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In Romans chapter four, Paul

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explains why righteousness

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only comes through faith in Jesus Christ

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and not through the law. Hey,

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thanks for connecting with today in the word.

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It's the daily devotional from Moody Bible Institute,

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and I'm John Gieger hoping your day

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is going pretty smooth. And if not,

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hang in there. God isn't finished with

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you yet. Well, back to this

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comment earlier on. You know, the key

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is to depend on God's promise to

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do for us what we cannot do

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for ourselves. We cannot

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make ourselves righteous by our own

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efforts. Abraham believed

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God's promise to give him an heir.

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Rather than being daunted by his own

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inability, he was fully persuaded

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that God had power to do what he

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had promised because he was strengthened

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in his faith by God's promise.

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Paul reveals that God's plan all

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along was to make righteousness

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a gift that comes by believing

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the promise, rather than a work

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to earn through human effort. Today,

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in the word we read in Romans four verse 16,

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that God did this so that it may be

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by grace and may be guaranteed

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to all Abraham's offspring,

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not only to those who are of the law, but

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also to those who have the faith of

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Abraham. The resurrection of

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Jesus was the ultimate proof that

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we can trust God to make good on

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this promise. You know, we tend to

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think that the power of faith depends on

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us, as if it were a feeling that we can

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stir up for ourselves. In reality,

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the opposite is true. The power of

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faith depends upon God.

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Well, are you still trying to earn your way to heaven?

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Earn your way to God. His acceptance.

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You know, the Bible says it's not by works of righteousness

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which we have done, but according to his mercy

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he saved us. It's by grace that we're saved

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through faith, folks. And if you'd like a friend

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to pray with you and answer your questions,

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head online to chat about Jesus.

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