"Because that Abraham OBEYED MY VOICE, and kept My charge, My Commandments, My statutes, and My laws." (Gen.26:5)
"By FAITH Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, OBEYED; and he went out, not knowing whither he went." (Heb.11:8)
"Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he offered Isaac his son upon the altar? Seest thou how FAITH wrought WITH HIS WORKS, and by works was faith made perfect? And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham BELIEVED GOD, and IT WAS IMPUTED UNTO HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS: and he was called the FRIEND OF GOD." (James 2:21-23)
"YE ARE MY FRIENDS, IF YE DO WHATSOEVER I COMMAND YOU." (John 15:14)
God called Abraham righteous because of his faith and obedience. Abraham trusted in God's promises, demonstrated by his willingness to leave his homeland and obey God's commands, such as when he was prepared to sacrifice his son Isaac. This faith and obedience showed Abraham's righteousness before God.
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Yes, Oskar Schindler is considered a Righteous Gentile.
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Abraham did not pray for all of the wicked people at Sodom but only the righteous. He started asking the Lord "If there were but ten righteous will you spare Sodom" Finally he asked that if only two could be found but all were wicked except for Lot and his family.
There were righteous people before that too: Adam, Methusaleh, Noah, Shem and Eber were all before Abraham and were very righteous.
Abraham
Abraham is considered as thefather of Israel nation, and also the Islamic nation. So he is called father Abraham.
Abraham's Bosom is a term used in the Bible to refer to the place where the righteous dead were believed to reside before Jesus' resurrection. In present-day Christian theology, the concept of Abraham's Bosom is not typically viewed as a physical location but rather as a symbolic representation of the state of the righteous dead awaiting the final judgment.
Because at a time when everyone in the world was practicing some form of polytheism by worshipping idols or saints or spirits or nature, etc., Abraham was the only person who turned to God and worshipped Him alone - with no partners. The One God. So God blessed Abraham and those of his offspring who chose to be righteous. But God did NOT bless the evildoers. Only the righteous. That's the Islamic view of it.
Abraham. Although he didn't specify Lot by name, Abraham appealed for the safety of the "righteous" of the city. See Genesis 18:20-33.
Abraham.