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Clash of Civilizations: Faith

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We will be going through the book of Romans in this powerful, epic sermon series, Clash of Civilizations. Are you ready?
Today's reading is from Romans 4:1-17 (NIV)

1) What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, discovered in this matter? 2) If, in fact, Abraham was justified by works, he had something to boast about—but not before God. 3) What does Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”

4) Now to the one who works, wages are not credited as a gift but as an obligation. 5) However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness. 6) David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of the one to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

7) “Blessed are those
whose transgressions are forgiven,
whose sins are covered.
8) Blessed is the one
whose sin the Lord will never count against them.”

9) Is this blessedness only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness. 10) Under what circumstances was it credited? Was it after he was circumcised, or before? It was not after, but before! 11) And he received circumcision as a sign, a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but have not been circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them. 12) And he is then also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised but who also follow in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

13) It was not through the law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by faith. 14) For if those who depend on the law are heirs, faith means nothing and the promise is worthless, 15) because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law there is no transgression.

16) Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law but also to those who have the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all. 17) As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that were not.

TAKEAWAYS

1. The Faith of Abraham
2. Faith through Grace
3. The Promise of Faith

APPLICATION
1. Live by Faith
2. Accept Gods Grace
3. Rest on the Promise of God

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We will be going through the book of Romans in this powerful, epic sermon series, Clash of Civilizations. Are you ready?
Today's reading is from Romans 4:1-17 (NIV)

1) What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, discovered in this matter? 2) If, in fact, Abraham was justified by works, he had something to boast about—but not before God. 3) What does Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”

4) Now to the one who works, wages are not credited as a gift but as an obligation. 5) However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness. 6) David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of the one to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

7) “Blessed are those
whose transgressions are forgiven,
whose sins are covered.
8) Blessed is the one
whose sin the Lord will never count against them.”

9) Is this blessedness only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness. 10) Under what circumstances was it credited? Was it after he was circumcised, or before? It was not after, but before! 11) And he received circumcision as a sign, a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but have not been circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them. 12) And he is then also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised but who also follow in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

13) It was not through the law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by faith. 14) For if those who depend on the law are heirs, faith means nothing and the promise is worthless, 15) because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law there is no transgression.

16) Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law but also to those who have the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all. 17) As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that were not.

TAKEAWAYS

1. The Faith of Abraham
2. Faith through Grace
3. The Promise of Faith

APPLICATION
1. Live by Faith
2. Accept Gods Grace
3. Rest on the Promise of God

  continue reading

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