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Justified by Faith | Unpacking Romans 4–5 (July 18) · 1 Year Audio Bible Podcast

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Are we made righteous through the keeping of the law, or are we made
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righteous by putting our faith in Jesus Christ? What is the purpose of the law?
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How can we have peace with God? How do we obtain righteousness?
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How can we be justified before a righteous and a holy God? These are the
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questions we're going to unpack today as we do a deep dive into Romans chapter 4
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and 5. Join us. Welcome to the One Year Audio Bible Podcast. Today is July 18th.
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Now let's continue our journey reading through the entire Bible in one year. This
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week we are reading from the Israel Bible for the Old Testament or the
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Hebrew Scriptures and from the King James for the New Testament or Apostolic
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Writings. Numbers 25 1 to 9. While Israel was staying at Shittim, the people
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profaned themselves by whoring with the Moabite women who invited the people to
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the sacrifices for their God. The people partook of them and worshipped that God.
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Thus Israel attached itself to Baal Peor and Hashem was incensed with Israel.
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Hashem said to Moses, take all the ringleaders and have them publicly
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impaled before Hashem so that Hashem's wrath may turn away from Israel. So Moses
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said to Israel's officials, each of you slay those of his men who attach
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themselves to Baal Peor. Just then one of the Israelites came and brought a
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Midianite woman over to his companions in the sight of Moses and of the whole
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Israelite community who were weeping at the entrance of the tent of meeting. When
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Pinchas, son of Eleazar, son of the Aaron the Kohen, saw this, he left the
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assembly, and taking a spear in his hand, he followed the Israelite into the
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hamber and stabbed both of them, the Israelite and the woman, through the
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belly. Then the plague against the Israelites was checked. Those who died of
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the plague numbered 24,000.
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First Chronicles 26 12 to 27 34. These are the divisions of the gatekeepers by
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their chief men who worked in shifts corresponding to their kinsmen
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ministering in the house of Hashem. They cast lots, small and great alike, by
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clans for each gate. The lot for the east gate fell to Shalamiah. Then they
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cast lots for Zechariah, his son, a prudent counselor, and his lot came out
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to be the north gate. For Obed-Edom, the south gate, and for his sons, the
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vestibule. For Shephim and for Hosah, the west gate, with the Shelecheth gate on
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the ascending highway. Watch corresponded to watch. At the east, six
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Leviim at the north, four daily. At the south, four daily. At the vestibule, two by
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two. At the colonnade on the west, four at the causeway and two at the colonnade.
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These were the divisions of the gatekeepers of the sons of Korah and the
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sons of Morari. And the Leviim, Akiah, over the treasuries of the house of
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Hashem and the treasuries of the dedicated things. The sons of Ladan, the
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sons of Gershonites, belonging to Ladan. The chiefs of the clans of Ladan, the
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Gershonite. Yechieli, the sons of Yechieli, Zetham and Joel, his brother was
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over the treasuries of the house of Hashem. Of the Amramites, the Isharites,
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the Shevronites, the Uzziolites, Shebuel, son of Gershon, son of Moses, was the
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chief officer over the treasuries. And his brothers, Eleazar, his son Rehobiah,
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his son Jeshiah, his son Joram, his son Zichri, his son Shalemeth. That Shalemeth
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and his brothers were over all the treasuries of dedicated things that were
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dedicated by King David. And the chiefs of the clans, and the officers of
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thousands and hundreds, and the other army officers, they dedicated some of the
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booty of the wars to maintain the house of Hashem. All that Shmuel, the seer, had
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dedicated, and Shal, son of Kish, and Abner, son of Ner, and Joab, son of Zechariah,
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or what any other man had dedicated, was under the charge of Shalemeth and his
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brothers. The Isharites, Shaniah and his sons, were over Israel as clerks and
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magistrates for affairs outside the sanctuary. The Shevronites, Hashabiah and
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his brothers, capable men, seventeen hundred, supervising Israel on the west
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side of the Jordan in all matters of Hashem and the service of the king. The
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Shevronites, Zeriah, the chief of the Shevronites, they were investigated in
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the fortieth year of David's reign by clans of all their lines, and men of
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substance were found among them in Jazer Gilead, his brothers, able men, two
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thousand seven hundred. Chiefs of clans, David put them in charge of the
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Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, in all matters of
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Hashem, and matters of the king. The number of Israelites, chiefs of clans,
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officers of thousands and hundreds and their clerks, who served the king in all
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matters of the divisions, who worked in monthly shifts during all the months of
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the year, each division, twenty-four thousand.
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Over the first division for the first month, Jeshuabim, son of Zabdiel, his
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division had twenty-four thousand. Of the sons of Peretz, he, the chief of all the
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officers of the army, served for the first month. Over the division of the
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second month, Dodai, the Aloite, Mildath, was the chief officer of his division,
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his division had twenty-four thousand. The third army officer for the third
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month, Benaiah, son of Jehodiah, the chief Kohen, his division had twenty-four
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thousand. That was Benaiah, one of the warriors of the thirty, and over the
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thirty and over his division was Hamizabad, his son. The fourth for the
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fourth month, Asael, brother of Joab, and his son Zebediah after him, his division
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had twenty-four thousand. The fifth for the fifth month, the officer Shamhut, the
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Israelite, his division had twenty-four thousand. The sixth for the sixth month,
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Irah, son of Ikesh, the Techoite, his division had twenty-four thousand. The
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seventh for the seventh month, Helez, the Pelonite. Of the Ephraimites, his division
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had twenty-four thousand. The eighth for the eighth month, Sibachai, the Hushethite
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of Zerach, his division had twenty-four thousand. The ninth for the ninth month,
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Abiezer, the Annotite of Benjamin, his division had twenty-four thousand. The
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tenth for the tenth month, Marai, the Nephethite of Zerach, his division had
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twenty-four thousand. The eleventh for the eleventh month, Benaiah, the Peronite of
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the Ephraimites, his division had twenty-four thousand. The twelfth for the
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twelfth month, Haldai, the Netaphite of Aphneal, his division had twenty-four
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thousand. Over the tribes of Israel, Reuben, the chief officer, Eleazar, son of
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Zichri, Shimon, Shavitai, son of Maka, Levi, Hashabiah, son of Kemuel, Aaron,
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Zadok, Yehuda, Elihu of the brothers of David, Issachar, Omri, son of Michael,
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Zebulun, Ishmael, son of Avajah, Naphtali, Jeremoth, son of Azrael, Ephraimites,
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Hosea, son of Azaziah, the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joel, son of Paddaiah, half Manasseh
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and Gilead, Edo, son of Zechariah, Benjamin, Jassil, son of Abner, Dan, Azrael, son of
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Jeraham. These were the officers of the tribes of Israel. David did not take a
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census of those under 20 years of age, for Hashem had promised to make Israel
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as numerous as the stars of the sky.
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Joab, son of Zeruiah, did begin to count them, but he did not finish. Wrath struck
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Israel on account of this, and the census was not entered into the account of the
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chronicles of King David. Over the royal treasuries, Asmathah, son of Adiel, over
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the treasuries in the country, in the towns, the hamlets, and the citadels,
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Jehonatan, son of Uzziahu, over the field laborers in agricultural work, Ezri, son
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of Chelub, over the vineyards, Shimei, the Ramathite, and over the produce in the
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vineyards for wine sellers, Zabdi, the Shipmite, over the olive trees in the
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sycamores in the Shephilah, Baal-Hanan for the Gederite, over the oil stores,
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Joash, over the cattle pasturing in the Shiron, Shirtai, the Sharanite, and over
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the cattle in the valleys, Shafat, son of Adlai, over the camels, Obel, the
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Ishmaelite, and over the donkeys, Jedidiah, the Marathite, over the flocks,
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Jaziz, the Hagrite, all these were stewards of the property of King David.
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Jehonatan, David's uncle, was a counselor, a master, and a scribe. Jekiel, son of
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Hakmoni, was with the king's sons. Ahatophel was a counselor to the king,
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Hushah, the Archite, was the king's friend. After Ahatophel were Jehoiada, son of
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Benaiah, and of Eviartar. The commander of the king's army was Joab.
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Romans 4 13 to 5 5
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For the promise that he should be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or
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to his seed through the law, but through the righteous of faith. For if they which
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are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of no effect.
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Because the law works wrath, for where no law is, there is no transgression.
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Therefore it is of faith that it might be by grace to the end the promise might
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be sure to all the seed, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also
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which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all. As it is written, I
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have made you a father of many nations before him whom he believed, even God who
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quickens the dead and calls those things which be not as though they were. Who
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against hope believed in hope that he might become the father of many nations
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according to that which was spoken, so shall your seed be. And being not weak in
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faith, he considered not his own body now dead when he was about a hundred
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years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb. He staggered not at the
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promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God, and
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being fully persuaded that what he had promised he was able also to perform. And
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therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. Now it was not written for
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his sake alone that it was imputed to him, but for us also to whom it shall be
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imputed if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead, who was
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delivered for our offenses and was raised again for our justification.
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Therefore, being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord
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Jesus Christ, by whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we
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stand and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only so, but we glory in
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tribulations also, knowing that tribulation works patience, and patience
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experience, and experience hope. And hope makes not ashamed, because the love of
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God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given to us.
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Psalm 14, 1 to 7. The fool has said in his heart there is no God. They are
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corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is none that does good. The Lord
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looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there were any
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that did understand and seek God. They are all gone aside. They are all together
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become filthy. There is none that does good. No, not one. Have all the workers of
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iniquity no knowledge? Who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not
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upon the Lord? There were they in great fear, for God is in the generation of the
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righteous. You have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the Lord is his refuge.
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Oh, that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion. When the Lord brings
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back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
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Proverbs 19, 17. He that has pity upon the poor lends unto the Lord, and that which
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he has given will he pay him again. I want to speak to you today again from Romans
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chapter 4, and we've been continuing down the Roman road of salvation, and each day
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as we read more from the book of Romans, we're unpacking the whole understanding
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and digging deep into how is it that we are saved, that we have salvation. And so
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in this chapter today, we see that it says here, Abraham was not weak in faith, but he
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considered not his own body now dead when he was about 100 years old. Neither yet
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the deadness of Sarah's womb. He didn't stagger at the promise of God through
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unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God. Now remember, God gave him a
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promise that he was going to have a son from his own loins, and he's 100 years old.
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And Sarah, maybe she's 90 or 95, but she's well past childbearing years, well past
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menopause. And so biologically, physically, it seemed impossible. And they had waited
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a long, long time for this to come to pass. Many, many, many years had gone by. This is
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why there was a bit of a stumbling earlier on when they got... Sarah became
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impatient, thinking, well, this hasn't happened, so let's take matters in our own
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hands. And so she says to Abraham, lie with my hand servant, my maid servant,
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Hagar. So Abraham did, and Hagar gave birth to Ishmael. But that was not God's
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plan. And so Abraham, though, here in this passage in Romans, he was not weak in
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faith. He considered not his own body, even though dead. When he's about 100
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years old, he didn't stagger or stumble at the promise that God gave with
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unbelief or fear or doubt. He was strong in faith, and he was fully convinced and
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persuaded that what God had promised to him, he was able to perform. Have you ever
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had a promise given to you from the Lord? Perhaps a scripture that came alive in
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your heart of a promise from the Word of God that he was going to fulfill in your
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life, and yet it seems impossible and a long, long time has gone by. Maybe it's a
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promise that you're going to conceive and have a baby. Maybe it's a promise
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that you're going to meet a godly husband or a godly wife and you'll one
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day marry. I don't know what it is that you have waited upon the Lord for, but if
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he has promised it to you by his Holy Spirit and confirmed it through his
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scripture and confirmed it through perhaps a second or a third witness, then
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we want to be like Abraham. We want to be strong in our faith and be fully
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convinced and persuaded in our mind and not believe what our eyes see, but believe
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what does God say. Did God say it? I believe it. That settles it. Now here's
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good news, my friend. In chapter 5, verse 1, but let me back up. Verse 24,
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For us also, to whom it shall be imputed salvation, righteousness, if we believe on
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him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead, if we believe that Jesus was
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raised from the dead, that he died for our sins, he died for my sins, he died for
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your sins, and he was risen from the dead, and he was delivered over for our
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offenses, he took the death that you and I deserved. He took the punishment. The
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wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life, and he was delivered
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up for our offenses and raised again for our justification, that if you believe
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that in your heart, here's the good news. Romans chapter 5, verse 1, Therefore you
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are justified by faith, and you have peace with God the Father through our
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Lord Jesus Christ. God is no longer going to turn his face away from you. He's no
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longer going to put you under his wrath, under his judgment, but now he turns his
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face toward you, and he receives you as a child into his family, into the kingdom
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of God, as his precious and beloved son or daughter. You are now part of the
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family of God. It's all by faith. It's not based on works or performance. It's not
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based on obeying the law of Moses. It's based on faith in Jesus Christ. We are
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born again. It is no longer I who live, but Christ Jesus who lives in me. And that
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is good news, my friend. Have a blessed day, and we'll see you tomorrow. Shalom.