Little Country Church on the edge of town

Do do do do do do

People coming every day from miles around

For meetings and for Sunday school

And it's very plain to see

It's not the way it used to be.

Welcome to the Word for today, featuring the Bible teaching ministry of Pastor Chuck Smith,

founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a chapter-by- verse by verse study through the entire Bible.

And on today's edition of the word for today, Pastor Chuck continues his message,

counted righteous as we pick up in Romans chapter four, verse nine.

And now with today's study, here's Pastor Chuck.

Oh, how happy I am that God accounts me righteous and does not account my

iniquities against me because of my faith in Jesus Christ. God accounts me

righteous. Now, comes this happiness or this blessedness then

upon only those who are circumcised or upon those who are uncircumcised also. For we say that

faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. But when was this reckoned?

When he was circumcised or when he was uncircumcised.

And when you go back in the record, you'll find that God said of Abraham,

his faith is accounted for righteousness before he was circumcised.

Therefore, this blessedness of having your sins forgiven,

of not having God impute iniquity against you because of your faith in God and trusting God

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