Abraham Believed God (Romans 4:1-5:21)

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Abraham Believed God

Romans 4:1-5:21

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Romans 4:1-5:21

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This song belongs to the Romans collection. One recording is available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.

Bible book: Romans
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[Question] What found Abraham according to flesh? What wage could make the ungodly blessed? The worker may count what the labor has earned, But faith receives mercy where merit is burned. [Refrain] Abraham believed God, And it was counted for righteousness. Before the mark and before the law, The promise rested on grace for all. Abraham believed God, Against hope he believed in hope. [Verse II] He considered his body, yet staggered no more, Fully persuaded that God could perform. The record was written not only for him, But for those who believe in the risen Lord. [Chorus] Justified by faith, we have peace with God, Access into grace where the weary may stand. Tribulation works patience, experience hope, And love is poured out by the Spirit within. While we were yet sinners, Christ died in our place, The powerless reconciled through His grace. [Adam and Christ] By one man sin entered and death crossed the earth, By one man's obedience came life and new worth. The offense abounded, but grace did much more, A gift without measure where judgment once stood. [Final Refrain] Abraham believed God, And it was counted for righteousness. Grace reigns through righteousness unto life, By Jesus Christ, our Lord and our hope. [Outro] The promise was not purchased, It was received by faith.

Named in this songAbraham Adam Jesus Christ

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Romans 4: Abraham's faith comes before the boundary marker

Romans 4 lets Abraham's chronology do theology. Genesis says he believed God and was counted righteous before Genesis records his circumcision, so the sign cannot be made the cause of the righteousness it later seals. David supplies the companion image of forgiven and uncharged sin, keeping righteousness in the category of gift rather than debt. Paul then widens Abraham's fatherhood across the boundary marker without erasing the history in which that marker arose. Promise rests on faith so that it may rest on grace and remain secure to the whole family God intends. The chapter's closing image is death answered by divine life: Abraham trusts God in the face of his aged body and Sarah's barrenness, and Paul carries that logic directly to the God who raised Jesus from the dead. Abraham is not preserved as a monument to optimism. He becomes a witness to the character of the God who promises and gives life.

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Romans 5: Peace with God and the reach of two men

Romans 5 begins with what justification by faith produces: peace with God, access into grace, and hope of glory. That peace is immediately placed beside tribulation, so reconciliation cannot be confused with a promise of easy circumstances. God's love is then measured by its timing. Christ dies for people described as weak, ungodly, sinful, and hostile, and Paul uses that earlier hostility to argue for the security of those now reconciled. The second half widens from individual standing to two representative men. Adam introduces sin and death into the human field, and death reigns even before Sinai. Christ answers Adam, but not as an equal and opposite force. Paul repeatedly says the gift is "much more." One trespass brings condemnation; grace answers many offenses with justification. Sin reigns toward death, while grace reigns through righteousness toward eternal life.

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