Command: Believe and Be Blessed

"4And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; 5Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws." (Genesis 26: 4-5)

His Commandments then were not the Ten Commandments. The Ten Commandments had not yet been given.

God lead Abraham more intimately, first telling him to follow His lead and enter a land, which not only his descendants would inherit, but through whom all the nations of the world would be blessed:

"Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ." (Galatians 3: 16)

Because of this one seed, we are blessed with Abraham:

"And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together." (Romans 8: 17)

The commandments which Abraham kept:

"Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

2And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

3And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed." (Genesis 12: 1-3)

 

and

 

"14And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: 15For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever." (Genesis 13:14-15)

 

and

 

"5And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. " (Genesis 15: 5)

 

and

 

"And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect." (Genesis 17: 1)

 

The commands which God gave to Abraham were all about blessing him, and Abraham believed.

 

Today, that is the same command which God gives to us through His Son:

 

"Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent." (John 6: 29)

 

When we believe on Jesus, we receive all things with Him, particularly and primarily His righteousness and abundance of grace, that through Him we may reign in life (Romans 5: 17)

 

Heed God's command: Believe on His Son and be blessed!