“who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.” [romans 4:25] our trespasses and our justification this time of year has our minds wrapped around christmas, and the joy of our Savior’s birth. our thoughts linger around a...
“but for ours also. it will be counted to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord,” — [romans 4:24] Jesus is raised from the dead! death is final, and it is unavoidable. we don’t often spend much time considering death, but from the...
but the words “it was counted to him” were not written for his sake alone [romans 4:23] when you tell of your salvation, what words do you use? the more our words reflect the truths of the bible, the more we can rejoice in and encourage others in what...
that is why his faith was “counted to him as righteousness.” [romans 4:22] in college, i took several accounting classes. as primer on accounting, what is important is that there is balance in the ledger, and depending on the type of transaction, there are...
no unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised. [romans 4:20-21] “grew strong in faith.” oh, how we need this. for some time, I’ve...
