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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Martin Luther: before God was not due to his own exertions, but due to his faith. The
Scriptures expressly state: "Abraham believed in the Lord; and he counted it
to him for righteousness."
Paul places the emphasis upon the two words: Abraham believed. Faith in God
constitutes the highest worship, the prime duty, the first obedience, and the
foremost sacrifice. Without faith God forfeits His glory, wisdom, truth, and
mercy in us. The first duty of man is to believe in God and to honor Him with
his faith. Faith is truly the height of wisdom, the right kind of
righteousness, the only real religion. This will give us an idea of the
excellence of faith.
To believe in God as Abraham did is to be right with God because faith honors
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