Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

Week 2 / Day 3: God calls me friend

Word study

James 2:23 (NLT)
And so it happened just as the Scriptures say: “Abraham believed God, and God counted him as righteous because of his faith.” He was even called the friend of God.

Believe
The Hebrew word translated believe is from a root meaning “establish” or “confirm.” The English word amen, which is used to express approval, comes from the same root (Nehemiah 5:13; Psalm 41:13). Belief is one of the most important ideas in all the Bible, because a person must believe God in order to be saved from sin. For this very reason, the NT makes much of the fact that Abraham believed God (Hebrews 11:8–12). Whenever the Scriptures, OT or NT, state that a person “believed in the Lord,” it signals that the person has made a decision to treat God’s word as certain and has made a commitment to do what God wants (15:6; John 1:12).

Did you know?
Joshua 24:2 tells us that Abraham grew up in a family that worshipped ‘other gods.’ Still, God called Abraham to follow Him and he did. We don’t need an impressive resume to follow God—simply a willingness.

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