Category: Genesis

God’s Promise to Abraham For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”  – Romans 4:3-5 Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness, and he was called the friend of God.  – James 2:23  The Man Known as the Friend of God The Friend of God – that is quite a privileged designation, earned by a life in close fellowship with God.  Similar to that, David is said to be the “man after God’s own heart” – again, privileged words.  God declared Abraham to be a “friend of God”…