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Title = 'Romans 4:1-25 - Justification by Faith';
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<ul>
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<li>The Fact of Abraham's Justification by Faith
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<li>Proved by Paul's previous statement <a id="si_2" onclick="return mV('Rom',4,1,2);">Rom 4:1-2</a>
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<li>The Jew is justified by faith apart from the law — <a id="si_3" onclick="return mV('Rom',3,'20-31');">Rom 3:20-31</a></li>
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<li>The Gentile is justified by faith apart from the law — <a id="si_4" onclick="return mV('Rom',3,'20-31');">Rom 3:20-31</a></li>
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<li>Paul's statement is absolutely necessary
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<li>For converted Jews who found it difficult in breaking with Judaism</li>
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<li>To clear Jewish misunderstanding of the O.T.</li>
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<li>To show that God is one — His manner of giving salvation is always the same</li>
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<li>This way of salvation does away with all forms of boasting
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<li>Even Abraham has nothing</li>
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<li>No man can boast</li>
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<li>The question of the text
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<li>"What then shall we say that Abraham our father has attained by the flesh? What is the Flesh?
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<li>External — not spiritual</li>
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<li>The sin nature — <a id="si_5" onclick="return mV('Jhn',3,6);">Jhn 3:6</a>;
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<a id="si_6" onclick="return mV('Rom',8,7);">Rom 8:7</a></li>
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<li>The natural human life — <a id="si_7" onclick="return mV('Phl',3,3);">Phl 3:3</a></li>
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<li>Anything that a person counts on for self-righteousness — works of any kind</li>
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<li>Was Abraham justified on the grounds of his good character and good deeds?
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<li>If so — he can boast</li>
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<li>That is impossible</li>
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<li>What saith the Scripture?
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<li>Paul's respect for the authority of the O.T.</li>
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<li>The clear statement of
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<a id="si_8" onclick="return mV('Gen',15,6);">Gen 15:6</a> — Abraham is righteous because he believed God</li>
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<li>What Abraham believed
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<li>Not in his own merit</li>
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<li>He trusted God
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<li>God's Covenant
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<li>Land</li>
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<li>People</li>
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<li>Savior</li>
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<li>Abraham believed in the plan of redemption thru Christ</li>
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<li>Abraham was justified in exactly the same way we are justified now
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<li>Without works</li>
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<li>Without merit</li>
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<li>By faith alone</li>
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<li>What Abraham received — "It was counted to him for righteousness"
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<li>The word is translated — count, reckon and impute</li>
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<li>The basic meaning — to put to an account — <a id="si_9" onclick="return mV('Phl',1,8);">Phl 1:8</a> — Our account — when we have nothing at all, God puts in the righteousness of Christ</li>
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</ul></li>
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</ul></li>
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<li>The Explanation of Abraham's Justification by Faith
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<li>A general principle of grace
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<li>He that works deserves payment</li>
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<li>The payment is not of grace, but of debt</li>
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<li>He that does no work is justified by believing
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<li>Description of the man
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<li>He has no work</li>
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<li>He is ungodly</li>
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<li>Abraham is ungodly</li>
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<li>Description of grace
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<li>The man believes</li>
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<li>The man is justified</li>
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<li>The explanation of justification
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<li>Godward
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<li>A declaration by God that He is granting pardon and granting the righteousness of Christ to the account and declaring the person as righteous</li>
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<li>Manward
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<li>Justification does not change the man</li>
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<li>Justification does not make the man any better</li>
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</ul></li>
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</ul></li>
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<li>Exhibit "B" — David — <a id="si_10" onclick="return mV('Rom',4,6,7,8);">Rom 4:6-8</a>
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<li>The authority of the O.T.</li>
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<li>The importance of David</li>
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<li>The text
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<li>Sins forgiven</li>
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<li>Sins covered</li>
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<li>Sins not imputed</li>
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<li>Righteousness is imputed</li>
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<li>Without works</li>
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<li>A blessed man</li>
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<li>The Doctrine of Imputation
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<li>Adam's sin to us</li>
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<li>Our sin to Christ</li>
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<li>Christ's righteousness to us</li>
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<li>Justification by Faith Only</li>
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