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Ultimately with R.C. Sproul

Abraham Believed God

Ultimately with R.C. Sproul

Ligonier Ministries

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.91.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2025

⏱️ 1 minutes

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Summary

Abraham was counted righteous in God's sight—not on the basis of any works Abraham performed, but because of his faith in the promise of God. Today, R.C. Sproul calls us to exercise the same trust in the Lord, for God is altogether trustworthy.

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Abraham believed God, and there's no merit in that.

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Abraham should believe God because God is eminently believable.

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Abraham should trust God because God is altogether trustworthy.

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But Abraham believed God and God counted him. He reckoned him as righteous.

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Not on the basis of any works that Abraham had performed, but on the basis of his faith and

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of his faith alone in the promise of God.

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And what it was that pleased God was not that Abraham believed in God.

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Abraham said, I will put my life on the line by trusting you.

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I believe you.

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