SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING (3)
by Jeff Ecklund
Scripture: Romans 4:1-25
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Title: Something out of Nothing
Scripture: Romans 4
Series: Romans (3)
Author: Jeff Ecklund
As we continue our series in Romans, Abraham & his faith are a model and inspiration we can draw down from. Two main themes are justification & faith…and the faith of Abraham is a model to us today
First of all Paul starts in chapter 4 with some information that we need to know…
Romans 4:3–5 (ESV)
3For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.”
4Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due.
5And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness,
Verse 3 is just famous right? But we usually don’t follow through and understand what the following scriptures imply.
One, Abraham is declared righteous or just..and he hasn’t done anything to deserve it! In fact verse 5 states that God “justifies the ungodly”….Wait a minute! That’s not right…right?
Let’s continue as Paul more than doubles down on this for us.
Romans 4:13–25 (ESV)
13For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.
14For if it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void.
15For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law there is no transgression.
16That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
17as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.
18In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, ...
Scripture: Romans 4
Series: Romans (3)
Author: Jeff Ecklund
As we continue our series in Romans, Abraham & his faith are a model and inspiration we can draw down from. Two main themes are justification & faith…and the faith of Abraham is a model to us today
First of all Paul starts in chapter 4 with some information that we need to know…
Romans 4:3–5 (ESV)
3For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.”
4Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due.
5And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness,
Verse 3 is just famous right? But we usually don’t follow through and understand what the following scriptures imply.
One, Abraham is declared righteous or just..and he hasn’t done anything to deserve it! In fact verse 5 states that God “justifies the ungodly”….Wait a minute! That’s not right…right?
Let’s continue as Paul more than doubles down on this for us.
Romans 4:13–25 (ESV)
13For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.
14For if it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void.
15For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law there is no transgression.
16That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
17as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.
18In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, ...
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