FAITH IS CREDITED AS RIGHTEOUSNESS

JANUARY 12 - START YOUR DAY RIGHT DEVOTION 

Romans 4:5 However, to the man who does not work but trusts God who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.

​FAITH IS CREDITED AS RIGHTEOUSNESS

It was Abraham’s faith, not simply his actions, that made him right with God and gave him the power to do what was right by God’s standard. God recognizes saving faith – the kind that enables a person to receive forgiveness and enter a personal relationship with God – on an equal level with righteousness in its effect in the believer’s life. That is to say, when someone is spiritually saved, God “credits” him or her as righteous (right with God). When God calls someone “righteous,” He is saying that he or she is spiritually saved and in a right relationship with Him.

1. Paul speaks of “crediting as righteousness” or “crediting righteousness” six times in chapter 4. In all cases, Paul associate’s faith or belief with this situation: it is the believer’s “faith” that is credited as “righteousness” (Verse 3, 5-6, 9, 11, 22, 24; Genesis 15:6). See John 1:12; 5:24, about what it means to truly “believe” in God.
2. The opportunity and ability to have a right relationship with God is not solely the result of our faith or commitment to Christ. Above all, it is an act of God’s grace and mercy (Romans 4:16). Even our ability to exercise faith is a gift from God (Verse 16). Because God provided the way to be reconciled (restored to a right relationship) to Him, a believer becomes a new creation in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17-18).
3. When God sees the hearts of people who turn toward Christ in faith, He freely forgives their sins, credits their faith as righteousness and accepts them as His children (Verse 5-8). Along with restoring people to a right relationship with Himself, God also gives them His power and ability to continue to grow and develop spiritually and to fulfill His purposes for their lives (Verse 16; 5:2; Philippians 3:9; Titus 3:5-7).
4. The kind of faith that is credited to a person as righteousness if faith in Christ and His death that paid the full penalty for our offenses against God (Romans 3:24-26). Absolutely nothing else but Christ’s sacrificial death on the cross is the basis for a restored and renewed relationship with God (Romans 5:10).

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SOME OF OUR POST THAT MIGHT INTEREST YOU, ALL OUT OF THE CURRENT BOOK / CHAPTER. ​

1. SUBMIT TO THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES 
2. WAGES OF SIN - GIFT OF GOD 
3. SIN, WHICH LEADS TO DEATH 
4. PUT TO DEATH THE MISDEEDS OF THE BODY
5. CONFESS...BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART 
6. EVERYONE WHO CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD 
7. THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT 
8. YOUR BODY IS DEAD BECAUSE OF SIN 
9. THE LOVE OF GOD THAT IS IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD 
10. WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS​ 
11. YOUR BODIES AS LIVING SACRIFICES 
12. FAITH 
13. WE ALSO REJOICE IN OUR SUFFERINGS 
14. HOPE DOES NOT DISAPPOINT 
15. FAITHFUL IN PRAYER 
16. IN ALL THINGS GOD WORKS FOR THE GOOD 
17. OLD SELF...BODY OF SIN 
18. CIRCUMCISION OF THE HEART, BY THE SPIRIT 

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