#796 – Standing on the Promises of God (Romans 4:20–21)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

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🗓️ 14 October 2019

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Abraham took God at His Word. May we do the same and trust that all the promises of God have reached their yes and amen in Christ. Lord, help our unbelief.

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0:00.0	Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from radical.net.
0:06.0	Romans chapter 4 verses 20 and 21.
0:10.0	No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised.
0:25.0	Yes, what a description of Abraham,
0:30.0	that I want to be true in my life.
0:35.0	I'm guessing you want to be true in your life.
0:39.0	Like the whole picture here is Abraham trusted the promise of God.
0:43.8	That's the whole summary of what Paul's talking about here
0:47.2	in Romans chapter 4.
0:48.5	Abraham believed God.
0:50.5	He did not waver through unbelief concerning the promise of God. He did not waver through unbelief concerning the promise of God, but he was strong in his faith.
0:56.7	He gave glory to God. How did he give glory to God by fully believing that God was able to do what God had promised.
1:07.0	How do you live to the glory of God?
1:10.0	You believe fully in the word of God. You put your trust in the promises of God and
1:16.8	this brings glory to God. Which makes sense, right? Like this is how we're saved.
1:21.3	That's the whole point of what Paul is developing here in
1:23.7	Romans chapter 3 and chapter 4. How we're saved by grace through faith, not our works, through
1:29.3	believing in Jesus, through believing in God's word, through believing in God's promise.
1:35.0	That's how we're reconciled to God.
1:37.0	That's how we're made righteous before God by belief, by faith in Him, by trusting in him.
1:45.0	And then it's not just a one-time trust and then we kind of move on from that,
1:49.0	it's a life of trust in him.
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