 Okay, I apologize. Those are listening. I'm going to listen to this recording. I did not start the recording and the class started. So we've lost about 30 minutes. So basically we are in lesson number six and this is what we need to do. We are in lesson number six. We are talking about the steps we've been working on. And we're going to Romans number four. It's the 17th and 21st. We're just breaking down the steps of the faith. And yeah, I apologize. I didn't start the recording. But just to quickly recap, the first point we said was Abraham believed God. So that's the first thing that we do. So God's gifts were to us, our responsibility was to believe God. Second we saw in the example of Abraham is against our hope, in hope we believe. So when there was no reason for hope, he still kept hope alive, stayed hopeful and then he believed God. So we talked a little bit about how to keep hope alive from Genesis 15 by reading pictures in our mind of the fulfillment of the promise of God. So as we keep that picture alive in our minds, we can keep hope alive. Then the third point which we were talking about was he did not weaken in faith. I'm sorry? This time the report. So a lot of people are reminding me about the report. Alright, so the third thing we saw was, or what we were looking at was Abraham, he did not weaken in faith. He did not weaken in his faith by looking at the circumstance. So that's where we'll pick up down, let me just share the last notes. So he was not weak in faith. He didn't look at the circumstances. So that's something we need to do. There's a focusing on the circumstances, focus on the promise of God. The circumstances, looking at it all the time, this is what we're weak in faith. But instead, look at the promise of God, keep our eyes focused on the promise of God that was strengthened in faith. Number four, he did not believe in the promise of God through unbelief. So unbelief will come knocking, parts of doubt, fear, all those negative thoughts will come. But we choose not to pay the promise of God, we keep our eyes focused on the promise of God that we can continue in faith. Alright, so number five, all together? Alright, good. Number five, what else do we see in the steps of Abraham's faith? Number five, he was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God. Roman small was strengthened. He was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God. So what does giving glory to God? It's giving praise to God, right? So glory to God, we're giving praise to God. You're a fine baby. Praise to God. So what the scripture's telling us here is, as Abraham was making his journey of faith, even before he received the promise, he was giving glory to God. That means he was praising God before Isaac was actually born, before the promise actually came. He was glorifying God, praising God, glorifying God. And that strengthened him in his faith. Okay, so this is what we can do. Suppose you are believing God for something, whether it's a written scripture, or Isaac and God have spoken to you in your life, you're believing God for it. And it has a good purpose. It has a good purpose. But what you and I can do is, we can give glory to God. We can praise God. We can believe in him. We can glorify God and say, God, I thank you for our hearts. Even before it happens. Fine, we can do it by faith. We can do it by faith. So suppose you thank me for this beautiful promise, for this beautiful thing you're going to do. Thank you for this thing. Thank you for the fulfillment of the promise. Even before it is done, you're giving glory to God. You're thanking God for this. You're praising God. It's the Father, I thank that you're more than we are. More than power to make it happen, to cause it to come. So you're giving glory to God. You're giving praise to God. Even before it happens. And what is the result of doing something like that? It strengthens our faith. It makes us stronger in faith. When we do something like that. And you're blessing God. You're giving glory to God. Even before it happens. The thing actually happens in your life. God, thank you. Even in the natural, in our daily life, we do that. And somebody says, hey, somebody promises something. I will hold this for you. You say, thank you. They may not have done it yet. But you still say, thank you because they're giving you their word. They say, I'll do it for you. I'll do it for you. Thank you so much. And you're thanking them in advance. How much more with God? God has given us His words. So you can give glory to God in advance. So the fifth thing they say in Abraham's life was, he was strengthened in faith. Giving glory to God. So as a glory for God, as a praise to God, he was strengthened. He made it stronger and stronger. And finally, number six. We see that he came to a place where he was fully convinced that what God had promised, he will, he came to that place. He didn't start out like that. He had some doubts along the way, some questions along the way. But he came to this place. It says in Romans 21, and being fully convinced that what he had promised, he was also able to perform. I mean, he reached that place where God had known it to happen. I know he will perform. No more doubts. No more questions. He was fully convinced that what God had promised was also able to. So now, if you look at Abraham's journey of faith and Abraham's 11 outlines of this as well, we see that Abraham obeyed God. So he's adding a few things there. In Hebrews 11, Abraham obeyed faith. So faith involves us acting in line with what God has always to do. So Abraham obeyed. So faith is not passive. It's not, okay, I believe God has said a good nothing. You know, you believe God can do something. Abraham obeyed, right? He went out, God said, God, I'll give you a land. Your descendants will inherit. So he started the journey. He started growing things. He started on Romans 11. So the same thing that you and I, we have faith in God. We're believing God for something. Do what you can to obey God. All of God is blind. Abraham obeyed God. He went out to faith. He lived the land. God said, it's going to be yours when you and your children. Sarah also experienced through faith. She experienced, you know, her body being made alive. And through faith, a man who had been given up and is dead gave rise to numerous dissenters. What is really interesting in Abraham's life, and we're going to the latter part of his life, of his journey of faith, is that he gave this place where he was so fully convinced about God, that when God said, Abraham, take your son Isaac, offer him a sacrifice. Abraham was willing to do it. And Hebrews 11 tells us he was convinced that even if he offered Isaac as a sacrifice, God convinced Isaac after that. Because God said, Isaac is that descendant. In other words, Abraham had come to this place of faith in God, where he was completely, fully convinced. That God will keep his word. So even in God said, take Isaac off. I'll do it. God will keep his word. He has to bring Isaac back to life. That's the place in Granite Queen to be in his faith in God. And it could lead into that place of complete difference. Others would say, God, I waited 25 years for this promise. What are you saying? Because you need to go and offer him a sacrifice. Yeah, he waited 25 years. But in that 25 years, he had come to a place where he just, I know God will keep his word. Nothing will change it. Even if I offer Isaac a sacrifice, God will raise him up. And so that's what he meant. The more I have to offer Isaac a sacrifice. And the Bible in James chapter 2, James chapter 2, was just 20 to 26. Once again, this is another passage that is talking, but if you want to speak, I want to highlight the three things here. In James chapter 2 was just 20 to 26. What we see here in James 2, 20 to 26, he's talking about corresponding actions. And I want to highlight verse 22. James 2, verse 22. James is saying, he's talking about Abraham's faith. He says, do you see that faith, working together with his words, and by words, faith was made perfect? So James, of course, is emphasizing the importance of having words. It means, you normally are breathing your heart, but you're willing to do something like what you're doing. That's the words. And what James is saying is, he's telling us the importance of words, of doing something. Abraham had faith, but his faith was working together with his words. And through words, his faith was made perfect. I mean, his faith was brought to a place where it could produce. So understanding the importance of words, words meaning actions, of doing something with your faith. When you start doing something, your actions bring your faith to a place where it can produce. The word that's shown is to come from fullness, a place where it can produce. So James 2, verse 22. Faith, working together with his words, and by words, faith was made, by words, by his actions, his faith came to a place where it could produce. That's what we need to act on here. Start doing something, allowing it to what you believe in. So start acting on it. The other thing I want to point out from this passage is, verse 23. Abraham believed God. It was a covenant for righteousness. He was called the friend of God. He was called the friend of God. So while Abraham was making his journey to receive the promise, it was not just about the promise. It was about his relationship with him. He became a friend of God. And it's like this. He got to know God well. He got to know God. He got to become strong in his relationship with God. He was called the friend of God. He was kind of destroyed. He said, how can I hide from Abraham what I'm going to do? That's friendship with God. God is his law. I don't want to do something without dealing with Abraham. That's friendship with God. So Abraham, in his process of walking by faith, most importantly, came into this place of closeness, friendship with God. And that's what we all are looking for. To be close to, to be a friend of God. Yes, we are walking by faith in order to receive his promise, in order to receive fulfillment of the things and setting up eyes and all of that is wonderful. But this is beyond something great which is this place of friendship with God. So to wrap this up, we can learn how Abraham walked, I think, in God. The step to Abraham's faith, which we must admit to, and we must apply it in our own lives. We'll come back to this, given out the line of how to exercise faith in God. And I also want to point out that the journey for those steps of faith actually brought him into this place. He was fully convinced about God. And it brought him into this place of being a friend with God. So that's what we are looking for. Yes, we have to believe God and receive his promises in our lives for various things that he's on to do on the phone. But ultimately, our goal is to be a friend of God to walk in that place, close our intimacy. Okay, any questions? Before we go for our break, let me look in the chat which I have not done yet. Any questions from those of you who are online? Any questions, yeah? Yeah, step to Abraham's faith. Okay, let's go for our break and we'll be back for our next conference. Thank you.