What if everything you've been taught about earning God's favor is wrong?

What if you've been spinning your wheels in vain all along?

Today, on Insight for Living, Chuck Swindall shatters religious misconceptions with a shocking biblical truth.

You see, righteousness isn't about working harder or becoming better.

It's about a simple five-letter word that changes everything.

Can you guess what it is?

Whether you're carrying the burden of religious performance or wondering if you're good enough for God,

this biblical truth can revolutionize your relationship with the Almighty.

Chuck titled his message,

Righteousness is a five-letter word.

We're returning to our study in the letter to the Romans, having arrived now at the fourth chapter.

I'd like to call your attention to the first 13 verses for our scripture reading today.

Romans chapter 4, beginning at verse one.

Just one verse out of chapter three before reading the 13 in chapter four.

Look at 328.

For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the law.

Now, Paul is going to illustrate what he has just stated.

Chapter 4, verse 1, what then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, according to the flesh, has found. For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. For what does the scripture

say? Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.

Now, to the one who works, his wage is not credited as a favor, but as what is due.

But to the one who does not work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited

as righteousness. Just as David also speaks of the blessing on the man to whom God credits

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