#32 Faith is Not an Achievement
Posted: Monday, August 5th, 2019
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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!
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Power in the Name #53 Why Can't We See Our Shocking God? #52 Commanded to Bear Fruit #51 Unending Multiplication #50 Vision of the Almighty #49 El Shaddai, God's Abundance and Might #48 The Real Taking of God Within #47 Blessings of the Deep #46 Foolish and Weak Yet Chosen #45 The Unfathomable, Mystery God #44 Childish and Untaught #43 Almighty Source of All Things #42 The Source for All Humanity #41 Seed Like Stars and Sand #40 A Staggering Multiplication #39 Abundance of the Triune God #38 God Commands and Completes #37 God of Impossibilities #36 To Live Without Needing God #35 God Almighty Needs no Help #34 God Revealed in His Names #33 Abraham's Divine Order
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