9/15            Romans 4:17 

That is what the Scriptures mean when God told him, “I have made you the father of many nations.” This happened because Abraham believed in the God who brings the dead back to life and who creates new things out of nothing. 

ABRAHAM

Abraham believed by faith what God said and God counted that as righteousness to him.  You and I believe what Jesus promised to us, whosoever will may become a member of God’s family-believe in the Lord Jesus and you shall be saved.  Believe God.  Ignore the world.  

9/14            Romans 4:14-16 

If God’s promise is only for those who obey the law, then faith is not necessary and the promise is pointless. 15 For the law always brings punishment on those who try to obey it. (The only way to avoid breaking the law is to have no law to break!) 16 So the promise is received by faith. It is given as a free gift. And we are all certain to receive it, whether or not we live according to the law of Moses, if we have faith like Abraham’s. For Abraham is the father of all who believe. 

INVISIBLE

Faith is a venture into the invisible and eternal.  It is a little bit us and a whole lot of God.  As we move into faith we discover that the more we move the more we are certain.  We believe and He connects with us.  It is a movement that is provided foundationally by God and by man’s surrender.  Reaching out to what cannot be seen into a realm that we cannot know evidences our confidence in a God who cares about us.  This promise received by faith is a free from God to us.  Wow.  Amazing.  Jesus is Lord.  

9/13            Romans 4:12-13 

And Abraham is also the spiritual father of those who have been circumcised, but only if they have the same kind of faith Abraham had before he was circumcised. 13 Clearly, God’s promise to give the whole earth to Abraham and his descendants was based not on his obedience to God’s law, but on a right relationship with God that comes by faith. 

BY
By faith are we saved.  Our faith is in the Lord Jesus Christ.  Jesus is the way, the truth and the life and He is the only way to the Father.

9/12            Romans 4:10-11 

But how did this happen? Was he counted as righteous only after he was circumcised, or was it before he was circumcised? Clearly, God accepted Abraham before he was circumcised! 11Circumcision was a sign that Abraham already had faith and that God had already accepted him and declared him to be righteous—even before he was circumcised. So Abraham is the spiritual father of those who have faith but have not been circumcised. They are counted as righteous because of their faith. 

HOW?

By faith in the Son of God we are saved.  It brings us from death to life in Jesus Christ.  

9/11            Romans 4:6-9 

David also spoke of this when he described the happiness of those who are declared righteous without working for it: 7 “Oh, what joy for those whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sins are put out of sight. 8 Yes, what joy for those whose record the LORD has cleared of sin.”  9 Now, is this blessing only for the Jews, or is it also for uncircumcised Gentiles? Well, we have been saying that Abraham was counted as righteous by God because of his faith. 

GOOD NEWS

We are no longer at war with God and He has made the provision in Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of our sin.  It is a free gift that no one can boast.  Jesus is Lord.  

9/10            Romans 4:1-5

1 Abraham was, humanly speaking, the founder of our Jewish nation. What did he discover about being made right with God? 2 If his good deeds had made him acceptable to God, he would have had something to boast about. But that was not God’s way. 3 For the Scriptures tell us, “Abraham believed God, and God counted him as righteous because of his faith.” 4 When people work, their wages are not a gift, but something they have earned.  5 But people are counted as righteous, not because of their work, but because of their faith in God who forgives sinners. 

FAITH

We believe that the Father has forgiven us because of the work that Jesus Christ did paying the price for our sin.  All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God and yet we have believed His word and by faith the Lord has forgiven us and brought us into His family-forever.  

9/09            Romans 3:30-31 

There is only one God, and he makes people right with himself only by faith, whether they are Jews or Gentiles. 31 Well then, if we emphasize faith, does this mean that we can forget about the law? Of course not! In fact, only when we have faith do we truly fulfill the law.

FULFILL
We fulfill the law of God by believing in Jesus Christ our Savior.  We are right with God only by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. 

9/08            Romans 3:27-29 

Can we boast, then, that we have done anything to be accepted by God? No, because our acquittal is not based on obeying the law. It is based on faith.  28 So we are made right with God through faith and not by obeying the law.  29 After all, is God the God of the Jews only? Isn’t he also the God of the Gentiles?  Of course he is. 

ACCEPTED

We have been accepted into the Family of God based upon the work of Jesus paying the price for our sin and our belief that Jesus has done just that.  Christ has set us free from our spiritual bondage and death.  

9/07            Romans 3:25-26 

For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood. This sacrifice shows that God was being fair when he held back and did not punish those who sinned in times past,  26 for he was looking ahead and including them in what he would do in this present time. God did this to demonstrate his righteousness, for he himself is fair and just, and he declares sinners to be right in his sight when they believe in Jesus. 

GOD

God is good all the time.  All the time God is good.  He came for us when we were dead in our trespasses and sin.  Praise the Lord for His gracious mercy in Jesus Christ to bring us into His family-now and for eternity.  

9/06            Romans 3:23-24 

For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. 24 Yet God freely and graciously declares that we are righteous. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins.

FREE

We are free in Jesus Christ.  We have been rescued and covered by the blood of Christ, forgiven and free.  Jesus is Lord.