FORGIVEN
ROMANS 4:16-25

“IF I COULD GURANTEE THE PATIENTS IN MY HOSPITAL THAT THEIR SINS WERE FORGIVEN, 75% OF THEM COULD WALK OUT THE NEXT DAY.”

 FAITH, Vv.16-24
   ILLUSTRATED IN THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM

   VS.16, ABRAHAM IS THE STANDARD THAT ALL BELIEVERS MIMICK.
   VS.17, SAVING FAITH IS SUPERNATURAL FAITH
   VS.18, “HOPE AGAINST HOPE” MEANING, IT WAS NOT IN KEEPING WITH HUMAN ABILITY.
   VS.19-22, CONTRAST BETWEEN WHAT HE SAW/KNEW AND IN WHOM HE BELIEVED …
   VS.23, WE BELIEVE IN THE SAME GOD ABRAHAM BELIEVED IN …
   VS.24, BY FAITH ABRAHAM LOOKED FORWARD TO THE CROSS AND BY FAITH WE LOOK BACK TO THE CROSS …

REDEMPTION, Vv.25
   “DELIVERED HIM UP”

   THE CROSS … WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT … IT WAS AN APPOINTMENT!!!

   WHO CRUCIFIED JESUS?
I PETER 1:3, “ACCORDING TO THE FOREKNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE FATHER, BY THE SANCTIFYING WORK OF THE SPIRIT, THAT YOU MAY OBEY JESUS CHRIST AND BE SPRINKLED WITH HIS BLOOD: MAY GRACE AND PEACE BE YOURS IN FULLEST MEASURE.”

 RESURRECTION, Vv.25
   THE NECCESSITY …

APPLICATION:
ROMANS 10:8-9, ”BUT WHAT DOES IT SAY?”THE WORD IS NEAR YOU, IN YOUR MOUTH AND IN YOUR HEART” – THAT IS, THE WORD OF FAITH WHICH WE ARE PREACHING, THAT IF YOU CONFESS WITH YOUR MOUTH JESUS AS LORD, AND BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART THAT GOD HAS RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD, YOU SHALL BE SAVED.”