Clearly Abraham is described as a righteous man who obeyed the voice of his covenant God. Yet Abraham’s obedience was not the foundation of his acceptance before God since Genesis 15:6 states that Abraham’s faith in God resulted in righteousness. Abraham’s obedience did not earn him a righteous standing before God, though we will see in what follows that Abraham’s faith was indeed a faith that obeyed. Hebrews 11:8 captures it well: “by faith Abraham obeyed.”
