蒙召的族类成了信的族类。亚伯拉罕首先是蒙召的人，然后是信的人。他舍弃了一切，除了信靠神以外无法往前。他信靠神，因为他不知道往那里去。神只告诉他要离开本地、亲族和父家。祂没有告诉亚伯拉罕往那里去，这迫使他信靠神。亚伯拉罕能说，“我只信靠神。祂带领我去那里，我就去那里。”我们若研读亚伯拉罕的历史，就会知道他的生活是信靠的生活，信的生活。神不期待亚伯拉罕作甚么。神似乎告诉他：“亚伯拉罕，你已蒙我呼召，不要作甚么。我要为你作一切，只要与我同在。我行动的时候，你就行动；我往那里去，你就必须往那里去；不要为自己或凭自己作甚么。”这就是信靠神的意思。
相信主的意思是：我们必须了结自己，承认我们一无所是，一无所有，也一无所能。每一步，每一刻，我们都必须信靠祂。我不知道如何行事；我只知道如何信靠我的主。我已蒙召离开一切不是神的事物，现在我信入一切是神的事物。我相信祂，我也相信祂为我所成就的一切。我相信祂为我所能作的，也相信祂为我所要作的；我完全信靠祂。这是蒙召并相信之族类的见证。我们是相信之父亚伯拉罕的子孙，我们乃是相信的子民（加三7-9）。
神是称无为有的神
亚伯拉罕相信的神是怎样的神？我们相信的神是谁？亚伯拉罕所信的神是称无为有的神（罗四17）。亚伯拉罕的神称无为有，意思是祂从无有造出东西。神是创造主。亚伯拉罕相信这样一位神，并将这位神应用到他的处境中。就一面说，亚伯拉罕不能产生后嗣。然而，神称以撒为有。虽然以撒还没有，神却称以撒为有。以撒还没有，也不可能有的时候，神就宣告：“要有以撒。”以撒出生了：神称无为有。我们必须相信同样的神，因祂是全能的创造主，是称无为有的。
每日一问：请简述亚伯拉罕在什么事上信神“称无为有”。
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The God Who Calls Things Not Being as Being, and Who Raises the Dead (1) – Rom. 4:18
The called race became the race of faith. Abraham was first a called person, then a person of faith. He forsook everything and could not move forward except by trusting in God. He trusted God because he did not know where to go. God only told him to leave his country, his kindred and his father’s house. He did not tell Abraham where to go, which forced him to trust in God. Abraham could say, “I only trust in God. Where He leads me, I will go.” If we study the history of Abraham, we will know that his life was a life of trust, a life of faith. God does not expect Abraham to do anything. God seemed to tell him: “Abraham, you have been called by Me; do not do anything. I will do everything for you, just be with Me. When I move, you move; where I go, you must go; do not do anything for yourself or by yourself.” This is the meaning of trusting in God.
To believe in the Lord means: we must terminate ourselves and acknowledge that we are nothing, have nothing, and can do nothing. Every step, every moment, we must trust in Him. I do not know how to act; I only know how to trust in my Lord. I have been called to leave everything that is not of God, and now I believe into everything that is of God. I believe in Him, and I also believe in everything He has accomplished for me. I believe in what He can do for me, and I believe in what He will do for me; I trust in Him completely. This is the testimony of the called and believing race. We are the descendants of Abraham, the father of faith, and we are the people of faith (Gal. 3:7-9).
God Is the God Who Calls Things Not Being as Being
What kind of God did Abraham believe in? Who is the God we believe in? The God whom Abraham believed in is the God who calls things not being as being (Rom. 4:17). That Abraham’s God calls things not being as being means He creates things out of nothing. God is the Creator. Abraham believed in such a God and applied this God to his situation. In one sense, Abraham could not produce an heir. However, God called Isaac into being. Although Isaac was not yet there, God called Isaac into being. When Isaac was not yet there, and it was impossible for him to be, God declared, “There shall be Isaac.” Isaac was born: God calls things not being as being. We must believe in the same God, for He is the almighty Creator who calls things not being as being.
Daily Question: Please briefly describe in what matter Abraham believed in God as the One who “calls things not being as being.”