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Carl Westerlund :: Romans 4:13-16 - Fulfilling the Promise

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Romans in Outline No. 47

1.1  THE NATURE OF PROMISE: “…HEIR OF THE WORLD…”

Romans 4:13

2.1  “…All peoples on earth…”

Genesis 12:3

2.2  “…All nations…”

Genesis 18:18

2.3  “All nations on earth…”

Genesis 22:18

1.2  WHY THE LAW CAN NOT BRING THE PROMISE

Romans 4:14-15

2.1  Faith is made empty

Romans 4:14a

But faith does not void the law

Romans 3:31

2.2  The promise is worthless

Romans 4:14b

3.1  WHEN THE LAW PRINCIPLE WORKS:

3.2  WHEN THE LAW PRINCIPLE DOES NOT WORK:

2.3  The law brings wrath

Romans 4:15

3.1  THE MORE WE TRY LAW, THE MORE WE FAIL

James 2:10

“Transgression” (parabasis) =

“overstepping”

“violating a legal code”

3.2  THE MORE WE FAIL, THE GREATER OUR GUILT

3.3  THE GREATER OUR GUILT, THE MORE WE KNOW GOD’S WRATH

1.3  WHY FAITH BRINGS THE PROMISE

Romans 14:16

2.1  The seed — God’s grace gift

Romans 4:16a

3.1  FROM THE SEED OF ABRAHAM

(Part of a particular people)

Genesis 12:1-3

4.1  From Jacob

(Part of a particular line)

Genesis 28:13-15

4.2  From Judah

(Part of a particular tribe)

Genesis 49:10

3.2  FROM THE SEED OF DAVID

(Part of a particular family)

2 Samuel 7:16; Jeremiah 23:5-6

4.1  Evidenced by David’s lineage

The legal line — Matthew 1:6-16

The birth line — Luke 3:23-31

4.2  Evidenced by coming from David’s town — Micah 5:2

3.3  THE SEED, THE OBJECT OF FAITH

Galatians 3:16

2.2  Faith makes salvation certain to all Abraham’s seed

Romans 4:16b-17a

3.1  TO THOSE OF THE LAW

3.2  TO THOSE OF ABRAHAM’S FAITH

Everyone eligible

Genesis 17:5

Romans 4:13-16

13 For the promise that he would be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. 14 For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void and the promise made of no effect, 15 because the law brings about wrath; for where there is no law there is no transgression. 16 Therefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace, so that the promise might be sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all (NKJV)

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