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I. Abraham was Justified by Faith vv.
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By asking this question, Paul returns to the principle of boasting mentioned above in v. 27, and to 27-31 in general.
What does the word “found” here mean?
It means what Abraham discovered, found to be the case, gained.
If Abraham were justified by works, he has something to boast about but NOT before God.
The only ones left to be able to boast before are humans.
How does someone who the Bible describes as dead in trespasses and sins, who is hostile to God, and not able to please God, able to place their own trust in God?
They must be enabled by the Spirit of God.
Abraham Believed God
What does it mean that it “counted” to him as righteousness?
λογίζομαι: to determine by mathematical process, to take into account.
It is an accounting term.
Old Testament Proof:
God owes us nothing.
We owe God everything.
What God does mercifully for one, he has NO obligation to do for the other who does not deserve it to begin with.
In other words, it isn’t unjust of God to have mercy on one man but not on me.
The Lord does not take our sin into account BECAUSE of Christ:
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Justification is a Gift vv.
9-12
At Paul’s writing, spiritually speaking, there were two types of people: circumcised and uncircumcised.
Jew and Gentile.
We call them believers and unbelievers, regenerate and the unregenerate.
This has nothing to do with racism whatsoever.
The gift of justification was not only for the Jew.
Abraham was Righteous by Faith before he was Circumcised
Righteousness was not counted to Abraham as the result of work he had done.
Abraham is the Father of those who are not merely circumcised, but of those who walk in the footsteps of the same faith Abraham walked in.
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Abraham was Granted the Promise Through Faith vv.
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The promise was not through the law for the law had not yet been given.
The Law Nullifies Faith
The Promise: The law promotes knowledge of sin, and thus was never intended to produce anything besides wrath.
Why?
The law produces nothing but wrath, as it was designed to do.
It reveals God’s character to a sinful world in order to convict people of their sin.
A recipient of a promise has to trust the one making the promise.
Trust = Faith.
Faith is Required if Grace is the Cause
These things were not written for Abraham’s sake but for ours.
Jesus died for our transgressions and was raised for our justification
Paul’s primary objective in this section is to establish that everyone, Jew and Gentile alike, faces the wrath of God, which has been revealed against impiety and ungodliness (1:18–19).
“Everyone” includes pious Jews who believe they are somehow exempted; they, too, are guilty of the very things they preach against (2:1–9).
In chapter 3, Paul tackles the issue of whether there is any advantage to being a Jew if everyone is under God’s wrath.
His initial positive answer in 3:1 gives way to a more sober answer beginning in 3:9.
In 3:21–26 Paul outlines the new righteousness that has been revealed, one that is intended for everyone—not just those who keep the law.
Just as God’s wrath levels the field for both Jew and Gentile, so too does this righteousness brought about by Jesus’ death and resurrection.
As a result, no one has any basis for boasting, and pride is completely removed since justification is made available only by grace through faith in Christ.
Abraham’s experience proves that this has always been God’s plan.
Now that he has addressed the question of God’s wrath, Paul resumes the themes of 1:16–17 regarding the practical implications of gospel and its power of salvation to all who believe.
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