HE BELIEVED … HE CREDITED IT TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS /GENESIS 15:6

(KJV) Genesis 15:6

And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

For the first time in God’s Word, faith and righteousness are mentioned together.

1. In the Old Testament, faith implied two things: (a) “trust in” or “reliance on” and (b) “loyalty to” or “faithfulness.” The word translated “believe” (Hebrew ‘aman) means to demonstrate trust by continually acting in obedient faith. Thus, true faith will prove itself through practical action. This was the kind of faith Abram had. He was devoted to God and proved it by obeying God and submitting to His plans.
2. God saw in Abram’s heart an attitude of faith and credited, or accepted, it as righteousness. The term “righteousness” means being in a right relationship to God and His will (Genesis 6:9; Job 15:14-16). In addition, God made a covenant with Abram, promising protection and reward (Genesis 15:1), many descendants (Genesis 15:5) and the promise of the land (Genesis 15:7).
3. Under the new covenant (God’s plan and promos to save people from sin through the sacrifice of His Son, Jesus Christ), receiving God’s blessing and having a right relationship with Him also require faith. This is a foundational truth in the New Testament (Romans 4:3; Galatians 3:6; James 2:23).

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1. YOUR SHIELD, YOUR VERY GREAT REWARD / GENESIS 15:1
2. I WILL ACCEPT NOTHING BELONGING TO YOU /GENESIS 14:22-23
3. GAVE HIM A TENTH OF EVERYTHING / GENESIS 14:20
4. MELCHIZEDEK KING OF SALEM / GENESIS 14:18
5. CALLED OUT THE 318 TRAINED MEN / GENESIS 14:14
6. PITCHED HIS TENTS NEAR SODOM / GENESIS 13:12
7. LOT LOOKED UP AND SAW / GENESIS 13:10
8. SAY YOU ARE MY SISTER / GENESIS 12:13
9. A FAMINE IN THE LAND / GENESIS 12:10
10. THE LORD APPEARED TO ABRAM / GENESIS 12:7
11. ABRAM LEFT, AS THE LORD HAD TOLD HIM / GENESIS 12:4
12. ALL PEOPLES ON EARTH WILL BE BLESSED THROUGH YOU / GENESIS 12:3
13. LEAVE YOUR COUNTRY / GENESIS 12:1
14. HIS SON ABRAM / GENESIS 11:31
15. UR OF THE CHALDEANS / GENESIS 11:28
16. LET US BUILD … THAT WE MAY MAKE A NAME / GENESIS 11:4
17. A PLAIN IN SHINAR / GENESIS 11:1-2
18. BORN TO SHEM / GENESIS 10:21-31
19. THE SONS OF HAM / GENESIS 10:6-20
20. THE SONS OF JEPHETH / GENESIS 10:2-5
21. THE ACCOUNT OF SHEM, HAM AND JAPHETH / GENESIS 10:1
22. CURSED BE CANAAN / GENESIS 9:25
23. HAM / GENESIS 9:22
24. DRANK SOME OF ITS WINE, HE BECAME DRUNK / GENESIS 9:21
25. MY RAINBOW IN THE CLOUDS / GENESIS 9:13
26. I NOW ESTABLISH MY COVENANT / GENESIS 9:9-17
27. WHOEVER SHEDS THE BLOOD OF MAN, BY MAN SHALL HIS BLOOD BE SHED / GENESIS 9:6
28. BUT GOD REMEMBERED NOAH / GENESIS 8:1
29. EVERY LIVING THING … WAS WIPED OUT … ONLY NOAH WAS LEFT / GENESIS 7:23
30. THE GREAT DEEP BURST FORTH / GENESIS 7:11-12
31. THE FLOODWATERS CAME ON THE EARTH / GENESIS 7:6
32. I WILL ESTABLISH MY COVENANT WITH YOU / GENESIS 6:18
33. AN ARK / GENESIS 6:14
34. NOAH WAS A RIGHTEOUS MAN, BLAMELESS AMONG THE PEOPLE / GENESIS 6:9
35. THE LORD WAS GRIEVED / GENESIS 6:6
36. GOD TOOK HIM/ GENESIS 5:24
37. ENOCH WALKED WITH GOD / GENESIS 5:22
38. SETH … FATHER OF ENOSH / GENESIS 5:6
39. CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD / GENESIS 4:26
40. MARRIED TWO WOMEN / GENESIS 4:19
41. CAIN … HIS WIFE / GENESIS 4:17
42. CAIN WENT OUT FROM THE LORD’S PRESENCE / GENESIS 4:16
43. A MARK ON CAIN / GENESIS 4:15
44. NOW YOU ARE UNDER A CURSE / GENENSIS 4:11
45. YOUR BROTHER’S BLOOD CRIES OUT TO ME / GENESIS 4:10
46. IT DESIRES TO HAVE YOU / GENESIS 4:7
47. AN OFFERING TO THE LORD / GENESIS 4:3-5
48. ADAM LAY WITH HIS WIFE / GENESIS 4:1
49. HE DROVE THE MAN OUT / GENESIS 3:24
50. HE WILL CRUSH YOUR HEAD, AND YOU WILL STRIKE HIS HEEL / GENESIS 3:15
51. THE SERPENT DECEIVED ME / GENESIS 3:13
52. THEY HID / GENESIS 3:8
53. THEY REALIZED THEY WERE NAKED / GENEIS 3:7
54. LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER / GENESIS 2:24
55. HELPER SUITABLE FOR HIM / GENESIS 2:18
56. THE LORD GOD COMMANDED THE MAN / GENESIS 2:16
57. PUT HIM IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN / GENESIS 2:15
58. TREE OF LIFE / GENESIS 2:9
59. GARDEN IN THE EAST, IN EDEN / GENESIS 2:8
60. A LIVING BEING / GENESIS 2:7
61. THE ACCOUNT – THE LORD GOD / GENESIS 2:4
62. GOD BLESSED THE SEVENTH DAY / GENESIS 2:3
63. BE FRUITFUL AND INCREASE / GENESIS 1:28
64. THERE WAS EVENING, AND THERE WAS MORNING – THE FIRST DAY / GENESIS 1:5
65. IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED / GENESIS 1:1
66. IT WAS GOOD / GENESIS 1:10
67. HEART IS EVIL FROM CHILDHOOD / GENESIS 8:21
68. THE SONS OF GOD / GENESIS 6:2
69. HOW GREAT MAN’S WICKEDNESS /GENESIS 6:5
70. ADAM LIVED 930 YEARS / GENESIS 5:5
71. WRITTEN ACCOUNT OF ADAM’S LINE / GENESIS 5:1
72. KNOWING GOOD AND EVIL / GENESIS 3:22
73. GOD SAID LET US – LET US MAKE MAN / GENESIS 1:26
74. I WILL GREATLY INCREASE YOUR PAINS / GENESIS 3:16-19
75. SERVE AS SIGNS / GENESIS 1:14-15
76. LET THERE BE LIGHT / GENESIS 1:8
77. THE WOMAN … ATE IT … HER HUSBAND … WITH HER / GENESIS 3:6
78. YOU WILL BE LIKE GOD / GENESIS 3:5
79. YOU WILL NOT SURELY DIE / GENESIS 3:4
80. THE SERPENT / GENESIS 3:1
81. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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HE BELIEVED ... HE CREDITED IT TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS /GENESIS 15:6

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For the first time in God's Word, faith and righteousness are mentioned together.

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Margarita Crews

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