Abraham and David are now brought before us to illustrate the truth of justification by faith. Both of these men were justified because they believed God. So today, ungodly people who cannot do good works are justified by God when they put their faith in the Lord Jesus. Those who do so are really happy, or blessed, because they know that their iniquities are forgiven and their sins are covered. We have the written Word of God to assure us of our eternal salvation. Do you ever thank God for a Bible in your language?
The promises to Abraham (Genesis 17:48) were made long before the law was given. God accounted him righteous because of his faith, not because of the law. What a wonderful God we have, who met us in all our need as lost, guilty sinners and provided a Saviour who would wash the sins away of all who trust in Him. Only God could have devised such a plan of salvation. Only God could quicken (give life to) the dead and call those things which are not as though they were. If God can save our never-dying souls, can He not also provide everything else in life that we will have need of? Indeed He can! Let us learn to trust Him more fully, for what He has promised He is able also to perform.
1. How can the ____________ be justified? Romans 4:___
But
2. What does it say of those whose iniquities are forgiven and whose ____________ are covered? Romans 4:___
Saying
3. Was the promise that Abraham should be heir of the world through law or ____________? Romans 4:___
For
4. Who can ____________ those things which be not as though they were?
Romans 4:___
As
5. Although Abraham was a hundred years old, what was he ____________ persuaded about? Romans 4:___
And