HOW TO HAVE THE UNWAVERING FAITH OF ABRAHAM
Jesse M. Hendley
Romans 4:20
Now, friends, if you have your Bibles, turn with me,
please to the fourth chapter of the Epistle to the
Romans, and we are studying today, HOW TO HAVE THE
SAME, UNWAVERING FAITH OF ABRAHAM, how to have the
same, saving, unwavering faith that Abraham had, faith
in God which Abraham had. We read the amazing
statement in verse 20 that "Abraham staggered not at
the promise of God through unbelief." He staggered
not. We found out that this "staggered" is the word
diakrino, coming from duo, "two," and krino, "to
judge." "To judge between two things; to run from one
thing to another." Now we ought to be able to
discriminate between two different things. We ought
not to hesitate running from one thing to another. We
ought to see that one is true and one is false, and
that circumstances are false and God is true, and He
is the Victor and the Conqueror of our circumstances.
We must remember that absolutely.
Now let's study this word "stagger" here, translated
"stagger." We find that it means, first of all, "do
not hesitate." It means first "to discriminate or to
distinguish between two things." For instance, in
Matthew 16 and verse 3, we read of Jesus talking with
the Pharisees and Sadducees. We read, "The Pharisees
also with the Sadducees came and tempting desired Him
that He would show them a sign from heaven. He
answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye
say it will be fair weather, for the sky is red. In
the morning it will be foul weather today, for the sky
is red and lowering. 0 ye hypocrites, ye can DISCERN
the face of the sky, but can ye not DISCERN the signs
of the times?" They could read the physical sky and
DISCRIMINATE and tell what was coming tomorrow, be
able to see all the whole material, look it over, and
pick out what was true and stick to that and make a
prediction. So many people are NOT that way
reli ...
Jesse M. Hendley
Romans 4:20
Now, friends, if you have your Bibles, turn with me,
please to the fourth chapter of the Epistle to the
Romans, and we are studying today, HOW TO HAVE THE
SAME, UNWAVERING FAITH OF ABRAHAM, how to have the
same, saving, unwavering faith that Abraham had, faith
in God which Abraham had. We read the amazing
statement in verse 20 that "Abraham staggered not at
the promise of God through unbelief." He staggered
not. We found out that this "staggered" is the word
diakrino, coming from duo, "two," and krino, "to
judge." "To judge between two things; to run from one
thing to another." Now we ought to be able to
discriminate between two different things. We ought
not to hesitate running from one thing to another. We
ought to see that one is true and one is false, and
that circumstances are false and God is true, and He
is the Victor and the Conqueror of our circumstances.
We must remember that absolutely.
Now let's study this word "stagger" here, translated
"stagger." We find that it means, first of all, "do
not hesitate." It means first "to discriminate or to
distinguish between two things." For instance, in
Matthew 16 and verse 3, we read of Jesus talking with
the Pharisees and Sadducees. We read, "The Pharisees
also with the Sadducees came and tempting desired Him
that He would show them a sign from heaven. He
answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye
say it will be fair weather, for the sky is red. In
the morning it will be foul weather today, for the sky
is red and lowering. 0 ye hypocrites, ye can DISCERN
the face of the sky, but can ye not DISCERN the signs
of the times?" They could read the physical sky and
DISCRIMINATE and tell what was coming tomorrow, be
able to see all the whole material, look it over, and
pick out what was true and stick to that and make a
prediction. So many people are NOT that way
reli ...
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