For I have chosen Abraham, that he may charge his
children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing
righteousness and justice; so that the Lord may bring about for Abraham what he
has promised him.” Genesis 18:9
Is this blessedness, then, pronounced only on the
circumcised, or also on the uncircumcised? We say, “Faith was reckoned to
Abraham as righteousness.” Romans 4:9
God
is good to us and has created a new beginning for us in the telling of his
promise and the choice of Abraham and his descendants (us) out of his unfailing
love and faith in us, to satisfy both justice and love. I God’s Love for us he
disciplines us like a parent would a child, to show of the unfailing love we
have from him and to keep us on the true faith. God remains faithful to our
faithlessness and patient to our impatience. God is our father and friend;
therefore our only hope for the future. If we follow God in our ways and
actions in life, the promise God has made to us will be kept.
The
happiness from God belongs to all who truly repent and turn to him in faith. Because
of Abraham’s faith in God we are all accepted into God’s Kingdom if we are
faithful and just throughout our lives. The feeling of wellbeing is from God’s
love for us in our faith. With this he will accept us into his kingdom. Do not
be afraid of God’s word. There is here a salvation for everyone who has faith
in him. We are all worthy of God’s promise. All those who repent in faith God
sees as righteous. To them the promise of eternal life will be given. The free
gift to us from God.
Steven Cheshire
St Clement’s
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