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Romans 4
!! Romans 4
*Tape #8121*
*Pastor Chuck Smith*
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Let’s turn now in our Bibles to chapter four as we continue our journey through the Word of God.
Now Paul has introduced in chapter three the subject of justification by faith.
That is, I stand before God righteous.
Not by the works that I have done.
God does not account me righteous because I don’t smoke.
I don’t drink.
I don’t go to dances.
I don’t go to shows.
God doesn’t count me righteous because of my works.
And my works have nothing to do with my righteousness.
God counts me righteous because of my faith and trust in Jesus Christ.
And God accounts my faith for righteousness.
That is because I believe in Jesus Christ, God looks at me as righteous.
For God sees me in Christ Jesus.
And thus He sees me in the righteousness of Christ, which is imputed to me because of my faith in Jesus.
So in chapter four Paul is going to illustrate this truth to the Jews from two of their main characters in history.
Men that they traced their background to, Abraham and to David.
The two heroes of the Jewish faith.
So beginning in chapter four he speaks concerning Abraham, /What then shall we say that Abraham our father has found according to the flesh?
/ Now Abraham is the father of all who believe, but these are the physical descendants of Abraham, pertaining to the flesh.
What has Abraham discovered or found?
/2//For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.  /If God justified Abraham because of his works.
Then Abraham could boast in his righteousness.
He could be begin to elucidate or express his works.
He would tell about all that he had done.
And he would point to them and he would boast of them.
See I’m righteous.
Look at what I’ve done.
Now Paul declared in the previous chapter concerning the righteousness which comes by faith, God justifies those who believe in Jesus.
He said where is boasting then?
It is excluded.
By what law?
Of works?
No, but by the law of faith.
So because I’m justified by my faith in Jesus Christ, I can’t really glory or boast in my works.
that which I have done or that which I am doing for the Lord.
The sacrifices that I have made.
The amount of money I’ve given or whatever.
I can’t boast in those things because they have nothing to do with my righteous standing before God.
All I can do is glory in Jesus Christ.
Now that’s God's purpose.
That no flesh should glory in His sight.
Therefore any kind of boasting that I may do of sacrifices that I have made for Jesus or things of this nature, are completely wrong because I’m trying then to get people to say, oh, isn’t he wonderful.
And you know our wicked, horrible flesh likes people to think that we are wonderful.
It likes for people to think that we are really deeply spiritual.
And so we so often do things to sort of emote a sort of spirituality.
The way we react or respond many times.
We’re trying to give off, a “Oh, I very spiritual.”
You know even the tone of voice and even the way you say, ooooh brother, you know.
And you can do things that sort of you know, exude, an oooooh.
And then you let off subtle little hints like,  the other morning I was awakened by the spirit,  I don’t know time it was.
I know it was still dark.
And I had the most glorious time having the spirit of God ministering to me.
I was just in ecstasy and all.
We can just let people know that we always get up before daybreak and spend time with the Lord before we begin our busy schedules.
And people say, oh my, isn’t that wonderful.
He’s so righteous.
But you see, it’s not of works.
That doesn’t make me more righteous.
It’s no more righteous to get up at four o’clock in the morning that it is to get up at eleven.
That has nothing to do with your righteousness.
We are accounted righteous because we have believed in Jesus Christ!
So what did  Abraham discover?
If he were justified by his works then he would have whereof to boast to glory but not before God.
He wouldn’t be glorying in God, he would be glorying in his works.
/3//For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness."
/That is his believing the promise of God as God showed him the stars and said as the stars of the sky are innumerable, so shall thy seed be.
And Abraham believed God.
And God accounted his faith for righteousness.
So, /4Now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as debt.
/You see, the moment you work for somebody, that puts them under obligation to you.
If you have worked for eight hours, they owe you.
So if you have been contracted to work for minimum wage and you put in eight hours, that person then owes you then approximately forty dollars.
That’s the law.
If they don’t pay you, you can take them to small claims court and get a judgment against them.
They owe it to you.
They become a debtor to you.
Now if I could do so many works to be righteous.
If God would specify, okay, you know, an hour a day in prayer,  ten chapters a day in the Bible, witnessing to five people, and so forth, then if I would do those things then God would owe me, God would be in debt to me because Lord, I done this work for you.
So that makes God a debtor to me, but God will be a debtor to no man.
So because my righteousness is by faith, it is of grace.
God doesn’t owe it to me, but God has imputed it to me because of His grace.
And so it is by grace that I stand before God, righteous, not by works.
Now having said that, Paul declares:  /5But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness,  /To him that does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, that faith is accounted for righteousness.
Does that mean then that I have a free ride, a free ticket, it doesn’t matter what I do as long as I believe in Jesus Christ?
Yes, as long as you believe in Jesus Christ, your belief will be manifested by your works.
But the works don’t make you righteous.
They don’t save you.
But they are the fruit of that faith and belief in Jesus Christ.
So we see a beautiful balance between Paul and James.
And so that is why I choose to take James at this time on Thursday nights, so that we get the balance.
Paul tells you that God accounts us righteous by our faith in Jesus Christ.
And he is right.
But James tells you that a true faith in Jesus Christ will be manifested by works, if it is a true faith.
That it will be displayed or demonstrated by works that are in keeping with what you believe.
You see, I may say that I believe in certain things, but if my works don’t line up with what I say I believe, then there is reason to question, do I really believe it?
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