Sanctification: Genesis 15:6 "Abraham Believed In God And It Rendered Him Righteous" (Victor Alexander Version)
I am just beginning to read The Cross and Sanctification: How to Live the Christian Life by T. A. Hegre (1960, Minneapolis: Bethany Fellowship, Inc). In the introduction, "Have You Lost Your Bible?" which deals with the devil's theft/perversion of God's Word by doctrine and definition, there is the mention of Abraham NOT being saved by law, for "[Abraham] believed in Jehovah, and he reckoned it to him for righteousness" (page 5). This reminded me of Siti's email comment:
"Neville talks much about creating/imagining a world or state you desire to live in or be as. The persistence or commitment you need to assume and remain steadfast in....doesn’t leave much elbow room for anything else. I’ve been making time for doing that three times a day, and I have received the benefits he talks about, especially when he mentions or talks about 'feeling the end result' or living in the end."
I associate Neville's "feeling the end result" and "living in the end" as Siti practices with Abraham's believing in God. I.e , Abraham felt the end result of what God promised. THAT was Abraham's believing IN God. For it does not say, "Abraham believed God," that his promise was true, and certainly Abraham already believed in God's existence. The only remaining option is that in God, as imagination, Abraham "lived in the end," and it rendered him righteous.
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