ROMANS 4:24-25. “But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on Him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.” ABRAHAM THE EXAMPLE. He heard God say, “Go from this place; from country, kin and home.” So Abram left by faith alone in what the Lord told him; The journey long before him lay, to the promised land he came; His faith was as strong at the journey’s end, as it was when he first began.
It was God he believed, not some foolish whim, made him leave all he had known. The city of God with foundations strong, was where he now belonged. For the rest of his life he looked ahead, following the road that God had shown. His confidence grew the more he knew, of the God he knew him called.
That act of faith at the first call made, was counted by God to him; As a righteous act based on the fact that to not act in faith is sin. Righteousness imputed is not by works, but faith when the word is given; God will grant what man can’t do, when we obey the word from heaven.
The kind of faith that pleases God, means that He knows we do trust What He says is best, and we will rest, on what he knows is best for us. Like Abraham, who left his land, for the place God could there him bless; So here and now, where we are found, to live by faith is best.
We were justified, by grace when God, sent His Son to die in our place; And believing Him, who bore our sin, justifies each one of us by faith. When Christ was raised, by the power of God, we too in Him were raised; So, by the grace He gives, the life we live, gives to Jesus all the praise.
“O God, my gracious Father: I am thinking at this moment of the importance of being justified and made accepted in Christ. I know I have spoken to Thee before about this, but as I think of bringing thoughts and acts of worship to Thee, it is will grateful appreciation that I thank Thee for such acceptance. I am not an intruder; I am a son. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.”