Abraham Found Favor

Let me remind you of the Old Testament patriarch Abraham from whom all three major religions have arisen and also remember that there was no established religion other than the mystical/magic of a pantheon of gods, greater and smaller whom the people kept altars and statues of in their homes and the main government religion was the same but on a grander and more public scale. What was so special about Abraham? In the answer to this question is the entirety of the Bible, both Old Testament and New Testament. Abraham was special because of this one verse:

Genesis 15:6 “And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness.”

He simply believed in God.

What did Jesus say was the most important thing? Simply believe in Him.

There you have everything. It is very simple and straight forward, no confusion. Now compare that to what you see around you, confusion, and a variety of beliefs to the tune of 22,000 denominations of Christian churches around the world. All these churches started, I am sure, with the basic belief in God and Yeshua, how did it become so disturbed?

Just as the belief in God can be counted toward righteousness it is just the starting point of understanding. Again, this is told to us at the very end of the Bible when we are told what the minimum expectation is.

Revelation 12:17 “…keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.”

Again, how much more simple can that be? Are the Ten Commandments really a burden? They are reasonable requires for any group of people who wish live a good life.

A quick summation:

Believe in God.

Believe in Jesus.

Follow and keep the Ten Commandments.

Modern Christian churches have allowed this simple message to be thoroughly confused in a cloud of manmade doctrine and other nonsense. Do you believe your church or do you believe God.