testimony of the rest of Scripture, righteousness is something that a person can only achieve through complete and perfect obedience to the entire law of God (Lev. 18:5; Deut. 27–30; Gal. 3:10–14; Rom. 10:5). Yet, Abraham receives this righteous status by looking through faith to the promise of God. Third, Genesis 15:6 tells us that God “counted” Abraham’s belief as righteousness. That God counted righteousness to Abraham is significant. To count, credit, or impute righteousness to a person means
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