13That famous promise God gave Abraham--that he and his children would possess the earth--was not given because of something Abraham did or would do. It was based on God''s decision to put everything together for him, which Abraham then entered when he believed.h
Romans 4 is Paul's masterful demonstration that the pattern of salvation has always been by faith alone, not by works of the law. He takes his Jewish readers back to their founding father, Abraham, and shows from Genesis 15:6 that Abraham was counted righteous before he was circu
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