AOY 2014: Now Is the Time

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Army Of Youth

Righteousness By Faith

Benjamin Ng

1. Living by faith

2. What is Faith?

3. Righteousness By Works

4. Saving Faith

5. The Woman of Romans 7

6. Christian Perfection - Romans 8

What we're going to be looking at is righteousness by faith versus righteousness by works.

Righteousness by faith versus righteousness by works.

So let's begin with a word of prayer, shall we?

Father in heaven, thank you for the good food that you've given to us.

Thank you for this time again that we can come to study your word once more.

I pray that you would please be with us and once again guide us with your spirit, oh Lord, and help us to understand this most important topic of faith.

Thank you for your praying, in Jesus' name, amen.

So I told you we're going to be studying about Abraham.

And before we get into it, I'm gonna be using the whiteboard a lot, so if you would like to move over to this side, I'm sorry, it's not, it's not on wheels, so I can't bring it to the center.

But I like to use the whiteboard when it comes to teaching.

So if you need to move, feel free to move over now so that we don't have to move over in the middle of it.

But for everyone else, let's move over, turn our pages to James chapter 2.

James chapter 2 and starting in verse 20.

And if you're familiar with James chapter 2 especially, you're going to know that it talks a lot about faith and works.

And so yes we are going to look at works for a little bit here, but it's really mainly faith that we are interested in.

But let's go to James chapter 2 and starting in verse 20.

The Bible says, but wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is what?

But then it jumps into this illustration of Abraham, okay?

Was not Abraham our father justified by what?

Okay, give me another word for justified.

So wasn't Abraham our father made righteous by...

I mean, we'll be expecting faith there, right?

But here it says, was not Abraham our father justified by works when he had offered Isaac, his son, upon the altar.

How Abraham was asked to sacrifice Isaac, his son, and he was ready to plunge the knife down and kill his son, right?

Seest thou how faith wrought with works, and by works was faith made what?

Somehow works has a role in making faith perfect.

Which means, follow along with me for a minute, which means the time before Abraham was ready to offer his son Isaac, Abraham's faith was not what?

Abraham's faith was not perfect before God called him to offer his son Isaac on the altar.

But then, verse 23, and the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness, and he was called the friend of God.

So look, Here is the perfect example of mingling together of faith and works.

In your Bibles, does anybody have a center column reference in your Bible?

You know, like my Bible has a middle column reference.

Because you look it up and the center column will tell you where this is from.

But does anybody know, In verse 23 of James 2, it says, Abraham believed God.

The scripture was fulfilled which says, Abraham believed God and it was imputed on him for righteousness.

James is quoting from the Old Testament here.

Ah, have you got a Southern Column reference there?

Okay, so Genesis chapter 15, let's all go there, and I want to start actually in verse 1, but we're going to make our way all the way to verse 6.

We're going to start in verse 1, but we're going to make our way all the way to verse 6.

Okay, Genesis 15, let's pick it up in verse 1.

After these things the word of the lord came unto abraham in a vision saying fear not abraham abraham sorry I am die shield and I exceeding great reward and abraham said lord god what will that give me seeing I go childless understood of my house is this aliaza of damascus So what is Abraham saying to God?

He's saying, look, I haven't got any seed, but look, my servant is really faithful, Eliezer.

In other words, he's like, please bless him, right?

Let him be the inheritor of this promise.

And Abraham said, behold, to me thou has given me no seed, and lo, 1 born in my house is mine heir.

Verse 4, And behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir.

So he said, Eliezer is not going to be that heir, okay?

Even though you think he's a good man and maybe he was born in your house and became your servant, that's not the 1.

But he that shall come forth out of Thine own bowels shall be thine heir.

It's going to be your biological son that will be the heir.

Then verse 5, And he brought him forth abroad and said, Look now toward heaven and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them.

And he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

And then verse 6 is where James quoted from, And he believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness.

That he would have an heir from his own bowels, right?

At that time did he have any heir from his own bowels?

But yet the Bible said he believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness.

He hadn't done anything except, God, I believe you.

So, Could we say that Abraham had faith at this point in time?

But remember, we saw in James 2 that his faith was not perfect until when?

When he held, he was ready to sacrifice his son by plunging that knife down into his heart or wherever and kill him, right?

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Righteousness By Faith

3. Righteousness By Works

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