7. Romans - The Faith of Abraham (Romans 4:1-25)

Could it really be that simple? After everything we’ve done, everything we’ve failed to do, and everything we know about ourselves, could being made right with God really come down to faith? Surely there must be something we have to accomplish, prove, clean up, or earn. But when Paul anticipates that question in Romans 4, he doesn’t give us a complicated theological argument—he points us to a man every Jewish believer knew: Abraham. And Abraham’s story tells us something remarkable: long before he could point to religious achievement, Abraham simply believed God, and God credited it to him as righteousness.

But Abraham’s faith wasn’t easy or blind. God made him a promise that, from a human perspective, seemed impossible. His body was as good as dead. Sarah could not have children. The circumstances screamed that God’s promise could never happen. Yet Abraham chose to trust not in his ability to make the promise happen, but in the ability of the One who made it. And Paul says Abraham’s story wasn’t written only for Abraham—it was written for us.

So what if you’ve been trying to earn something God only gives? What if your confidence has quietly rested in your morality, your church attendance, your religious background, or your ability to get your life together? And what happens when God asks you to trust Him when everything you can see tells you there is no reason for hope? Abraham’s faith ultimately points beyond an old man staring at an impossible promise to an empty tomb—and to the God who still brings life out of death. This Sunday, we’ll discover what it really means to have The Faith of Abraham.

- Pastor Ben

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