June 15

Genesis 15:6

And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

Abraham was old and childless when God promised to give him a son and an enormous amount of descendants. Gen. 15:5. He believed this amazing promise, and God counted his belief as personal righteousness. Paul says in Romans: “And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb: He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; and being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform. And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; but for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.” Romans 4:19-25. So if you believe in Jesus as your Savior, God counts you as righteous, because Christ paid the penalty for your sins. Do you savingly believe in Him in such a way as to receive Him as your Savior?

Commentary by Francis L. Harris

"...what must I do to be saved?" Acts 16:30