Isaac and Jesus
“(as it is written, ‘I have made you a father of many nations’) in the presence of Him whom he believed—God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did” (Romans 4:17). Send article as…
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Contrary to Hope
“Abraham…the father of us all…believed God who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did; who, contrary to hope, in hope believed” (Romans 4:16-18). Send article as PDF
Faith Described
When writing the Scriptures, God’s inspired penmen rarely sought to define faith; their primary focus was on describing it. Send article as PDF
Justification and the Law of Moses
“For the promise that he would be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void and the…
Circumcision and Baptism
“And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while still uncircumcised, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they are uncircumcised, that righteousness might be imputed to them also” (Romans…
Footprints of Faith
“and the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of the faith which our father Abraham had while still uncircumcised” (Romans 4:12). Send article as PDF
Father Abraham
“the father of all those who believe…who also walk in the steps of the faith which our father Abraham had while still uncircumcised” (Romans 4:11-12). Send article as PDF
Your God is Too Small
“And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while still uncircumcised, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they are uncircumcised, that righteousness might be imputed to them also, and…
Justification: By Faith or By Circumcision?
“Does this blessedness then come upon the circumcised only, or upon the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness. How then was it accounted? While he was circumcised, or uncircumcised? Not while circumcised, but while uncircumcised. And he received…
David and Justification
“But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness, just as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness apart from works: ‘Blessed are those whose lawless deeds…