"Father Abraham" (Part 1)
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· 26 viewsIn Romans 4:1-12 Paul begins to use the faith of Abraham as an example of all those who belive in Jesus Christ proving once again that salvation is by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone.
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Summary:
Adoption
Adoption
From the perspective of siblings.
Children by birth - warning
Children by adoption - encouragement
Example: Abraham
Example: Abraham
Important for the JEWS
“Forefather” - primary ancestor, founder of the family (“flesh” - physically)
Prior to the Law
Applicable to ALL (who believe)
3 QUESTIONS with 3 CONCLUSIONS
“Counted”/ “credited”/ “reckon”
8 times in the first 12 verses - 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11
Take inventory, credit, take into account, consider
Those who believe are counted as...
Righteous (vv. 1-5)
Forgiven (vv. 6-8)
Equal (vv. 9-12)
How was Abraham justified? (vv. 1-5)
How was Abraham justified? (vv. 1-5)
Not by works (vv. 1-2).
“Gained”/ “found” - find after searching, discover, obtain, attain to, arrive
With verse 2 the sense is “what did Abraham get for himself?” Because…(v. 2)
BUT, this cannot be true in his standing before God.
But, by faith (vv. 3-5)
Scriptural (v. 3; Genesis 15:6)
“Believed” - the root for a related word usually translated “faith” (vv. 5, 9, 11, 12)
It was Abraham’s response to the covenant that God made with him (Genesis 15).
It included no works on Abraham’s part. It was trust in what God promised to do.
This counting righteous was by God and before God alone.
Reasonable (vv. 4-5)
Notice the contrast - when someone works, they get paid, they don’t get a gift.
When someone believes, they get a gift, which is righteousness.
Righteousness can only be a gift. Being rendered righteous can only be by faith.
CONCLUSION: Those who believe are counted as righteous.
What is a blessing of justification? (vv. 6-8)
What is a blessing of justification? (vv. 6-8)
“Forgiven” (Psalm 32:1–2) - to release from and send away, pardoning of guilt and consequences
“Covered” - no longer to be seen, acknowledged
The is the other necessary part of the accounting (v. 8)
Righteousness is added.
Sins are subtracted.
This point highlights that the recipient deserves something entirely different.
This is possible only in Christ (3:24-25).
CONCLUSION: Those who believe are counted as forgiven.
Who is this blessing of justification for? (vv. 9-12)
Who is this blessing of justification for? (vv. 9-12)
All who believe.
This crediting of righteousness was separate from circumcision.
Abraham was justified without being circumcised.
So that others can be justified without being circumcised.
So, Abraham is the father of the circumcised and the uncircumcised - by faith
CONCLUSION: Those who believe are counted as equal (2:28-29; 3:30; Ephesians 2:11-22).
Those who believe are counted as...
Righteous (vv. 1-5)
Forgiven (vv. 6-8)
Equal (vv. 9-12)
What can you do with this truth?
What can you do with this truth?
Encourage yourself with it.
Equip yourself with it.
Benediction: Romans 11:33–36 “Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! “For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?” “Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?” For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.”
Scripture Reading: Psalm 32