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Sep 24, 2019 · What is more, Abraham believed in God well before his great demonstration of faith in Genesis 22. The reader of Galatians needs to know the whole flow of the Abraham story in Genesis 12-24 in order to grasp the full impact of Paul’s point. Paul also uses Abraham as an example in both Romans and Galatians. Why select Abraham as the model of faith?
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Abraham’s faith was demonstrated before the law was given by...
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Paul’s point is that Abraham was obedient to the sign of the...
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In Galatians, Paul reads Abraham through the lens of Isaiah...
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(not “our”) brothers (9:3). Why was this important? The answer goes back to Abraham. Abraham’s righteousness was not based on works or the law. His righteousness came prior to his circumcision and prior to the law (4:2,10,13). Therefore, Paul undermined a prevailing Jewish argument that legalism was necessary for salvation (Acts 15:1;
Why does Paul use Abraham? He chose Abraham because of his high standing among the Jews. He is the perfect example of the grace system in action. If his Jewish readers could understand that God accepted Abraham based on grace and faith, not law-keeping, he felt he could make a lot of headway with those struggling with these concepts.
Mar 8, 2017 · All in all, Paul's use of Abraham to illustrate the crucial doctrine of justification by faith could not had been a better choice. Abraham - the example of what it means to be justified by faith When God called Abraham out of Ur of the Chaldees, 13 years would pass until the event in which God would speak to him in a dream in Genesis 15.
Oct 17, 2019 · As Long notes, similar to the book of Galatians, Paul chooses to use Abraham as the figure to display that one can be seen righteous before God without circumcision and keep the law. This use of Abraham would have most likely countered the arguments made by Jewish Christians who believed gentiles were required to maintain the law.
Oct 27, 2010 · Paul uses Abraham as an example in both Romans and Galatians. Why select Abraham as his model of Faith? It is possible that the agitators have been using Abraham in their teaching. But the experience of the Galatian believers is not unlike that of Abraham, who believed and “it was credited to him as righteousness” (Gal 3:7-9).
Sep 3, 2020 · 1) How does Paul use Abraham as an example of how we are made right with God? (Rom 4:1-5) Why does Paul emphasize “the one who does not work”? 2) How does Paul use the timing of Abraham’s salvation to further make the point that one is saved by grace through faith alone? (Rom. 4:9-11) 3) Does salvation ever come “through the law”? Why ...
