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Why did God accounted for Abraham as righteousness, the fact that Abraham believed God is almighty?
 
I don’t think it has to do with some kind of Protestant emotionalism. I think Abraham’s belief in God had to do with with his belief in a totally benelovent and loving God. In the divine providence, into a God that only wants what is good for people even if at surface it might look it is not like that, in a God that justifies the ungodly(Rom 4:5). Trusting in the divine providence that only desires our good and always works for our good. I saw this in a movie where an Imam was trying to incitate the muslims telling them that they should die and kill because God commanded Abraham to kill his son. One person intervened and said that No, that is not what that is about but it is a story of faith. I think this is where the faith of Abraham was shown great that he knew that God would not kill his son, or even if he would kill him that he would raise him back to life and has power to raise him back to life(Heb 11:9). And “being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised” (Rom 4:22) , that God will keep his promise which he gave to Abraham that through Isaac would his offspring be reckoned. Because Abraham trusted in the God that gives life to all, and who sustains all life and who is the source and spring of all Goodness(Mark 10:18). So everyone who would believe in this God and trust in him, would also look at his neighbour with kindness, empathy and love and provide what is good for him (James2:16) , knowing that God himself always provides what is good for everyone, and wants everyone to be saved and come to the knowledge of truth(1Tim 2:4). So everyone who will have the faith of Abraham will also do the acts of Abraham, because Abraham was justified through faith but also through works (James 2:21). And actually the Protestants themselves don’t really believe in solafide in the sense of faith without works because they say the one who didn’t do good works did not have true faith and they are right. True faith that saves is benevolent active faith. Because faith without works is dead/ungenuine (James 2:17).
 
This is discussed in the New Testament in St. Paul’s Epistle to the Romans, and the Epistle of St. James.

Abraham was justified through grace by faith (Genesis 15:6, Romans 4), and he demonstrated his faith by his works, going so far as to attempt to sacrifice Isaac (James 2). It was this “living faith” of his that God reckoned as righteousness. Circumcision, which came later, was a seal of the covenant, and not a means of justification.
 
I think it was more a question of Abrahams willingness to do what ever God told him to do. Obedience. At this point in the story, Abraham already has shown his faith and he’s already spoken with God and been shown a miracle by God.

To have faith is to believe. Would you say that statement is true? Jesus said the one who believes in me will do the things I have done and greater. If you have true faith or truly believe you will do the works willingly anyway. Mark 16;17 says 'these signs will follow the one who believes in me; then it lists the things. except from not dying if you drink any deadly thing all the rest are ‘works.’
 
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Why did God accounted for Abraham as righteousness, the fact that Abraham believed God is almighty?
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In the Gen:15 when God accounted righteousness to Abram, Abram believed the promise the Lord God spoke to him. And Abram not yet called Abraham (father of nations) was to base all of the rest of his living days in the earth on this promise and other promises the Lord told him. Since the Lord sees men’s hearts, the Lord knew that Abram believed. You know by Grace through Faith (belief). He believed the Word of God, and anticipated its fulfillment that only God fulfilled.
 
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