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- In Romans 4 Paul illustrates his statement claim that God will justify all those who are in Christ Jesus by faith, no works. Like Galatians, he uses the well-known story of Abraham in order to show that the father of the Jewish people was himself made right with God without submitting to ritual (like circumcision) or keeping the Law.
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Mar 8, 2017 · The point of God appearing to Abraham in the vision of Genesis 15 was to reaffirm His promises to Him. By receiving those promises by faith alone, Abraham demonstrated the concept of God having "justified" or "credited" or "counted" Abraham as being right with Him.
The Acts of the Apostles record that Paul received three apparitions of the Lord Jesus Christ: 1) Paul’s Vision on the Road to Damascus (described in Acts 9, 22, and 26). Paul is walking on the road to Damascus in order to arrest Christians in Damascus.
Paul asserts that the promise to Abraham and his offspring to inherit the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith. He concludes that Abraham's faith was strengthened by the power of God, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence things that do not exist.
Oct 17, 2019 · Paul’s main point in Romans 4 is simple. In Genesis 15:6 God declared Abraham righteous, before he was given the sign of the covenant (Gen 17) and long before the Law was given. For Paul, Gentiles are declared righteous just as Abraham was, by faith.
Apr 20, 2015 · The key figure in Romans four is Abraham, the great patriarch, considered to be the spiritual ancestor for Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Paul’s main point is to insist that Abraham himself illustrates the gospel of Jesus that Paul outlined in Romans three.
Aug 18, 2004 · Paul finds in Abraham’s life a dramatic demonstration of his “resurrection faith.” Abraham “believed in God, who gives life to the dead, and calls into being that which does not exist” (verse 17). Abraham’s faith did not cause him to close his eyes to reality.
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Mar 20, 2014 · How does Paul apply Abraham’s example to us as Christians? See Rom 4:23-25. Note: as God gave life to the deadness of Abraham’s physical body and reckoned righteousness to Abraham for believing that He could, so did He raise Jesus from the dead, and so will he reckon righteousness to us who through faith in Christ trust Him with the faith ...
