Abraham is a type of NT believer but not identical. Abraham did not have the faith of Christ given to him.
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Abraham is the MODEL of FAITH of ALL BELIEVERS, not just a TYPE, but IDENTICAL.
Romans 4:3-5 (HCSB)
3 For what does the Scripture say? Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness.
4 Now to the one who works, pay is not considered as a gift, but as something owed.
5 But to the one who does not work, but believes on Him who declares the ungodly to be righteous, his faith is credited for righteousness.
Now there is Scripture that identifies the FAITH of Abraham. It does not take more that SIMPLE LOGIC to figure out HOW that FAITH is IDENTICAL to the FAITH of BOTH O.T. true Believers and N.T true Believers. WHY DO I SAY IT MUST BE IDENTICAL ? ? ?
Malachi 3:6 (HCSB)
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“Because I, Yahweh, have not changed,
you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
GOD PLAN OF SALVATION HAS BEEN THE EXACT SAME SINCE ADAM SINNED.
And YOU thought they were saved a DIFFERENT WAY.
LOOK at how ABRAHAM WAS SAVED above. HE DID NOT WORK FOR HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS.
HE BELIEVED GOD!
WHERE DOES THAT SAVING FAITH COME FROM ? ? ?
Ephesians 2:8-9 (NCV)
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I mean that you have been saved by grace through believing. You did not save yourselves; it was a gift from God.
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It was not the result of your own efforts, so you cannot brag about it.
SO SAVING FAITH CAME FROM GOD AS PART OF THE GIFT OF GOD.
And you thought YOU thought it up, and reasoned it out,
NOT.
Abraham SAW THAT GOD PROVIDED a Substitute Temporary SACRIFICE of a Ram, and KNEW GOD WOULD PROVIDE A MESSIAH TO OFFER A BETTER SACRIFICE.
O.T. Believers or FOLD are those who BELIEVED GOD would send a MESSIAH to pay for their SINS.
N.T. Believers or FOLD are those who BELIEVED GOD DID send a MESSIAH to pay for our SINS.
THAT IS THE SAME FAITH, THE IDENTICAL FAITH OF ABRAHAM.
NEVER WERE O.T. ASSEMBLY OR FOLD, SAVED BY KEEPING THE LAW. THE PURPOSE OF THE LAW WAS TO PROVE THEY NEEDED A MESSIAH, BECAUSE THEY CANNOT KEEP THE LAW PERFECTLY.
Now why did I call them the O.T. Fold or ASSEMBLY and N.T Fold or ASSEMBLY ? ? ?
IT WAS THE TWO TERMS THAT JESUS CALLED BOTH GROUPS OF BELIEVERS, O.T. and N.T. Saints.
NO, JESUS and the Apostles NEVER used the word CHURCH.
Acts 11:25-26 (HCSB)
25 Then he went to Tarsus to search for Saul,
26 and when he found him he brought him to Antioch.
For a whole year they met with the church and taught large numbers.
The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.
HOW CAN the TERM Jesus used be 🡩 Church, before the time, that CHURCH was first used.
What did JESUS call us when He said, "I WILL BUILD MY _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _"
ASSEMBLY, the same thing He Called the O.T. Fold. You can look that up.
John 10:1 (ASV)
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Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
John 10:16 (HCSB)
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But I have other sheep that are not of this fold {O.T. Fold} ; I must bring them also {N.T. Fold must be complete}, and they will listen to My voice. {When the N.T. Fold is complete, then the TWO become one FLOCK, at the Calling Out of the BRIDE.} Then there will be one flock, one shepherd.
YEP, that Means the True Jewish Believers of the O.T. are also PART OF THE BRIDE, too, because they BELIEVED in MESSIAH.
Some of you will be rather EMBARRASSED when the O.T. Jews come in, because THEIR FAITH IN MESSIAH, QUALIFIES THEM TO BE THERE.