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- Romans 4 provides a compelling case for the precedence of faith over works in achieving righteousness. It emphasizes the role of belief in the promises of God, regardless of the visible circumstances, and affirms that it is this faith that is credited as righteousness.
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Sep 11, 2022 · 1. Faith keeps the promise gracious. That’s what the text says: “It is through faith so it can be according to grace” (v. 16). Substitute any other word for “faith” and the sentence becomes absurd. If salvation is through works, charity, service, church attendance, activism, intuition, or intellect then it cannot be “according to grace.”
May 13, 2024 · In the English Standard Version of the Bible, Romans 12:3 says, “For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.”
Jul 25, 2024 · Romans has the theme of faith (Romans 1:16–17). Paul addresses the process by which faith is produced in the heart in Romans 10:17: “Faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.”
Jul 30, 2024 · As the Scriptures say, ‘It is through faith that a righteous person has life’” (Romans 1:16–17, NLT; see also Romans 3:27–28; 10:9–10). Faith results in numerous blessings and benefits. At the top of the list are the gifts of salvation, justification, and peace with God (Romans 5:1–2; Galatians 2:15–16; 1 Peter 1:8–9).
Romans 4. New Living Translation. The Faith of Abraham. 4 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 ...
Sep 23, 1998 · In my message on Romans 12:3-8, I argued from verse 3 that God gives varying measures of faith to his people. Paul says that we ought "to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith."
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Paul says in Romans 1:17 (NIV), "For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed." Paul is talking about that gift of self-worth, that gift of significance, which you can have in the gospel, not only at the beginning of your Christian life, but every day thereafter.
