Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness
and he was called a friend of God.
James 2:23
"Schmidt, a competent theologian as well as ethnologist agrees with the apostle Paul's schedule of deterioration of religious worship.
Schmidt recognizes:
But Abraham, unlike the priests of Ur, had a personal relationship with Jehovah; thus, worship at its simplest is worship at its profoundest."
Gordon Holmes Fraser
and he was called a friend of God.
James 2:23
Schmidt recognizes:
In proportion as we withdraw from the most primitive peoples and approach the semi-civilized ones, these three elements, magic, ghost worship and nature worship, take deeper root and finally overrun the ancient veneration of the Supreme Being to such a degree as to render it no longer visible.
But Abraham, unlike the priests of Ur, had a personal relationship with Jehovah; thus, worship at its simplest is worship at its profoundest."
Gordon Holmes Fraser