The three largest faith traditions—Judaism, Islam, and Christianity—claim the same starting point: a man named Abraham. All three agree that sin made a mess of the world and God started his cleanup operation with Abraham. God made a series of promises and Abraham’s response to those promises didn’t just have implications for his personal starting point or the starting points of Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. It had implications for your starting point!

• When sin entered into His world God was left with a choice, walk away or fix the mess.
• God’s solution to the problem of sin began with three promises He made to one man.
• The righteousness available to Abraham through faith is also available to us.

Read Romans chapter 4 and ponder the question what if the starting point for following Jesus is simply trust?