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b'We are the people of Abraham. We don\\u2019t come from the same families or nations or ethnicities. We don\\u2019t have the same color skin or eyes. We don\\u2019t have the same cultures or backgrounds. The people of Abraham are ultimately not a race bounded by descent, but by faith.\\nIn ancient times, God made a covenant (or promise) with Abraham, and God swore by Himself that He would keep it (Genesis 12:1-3; 17:1-8). Abraham couldn\\u2019t keep his end of the promise, and neither can we. The Old Testament proved this, as Abraham\\u2019s physical descendants, the people of Israel, failed and failed again morally. They kept trying to worship anything other than the One True God, and we do the same thing. We are sinners and desperately need God\\u2019s intervention. Fortunately, Christ, the physical descendent of Abraham, kept the promise for us, and we are secure in Him through faith (Galatians 3:16, 26-29).\\nAbraham didn\\u2019t just believe in God. He believed God could raise the dead (Hebrews 11:19). This is the faith that saved him, and this is the faith that saves us as Christians. We have all the more confidence, knowing God has raised Christ from the dead. Like Abraham, we believe God will raise our bodies from death, and we will die no more (Romans 8:11).\\nAs Christians, our faith is more than two thousand years old. Abraham lived at the very dawn of civilization, and God has been adding to His family ever since. One day, the whole family will be together. Abraham will see the children God promised him, like the sand on the seashore. They will come from ancient times, the medieval period, and the modern era. They will come from the land Abraham settled and every other land under heaven.\\nChrist will gather them because He was the One who made the promise. \\u2022 Kevin Zeller\\n\\u2022 God\\u2019s covenant with Abraham required Abraham\\u2019s full obedience, but, as a sinner, Abraham couldn\\u2019t live in obedience. Instead, God counted Abraham\\u2019s faith in Him as sinlessness (or righteousness) (Genesis 15:6). It was as if Abraham had never sinned. How did God\\u2019s faithfulness to Abraham show what He was going to do through Jesus (Romans 4:1-8; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Ephesians 2:8-9)? \\n\\u2022 As a Christian, what does being in a family this huge mean to you? \\nAnd if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham\\u2019s seed, heirs according to the promise. Galatians 3:29 (CSB)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nHebrews 11:8-19'