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JuanALearn

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August 12, 2022 10:45 am

DAY 504: As the Apostle has shown that righteousness is imputed to believers entirely apart from circumcision, he now proceeds to demonstrate that it is imputed entirely apart from the Law. This woul... View MoreDAY 504: As the Apostle has shown that righteousness is imputed to believers entirely apart from circumcision, he now proceeds to demonstrate that it is imputed entirely apart from the Law. This would interest Romans as well as Jews, for among the Romans law was held in such high regard that the echo of the Roman Code, as well as that of the Law of Moses, can be heard in our British and American courts of justice. Romans 4:13-16: "For the promise, that he should 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 they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect: because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression. Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all." God does not hold the great men of Scripture up to us because of their moral goodness. Almost invariably their records are spoiled by failure and sin. But God bids us behold their faith and observe how He blessed them for believing Him. We have already seen this from verses 1-5, and it is emphasized with great force in Hebrews 11. Here we find many variables, but one CONSTANT: "BY FAITH...BY FAITH...BY FAITH." Many of the sins and shortcomings of these "heroes of faith" are omitted from Hebrews 11, for God's purpose in this chapter is to show how He honored their faith. This great chapter opens and closes with the declaration that those listed all "obtained a good report through faith" (Vers. 2, 39). It is amazing what God will do for men if they will simply believe Him and trust Christ for salvation. Verse 13: neither Abraham nor his seed earned the honor of justification, nor was it conferred upon them "through the law." It was simply promised to them. In fact, the Law was not even given until hundreds of years later. Verse 14: what is the purpose of a promise if it is not to be believed and relied upon? And a legal contract immediately makes any oral promises "of none effect." This should be self-evident, but many still need to learn it. In Galatians 3:18, again referring to Abraham, Paul presses this truth home: "If the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise." And the lesson is to us is clear from the same passage (read verses 11,12). Stay tuned...

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