God's Chosen People
God's Chosen People What made God choose Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph? Was it their bloodline — or something deeper? I think it was faith. And I believe that fits perfectly with who God is. Abraham wasn't chosen because of where he came from. He was chosen because of what he carried inside. Genesis 15:6 tells us simply: " Abram believed the LORD, and He credited it to him as righteousness. " Not his ancestry. Not his heritage. His faith. And God's nature confirms this. As Scripture puts it — "A man sees the face, but God sees the heart." If that's true, then God was never looking at bloodlines to begin with. So that raises the real question: can someone outside Abraham's genealogy still inherit what was promised to his descendants? I believe yes. Completely. God doesn't look at shared blood — He looks at shared faith. And Galatians 3:7 backs this up plainly: " Those who have faith are children of Abraham. " Not those who share...