Hold on to the Promise - Romans 4:1-5,13-17 - March 5, 2023

06/03/2023 19 min
Hold on to the Promise - Romans 4:1-5,13-17 - March 5, 2023

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Send us a textThanks for joining us! Listen in to find out just why we are righteous in God's eyes, and how our trust relationship with our Lord can always be counted on. Our salvation doesn't depend on US, but it rests on GOD! if you're local, come on by for a visit! We are located at 3800 Hondo Pass, El Paso, TX 79904. Find us online! www.trinityelpaso.orgFB: @trinitylutheranelpasoIG: @trinitylutheraneptxAnd watch for our sermon videos on YouTube!  What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, discovered in this matter? 2 If, in fact, Abraham was justified by works, he had something to boast about—but not before God. 3 What does Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”4 Now to the one who works, wages are not credited as a gift but as an obligation. 5 However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness.13 It was not through the law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by faith. 14 For if those who depend on the law are heirs, faith means nothing and the promise is worthless, 15 because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law there is no transgression.16 Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law but also to those who have the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all. 17 As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that were not.

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