Today, I am reading and commenting on Romans 4-7.

Today’s passage begins with Paul telling us that Abraham believed God and it was credited to him as righteousness.  He goes on to explain that God justifies the ungodly.  Abraham was credited as righteous before God gave him the command to be circumcised, so clearly Abraham’s righteousness was not the result of him obeying God’s command.  Rather it was a result of his faith.  However, because God had made him righteous, Abraham followed the command of God.  Abraham became the father of many nations and all who believe are heirs to the righteousness which God credited to him.  While we were powerless to do God because we were enslaved to sin, Jesus died for us to free us from that sin.  As we were slaves to sin, let us now be slaves to righteousness.  If we continue to sin, we become slaves once more to sin, which leads to our death.  On the other hand if we enslave ourselves to righteousness, we will do the works of righteousness, which leads to eternal life.  Yet, as Paul points out, as much as we desire in our own will to do good, we all too often end up doing wrong.  It is only by putting our faith in Christ and turning control of our lives over to the Holy Spirit that we can overcome the desires of this body to sin.

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