Father of the Faithful

Feb 10 – Father of the Faithful – Rom 4:16-17  

Vs 16 – Paul brings out three truths in this verse.  First, all promises in God come by faith.  Next, these promises are guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring, whether they are Jew or Gentile.  Lastly, Abraham is the Father of us all.

Vs 17 – In Gen 22:18, God told Abraham that he would be the father of many nations.  He is the Father of all in the sight of the God in whom Abraham believed in.  God gives life to the dead.  Those dead in trespasses and sin or dead in the things of God.  He calls things which are not as though they were.  God sees and does the impossible.  When we see God’s promises by faith we pass from death until life.  We have become like our Abraham who is an example that even when his body was dead he believed God and received his promise.  Receive your promises by faith today just like Abraham.