Welcome to a year in the Bible with daily grace. The Bible tells one big story of

redemption and we want to spend five minutes every day journeying through the Bible from start to finish, and exploring how all of it

points to Jesus. Hey everybody welcome back to a year at the Bible with daily grace. My name is

Crystal and today we will be discussing the Book of Romans chapters 4 through 6.

As we get into chapter 4 we see that

Paul continues to develop the theme of justification that he introduced in

yesterday's reading and he does so by discussing Abraham.

Remember that justification means a right standing before a holy God. In Christ

we have been credited his righteousness and therefore we are justified.

Paul tells us that Abraham is credited as righteous not because of his works but

because he believed God. Abraham believed and trusted that God would be

faithful to his promises. Not only that, Abraham received circumcision after the fact as a sign of his faith.

Remember Paul said in chapter 2

that their circumcision would amount to nothing

if they walked in disobedience to the law.

So this furthers his argument that a changed heart points to the power of the

gospel, just as Abraham is justified by his faith. The same is for us today who trust in Christ alone for our salvation.

Chapter 5 transitions into a section of Romans that now reminds us as believers what we have as a result of our justification.

Paul starts with an overview of all that he has mentioned thus far.

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, and then he begins to reveal its benefits. We have peace

with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. We have been given so much as the recipients of God's grace.

Even when we couldn't help ourselves, Jesus died to reconcile us to himself.

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