When Adam rebelled the world entered into a spiritual, and as a consequence, moral crisis.
Without the direction of God, mankind became idolatrous, undisciplined and unruly.
To give mankind another chance, the Lord would have to send His Son to die for us.
But how could Jesus be born among an idolatrous people?
How could the Holy Son of God be born to sinners?
For that reason, the Lord decided to form a group of people that were set apart from the ungodly.
Abraham was the only one to respond to God’s divine plan.
His intelligent faith made partnership with God possible.
God is spirit, wisdom, intelligence, reason...
A commitment with Him requires intelligent faith.
Abraham used his reason.
He preferred atheism to believing in gods created by man.
God chose Abraham because he was a thinker.
Instead of using his heart to make decisions, he used reason.
Yet, in order to turn him into a great nation, He had to remove him from his people.
If not, he might have been influenced by his family and the godless
customs of that society, and might not have listened to the voice of
God.
His first test of faith was the sacrifice of leaving that sinful land
and his family, and giving up the leadership of his family.
The same principles that were used in the selection of the children of God in the past, are also used today.
Jesus said:
"If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me," Matthew 16.24.
There is no third person in a partnership with God.
Either He comes first, or He wants nothing to do with you.
If you want to enjoy the honor of having Him as Lord of your life, He demands First place – He wants to be First in your life...
Like Jesus said:
"He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me.
And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. And
he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.
He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it," Matthew 10.37-39.
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