“who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.” [romans 4:25]   our trespasses and our justification   this time of year has our minds wrapped around christmas, and the joy of our Savior’s birth. our thoughts linger around a...

“but for ours also. it will be counted to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord,” — [romans 4:24]   Jesus is raised from the dead!   death is final, and it is unavoidable. we don’t often spend much time considering death, but from the...

but the words “it was counted to him” were not written for his sake alone [romans 4:23]   when you tell of your salvation, what words do you use?   the more our words reflect the truths of the bible, the more we can rejoice in and encourage others in what...

that is why his faith was “counted to him as righteousness.” [romans 4:22]   in college, i took several accounting classes. as primer on accounting, what is important is that there is balance in the ledger, and depending on the type of transaction, there are...

no unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised. [romans 4:20-21]   “grew strong in faith.” oh, how we need this. for some time, I’ve...

in hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, “so shall your offspring be.” he did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead (since he was about a hundred years old), or...

as 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. [romans 4:17]   who gives life to the dead and calls into existence...

that 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, [romans 4:16]   if you've...

14 for if it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. 15 for the law brings wrath, but where there is no law there is no transgression.  [romans 4:14-15]   faith is greater than the law   one of my favorite...

for 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. — [romans 4:13]   the promise to abraham   God always keeps his promises, even when his promises seem...