Friday, April 12



It was not through law that Abraham or his seed had the promise that he should be heir of
a world, but it was through the righteousness by faith. —Rom. 4:13.


God counted faithful Abraham as righteous. (Rom. 4:20-22; Jas.2:23, 24) That cannot mean that
Abraham was sinless while serving Jehovah over the decades.No, he was not righteous in that
sense. (Rom. 3:10, 23) However,in his limitless wisdom, Jehovah took into account Abraham’s exceptional
faith and his works resulting there from.

In particular,Abraham exercised faith in the promised “seedâ€￾ to come in his line. That Seed proved to be the
Messiah, or Christ. (Gen. 15:6;22:15-18) Accordingly, on the basis of “the ransom paid by Christ
Jesus,â€￾ the divine Judge is able to forgive sins that occurred in the past. Thus,Abraham and other
men of faith in pre-Christian times are in line for a resurrection. —Rom. 3:24, 25; Ps. 32:1, 2.


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