FAITH WITH WORKS

Today we all want Abraham’s blessings but what did Abraham do to be blessed? Despite the various promises in Genesis 13:15-16, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 15:18-21 and Genesis 17:2,4,6-8, it took Abraham’s obedience to sacrifice his son for God to swear by Himself. This means that every other promise could be cancelled due to one reason or the other (most especially the sin of idolatry) but when God swears by himself, He will do it no matter what.

And said, by myself have I sworn saith the Lord, for because thou has done this thing and has not withheld thy son, thine only son. That in blessing, I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is upon the sea shore and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies. And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed because thou hast obeyed my voice (Genesis 22:16-18)

Abraham could have negotiated with God to accept a thousand cattles to redeem his son (he is wealthy enough to own such) and he could have lost his son’s bright future one way or another as Matthew wrote that For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. (Matthew 16:25)

For born-again Christians, we claim this promise God made to our father Abraham by faith due to the scripture that says that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith (Galatians 3:14). Today, Christians also love to claim the promises of God for them that was revealed to them through men of God, through dreams or/and The Word of God but they sometimes forget that there is a test coming and the fulfillment of the promise is tied to our excelling in that test. That test is the WORK required for our FAITH to bring forth our blessing. James Chapter 2:14-26 spoke about how faith without works is dead. The sooner you are ready to face your TEST, the sooner your FAITH will WORK and the sooner you pass your test, the sooner you are moved to the NEXT LEVEL; are you ready for your WORK with FAITH?

For those who are not born-again Christians, Jesus is the WAY, the TRUTH and the LIFE, there is nowhere blessed/fruitful you wish to go on earth and for eternity that you can go without Christ. Accept Him today, confess Him as Lord and let Him take over your life and your life will be better for it. His word says “come unto me all who are burdened and heavy laden and I will give you rest”. Come to His rest and have life in abundance so that you also will be a partaker of Abraham’s blessings.

Shalom!