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How Did Abraham's Beliefs Contribute To The Reverence Of God?

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Abraham was greatly blessed by God to become the father of all nations because he perfectly trusted Him and obeyed His commands—His eyes and mind were open to see God’s unfailing love and promise that he never ever doubted Him and His word. (Genesis 12:1-3) Abraham believed that God would do, what He said He would do; hence, by faith, he wholeheartedly obeyed God by going and residing in the land that God pledged him and his descendants to inherit; Furthermore, Abraham reverently embraced God’s covenant with him by undergoing circumcision himself, together with all the boys and men in his camp, including his servants as an agreement. (Genesis 17:1-27) Finally, Abraham substantiated his faithfulness to God and to his covenant with Him by unconditionally …show more content…

(Romans 4:3) In essence, Abraham’s blameless faith and reverence of God are excellent demonstrations for all Christians to emulate. And belonging to Christ, who is a descendant of Abraham; Christians are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. (Galatians 3:29)Therefore, Christians are responsible to keeping Abraham’s covenant with God. But unfortunately, many Christians do not know about this covenant, especially the Catholics, because they are not taught about this covenant; therefore, they do not keep it. They do not walk with God and live a blameless life before Him. In view of this, true Christians should lead young and adult to know God, the way Abraham perfectly knew God so that they could give their lives to God and walk in accordance with His divine teachings. As the Bible teaches, “True circumcision is not merely obeying the letter of the law; rather, it is a change of heart produced by God's Spirit. And a person with a changed heart seeks praise from God, not from

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