Romans 4:12
“And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.”
“And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.”
The Scriptures say that we walk by faith, so faith is a walk and if it is a walk then it is in steps. We live and walk by faith in steps, one step after another. Abraham the father of faith, his faith walk was in steps and the Bible says he is the father of us also who walk after the same steps he walked. In looking at Hebrews Chapter Eleven, we can glean the steps that are involved in the life of faith.
We have looked at them separately but I want to bring everything together in one swoop. You can see all this in Hebrews 11:1-13. Faith brings you righteousness, then translation and then introduces you to the reverential fear of God. The next thing that follows these first three is obedience:
“By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.” Hebrews 11:8
You see what enables obedience is a heart that has been made righteous and has been changed through faith in the saving power of God and lastly a heart that... https://www.amazon.ca/s/ref=nb_sb_noss…
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