#32 Faith is Not an Achievement
Posted: Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016
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What's in a name? Names identify, explain, and serve to distinguish one from another. What do God's names reveal to us about Him, coming from Him?
Devotional
Romans 4:9b ESV
For we say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness.
Abraham didn’t work for or work up his faith. No, the flesh of his confidence worked against his faith. Abraham was reduced to faith.
Human faith is not an achievement – it is a failure.
Faith must be a gift the poor cannot buy, received freely from the Only One who holds all power. Faith does not rest on the promise as such. Belief is confidence that the One Who promises is the One Who can deliver. And will!
Other Devotionals in What’s In A Name? Series
#18 Clearing the Path to God's Heart #17 Greater Than All We Know #16 The End of Human Effort #15 Numbers in Scripture #14 Treasure Old and New #13 Unending Fellowship with God #12 God Can Begin When We End #11 Price of Failing to Wait #10 Nature and Destiny in the Name #9 Mother of All the Living #8 Unique Identity Lost in the Fall #7 This is Now Bone of My Bones #6 To Name Every Living Thing #5 The Strange Way that Adam is Named #4 Choosing a Name is a Serious Matter #3 The Naming of Creation #2 Nothing Is without a Name #1 What is the Importance of a Name? Power in the Name #53 Our Shocking God #52 Much Fruit #51 Unending Multiplication #50 Vision of the Almighty #49 Only El Shaddai #48 God Inside #47 Blessings of the Deep #46 Foolish and Weak #45 The Mystery God #44 Childish and Untaught #43 Almighty Source #42 From the Field #41 Stars and Sand #40 Field and Seed #39 Abundance of the Triune God #38 God Commands and Completes #37 God of Impossibilities #36 To Live Without Needing God #35 God Almighty #34 God Revealed #33 Divine End
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