God and mankind are fully reconciled in Jesus Christ by not having their trespasses imputed to them. The completed work of Jesus on the cross offers to everyone who will believe in Him forgiveness and righteousness. This finished work releases to every believer the blessing of Abraham whom God called a friend. The gospel gets better still.
Elder Paul opens by reminding the church that life is a lifelong journey in which nothing truly belongs to us except the time God gives, and what matters most is how we use it.
When God is involved, this journey becomes a journey of faith—an ongoing process of growth, perseverance, and deepening relationship with Him, not a single moment of belief. Using Abraham as the example, Elder Paul explains that faith begins with embarking on the journey by taking the first step, even without full details, trusting God’s promise rather than complete understanding.
He emphasizes the importance of holding on to personal “rhema” words (prophecies from God), sharing his own testimony of how a prophetic word redirected his life over time. Finally, he introduces the second stage of faith—staying on the journey—encouraging believers not to be discouraged by setbacks, as God travels with them even through difficulties, just as He did with Abraham during the famine.
