Sermon Tone Analysis

Romans 4:1–25 (KJV 1900)

1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?

2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.

You know we are not justified by God works

many will say I’m a pretty good person

3 For what saith the scripture?

Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.

Abraham believed God =

4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.

Reckoned =

If you are trying to pay a debt that is impossible settle - that’s not salvation

5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

Worketh not = that doesn’t mean that there is not work to do after God saves us and makes us His child.

believeth on him that justifieth

Once you believe

the ungodly, the undeserving

6 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,

A person that has not done one good thing

7 Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.

8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.

9 Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.

this blessing to the Jews only ?

10 How was it then reckoned?

when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision?

Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.

Abraham was made righteous before the Law

Religious

We do good because we are a child of God

Why because I’m a pastor

11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:

Not the father of the religious

the doers of the law

12 And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.

Abraham is our spiritual forefather because he set an example of authentic faith.

13 For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

He believed this by faith

He added faith to God’s words

This wasn’t because Abraham was a good person

Abraham made mistakes

14 For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:

15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.

16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,

17 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.

Abraham - 100 yrs old, you are going to have a baby

18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.

There is hope in God

“according to that which was spoken”

Not according to his feelings

what another human said

what his own experiences led him to believe

Spoken by God

We must add faith to what God has said

No hope

Scripture condemns us

19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb:

20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;

God desires that we be steadfast in His promises

Abraham could've said “God, that is impossible”

When we don’t believe God, we lose hope we lose strength

When we think our situation is bigger than what God can do it takes all our energy and we become self consumed

Even though Abraham failed he believed God

21 And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.

22 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.

imputed = counted, reckoned

When we stop looking inward and we look upward, that is when God does the supernatural

23 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;

24 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;

To believe means we take our personal faith and accept God’s promise

25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.

Come short = a promise but not fulfilled

They heard but were not saved

There is something that must be mixed with the word for there to be benefit and produce

Coming to church but live the same

Coming to church but there is no change

We need to be in church but there is to be a difference and benefit

Faith is the element that when mixed with the Word brings forth fruit, and change, and benefit

There should be a concern when

Lest = forsaken or abandoned

Fear = there should be a serious and sobering thought if when we read and meditate and hear the word but there is no change in our life.

The unsaved that hear the Gospel but don’t accept

Is it because the Gospel is not powerful

Not seeking God but they hear the gospel and accept by faith and have righteousness

The Jews pursuing the Law but have not attained

They sought it not by faith

Jesus is the stumblingstone

Salvation by faith is

There

Righteousness is as filthy rags

The gift of salvation is attained when faith is applied to the promise.

1994 my faith was applied to for whosoever shall call

All of God’s promises are attained once faith is applied.

“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me”

All things work together for good to them that love God and are the called according

Romans 5:1–2 (KJV 1900)

1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

I know I have peace with God

but that is not the end of what God has for us, He has more for us as we walk by faith

2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Saved = delivered

Deliverance in any area of our life is achieved the same as the spiritual deliverance from the penalty of sin.