WHAT FAITH CHANGES BETWEEN GOD & US
Romans 4.1-8
Romans: How Man Is Made Right – Part 9 of 11
WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES FAITH RIGHTEOUSNESS MAKE?
IT CHANGES HOW GOD Sees Us
v. 1 “What … was gained by Abraham, our forefather …?” (esv)
v. 3 “Abraham believed God …” (esv)
Genesis 12.2–3 “And I will make of you a great nation … and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” (esv)
v. 2 “… if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.” (esv)
v. 3 “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.” (esv)
v. 4 “Now when a man works, his wages are … an obligation.” (niv)
v. 5 “… the man who does not work but trusts God who justifies the wicked …” (niv)
IT CHANGES HOW GOD Treats Us
v. 6 “… David … speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works …” (esv)
Psalm 103.10 “[God] does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities.” (niv)
vv. 7–8 “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered; blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not count his sin.” (esv)
Matthew 1.1 “The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.” (esv)