice, trust, and total surrender
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    The Faith of Abraham: Self-denial, sacrifice, trust, and total surrender

    By Edir Macedo

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    In this new edition of "The Faith of Abraham", Edir Macedo talks about the importance of having a faith that is based upon the solid foundation of the Word of God — a faith of real quality. Having faith without quality is exactly why most religious people don't receive practical results from the faith they have, even though it is a faith in God. Life depends on faith. Yet if faith lacks quality, then life will also lack quality.These 104 pages delve into various Bible passages, and show how Abraham used courage and boldness to materialise his faith. With faithfulness and sincerity of heart as the basis for his life, the patriarch Abraham became an heir to all the promises of God, raising the quality of his faith to an even higher level."Look up toward heaven and count the stars, if you are able to count them." And He said to him,"So will your descendants be." Genesis 15:5
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUnipro
    Release dateOct 13, 2017
    ISBN9788571408395
    The Faith of Abraham: Self-denial, sacrifice, trust, and total surrender

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      The Faith of Abraham - Edir Macedo

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      The objective of this study is to lay the foundations to what we call beneficial faith, that is, a faith that brings benefits.

      Most people have faith in God, but not everyone has achieved success in their faith simply because their faith lacks foundation. When faith is based upon the solid foundation of the Word of God, it has quality. And it is exactly this kind of faith that we can call quality faith — a faith that promotes or brings a life of quality.

      The lack of quality in faith is exactly the reason why most religious people do not obtain practical results from their faith, even though they have faith in God. Life depends on faith. But if a person’s faith lacks quality, then their life will also lack quality.

      We are going to take our father in faith, Abraham, as an example because the Lord Himself teaches us to "look to Abraham" (Isaiah 51:2). In other words, we should imitate him in faith and in obedience.

      It was through his courage and boldness that he materialised the faith of the heart, when he offered his son Isaac.¹ Besides having a courageous faith, he was patient to wait for the fulfilment of the promise.²

      Abraham had the privilege of being the first to receive the promise of God with an oath.³ Through him, all those who believe are blessed,⁴ but only those who are of his faith are the true Abrahamic descendants and heirs.⁵

      It is not according to the law that Abraham’s descendants will inherit his blessings, but according to the same quality of faith in God that he manifested.⁶

      Because of the nature of his faith, Abraham became God’s friend and heir to all His promises.⁷ He was elected by Him because of the sincerity of his heart and, ultimately, because of the covenant.⁸

      Why did God choose Abraham? What moved God’s heart in this choice? The answer is faithfulness. Without a doubt, faithfulness was a remarkable characteristic in the life of this man.

      Even though he lived in a pagan land, where promiscuity was an object of worship, Abraham remained faithful to his only wife. Sarah was loved and respected by him and she consequently responded to his faithfulness to the point of considering him as her lord.

      Certainly, God saw that, if Abraham could be faithful to his wife even though she was barren, he would certainly be faithful to Him also as a servant! And here we see one reason for the difference between servants and servants, Christians and Christians.

      Before a person is chosen, first he must offer himself up for election. The elect is the one who, having passed through the process of election, is approved. The Lord Jesus Himself said, Many are called, but few are chosen (Matthew 20:16; 22:14).

      We could also understand this word as many are the candidates, but few are the elect. The choice of candidates for election requires that a person be, above all, faithful. If a person cannot be faithful to the one he sees, how can he be faithful to the one he does not see?

      God’s promises are clearly directed to the elect, in other words, to those who have remained faithful until the end. Revelation 2:10 says, Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

      For such who are faithful, it has been determined: They shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant and another eat; for as the days of a tree are the days of My people, and My chosen ones shall long enjoy the work of their hands (Isaiah 65:22).

      Would a rich father bestow an inheritance to the son who is faithful or to the son who is unfaithful? Likewise, God cannot entrust His blessings to the hands of the unfaithful. Therefore, before someone can demand God’s faithfulness in fulfilling His promises, he must first examine whether he has been faithful to God in his Christian conduct.

      After God elected Abraham in His heart, He called him and told him clearly: Go from your country, your family, and your father’s house to the land that I will show you (Genesis 12:1).

      This was the first test of Abraham. He had to leave his homeland, his properties, his customs, his friends, in short, he had to leave everything behind.

      His surrender to God meant separation from his familiar world. God’s divine plan demanded his total departure from that place. The Lord could not shape and mould him according to His will, while he was subject to the influences of that society.

      Getting him out of there and teaching him to depend on his faith in the promises of God was fundamental for the creation of a strong, invincible, and unshakable nation.

      On the other hand, going out into the desert without a map and without a clue where he was going was a true challenge to his faith. At first, God gave him no direction where he should start, let alone direction to the north, south, east or west.

      First, he had to leave the place where he was, and only then the Lord would guide him. Abraham had to learn to depend on God to provide the daily bread, day after day, through the desert.

      Similarly, the Lord Jesus teaches us, saying, "If anyone will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me" (Matthew 16:24).

      But follow Him where? It doesn’t matter! Whoever wants to follow

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