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Faith: in Hope, Against Hope, for the Glory of God
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Septembrie 1999|deJohn Piper|Text biblic:Romani
4:1621|Subiect:Faith
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Romans 4:1621
For this reason it is by faith, in order that it may be in
accordance with grace, so that the promise will be guaranteed to
all thedescendants, not only to those who are of the Law, but also
to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us
all, 17 (asit is written, "A FATHER OF MANY NATIONS HAVE I MADE
YOU") in the presence of Him whom he believed, even God, who
gives life to the dead and calls into being that which does not
exist. 18 In hope against hope he believed, so that he might become
afather of many nations according to that which had been spoken,
"SO SHALL YOUR DESCENDANTS BE." 19 Without becomingweak in faith he
contemplated his own body, now as good as dead since he was about a
hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah'swomb; 20 yet, with
respect to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief but
grew strong in faith, giving glory to God, 21 andbeing fully
assured that what God had promised, He was able also to
perform.
The Faith-Grace-Certainty Connection
Last week we focused on verse 16 and the faith-grace-certainty
connection. Look at that again. "For this reason it is by faith, in
order that it maybe in accordance with grace, so that the promise
will be guaranteed [certain] to all the descendants [Jew and
Gentile - all who have the faith ofAbraham]." We zeroed in on the
connection between grace and guarantee. God's grace guarantees
God's promise - namely, the promise that we willbe heirs of the
world.
Grace guarantees the promise in two ways:
It overrides our demerit. We come to God as sinners. And God
overrides our demerit and counts us as righteous for the sake of
Christ. Hecredits his own righteousness in Christ to our account in
spite of our demerit (Romans 4:5). This is grace (Romans 3:24).
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Grace guarantees the promise for us because (as verse 17 says)
it "gives life to the dead and calls into being that which does not
exist." What2.
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