Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed - John 20:29.
Abraham believed and went out not knowing where he was going by obeying God even when he did not see where he was called to go out
By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going - Hebrews 11:8. By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God - Hebrews 11:9, 10.
Abraham believed that what God had promised He was also able to perform even before Isaac was born
And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb. He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform. And therefore “it was accounted to him for righteousness.” - Romans 4:19-22.
Abraham believed that God was able to raise Isaac up when he was told to offer Isaac as sacrifice
By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, of whom it was said, “In Isaac your seed shall be called,” concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense - Hebrew 11:17-19.
For we walk by faith, not by sight - 2 Corinthians 5:7.
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