Its like how God sees us today.
Even though we have unbelief, we know the good we should do but we don't, we don't love God with all our hearts/mind/soul, we don't love our neighbors as ourselves, in short, we are habitually sinning all the time, without even knowing it.
Yet, God sees us as righteous and following all his laws. Why? Because he sees us covered by Jesus's robe of righteousness. That is what not living under law, and under grace means.
There is an illustration of that with the prophet Balaam in the book of Numbers 23:21.
Even though we have unbelief, we know the good we should do but we don't, we don't love God with all our hearts/mind/soul, we don't love our neighbors as ourselves, in short, we are habitually sinning all the time, without even knowing it.
Yet, God sees us as righteous and following all his laws. Why? Because he sees us covered by Jesus's robe of righteousness. That is what not living under law, and under grace means.
There is an illustration of that with the prophet Balaam in the book of Numbers 23:21.
Romans 3:21-22
21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
This is something I haven't really been able to wrap my mind around yet. Because I see Abraham the same way you do.
And yet... God has proclaimed Abraham as obeying His Law and statutes. So its not something I can really explain. Just question.