Romans 4 How Can You Be Saved?

 

Romans 4- How Can You Be Saved?

 

Abraham was saved not by works, but by faith. Salvation is not like wages that you earn or works that you can boast about. Abraham was not saved by keeping the law because the law had not been given, nor was he saved by obeying a religious ritual. It was all by God’s grace!

David wrote Psalm 32 after his great sin with Bathsheba (2 Sam. 11). Can God forgive a man who commits adultery, deceit, and murder? Yes! When David repented and turned to God, he was forgiven, even though the Lord allowed David to feel the bitter consequences of his sins (2 Sam 12). God justifies the ungodly, not the righteous (Matt. 9:9-13).

How can you be saved? Simply by believing God’s promise as Abraham did. Faith and promise go together just as law and works go together. Abraham is the father of the Jewish nation physically, but he is the “father” of all believers spiritually (Matt. 3:7-9). At Calvary, our sins were put on Christ’s account; When you trust Christ; God puts Christ’s righteousness on your account (2 Cor. 5:21). What can be more blessed than to know that your sins are forgiven?

 

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