Romans chapter 4, The Righteousness Chapter; He Justifies The Ungodly; Is Believing A Work?; OT Righteousness?; Assurance hupostasis; Prerequisites For Salvation; Heirs are OSAS; Our Assurance; Who Gives Life?; Who Raised Jesus?

1. Romans 4
The Righteousness Chapter; He Justifies The
Ungodly; Is Believe Belief A Work?; OT
Righteousness?; Assurance hupostasis; Is
Believing A Work?; Prerequisites For Salvation;
Heirs are OSAS; Our Assurance; Who Gives
Life?; Who Raised Jesus?
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5. Romans 4:3, Righteousness
• NAU Romans 4:3 For what does the Scripture
say? "ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS
CREDITED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS.”
• There is no other NAU book of the Bible which has
a higher concentration of the use of the word
“righteousness.” And there is no other chapter in
Romans which uses the word more than chapter
4.
• It could be called “The Righteousness Chapter.”
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6. • NAU Romans 4:3 For what does the Scripture say? "ABRAHAM
BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS CREDITED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS.”
• NAU Galatians 3:6 Even so Abraham BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS
RECKONED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS.
• NAU James 2:23 and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "AND
ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS RECKONED TO HIM AS
RIGHTEOUSNESS," and he was called the friend of God.
• NAU Genesis 15:6 Then he believed in the LORD; and He reckoned it
to him as righteousness.
• KJG NJB YLT NKJ KJV NAS NAU …believed in the LORD…
• GNV LXE NIVO NIV NET ESV CSB …believed the LORD…
• WTT Hebrew (DLK literal translation= “So believed in YHVH”
Romans 4:3
Believed God or Believed in God

7. • NAU Genesis 15:5 And He took him outside and said, "Now look toward the heavens,
and count the stars, if you are able to count them." And He said to him, "So shall your
descendants be.” 6 Then he believed in the LORD; and He reckoned it to him as
righteousness.
• NAU James 2:21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up
Isaac his son on the altar? 22 You see that faith was working with his works, and as a
result of the works, faith was perfected; 23 and the Scripture was fulfilled which
says, "AND ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS RECKONED TO HIM AS
RIGHTEOUSNESS," and he was called the friend of God.
• James did not say that Abraham was credited with righteousness for his offering in
Genesis chapter 22, He said the Scripture was fulfilled. And there was only one
Scripture that credited Abram with righteousness, Genesis 15.
• Galatians 3:8 makes reference to Genesis 12, but again, it is not saying that he was
credited with righteousness for believing that; “The Scripture, foreseeing that God
would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham,
saying, "ALL THE NATIONS WILL BE BLESSED IN YOU.””
Romans 4:3, Believed What?

8. • 130. Explain Genesis 15:6.
• In Genesis 15:6 we have the account of God telling childless Abram
(who with his wife were very old) that his descendants would be as
numerous as the stars. Then, when " he believed in the LORD", God
"reckoned it to him as righteousness." Abram was counted as righteous
because he believed God. It's interesting that Moses records " believed
in the LORD," yet when the Holy Spirit has Paul quote this verse in
Romans 4:3 he says; "For what does the Scripture say? "ABRAHAM
BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS CREDITED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS."
The NT account seems to focus on the fact that he believed what God
said, whereas the OT carries more the idea of trusting in God. Both are
true. Paul also uses "ABRAHAM" rather than "ABRAM." Paul does the
same thing when he quotes this passage in Galatians 3:6; "Even so
Abraham BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS RECKONED TO HIM AS
RIGHTEOUSNESS." Paul explains in Romans 4:3-25 that in faith,
Abraham, which he had while uncircumcised and not under the Mosaic
law was justified by faith…
I Answered, 250 Oral Exam

9. Romans 4:4, OT Righteousness Was
By Obedience To God's Law
• NAU Romans 3:20, 4:4 Now to the one who works, his wage
is not credited as a favor, but as what is due.
• Deuteronomy makes it clear that Jews in the OT gained
righteousness by obedience to God's Law;
• NAU Deuteronomy 6:25 "It will be righteousness for us if we
are careful to observe all this commandment before the
LORD our God, just as He commanded us.
• So what's this seeming contradiction about?
• Our righteousness is by Christ’s perfect fulfillment, and
obedience to God's Law.
• When most OT saints (Jews, after Abraham) trusted in God’s
bilateral covenants (if/then), they were justified by His grace,
through faith, just like we are.
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10. Romans 4:4, OT Righteousness Was
By Grace/Faith
• NAU Hebrews 10:4 For it is impossible for the
blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
• NAU Romans 4:3 For what does the Scripture
say? "ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS
CREDITED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS.”
• Romans 4 is the only place where the English
word “credited” is used in the NAU translation.
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11. Romans 4:5, He Justifies The Ungodly
• NAU Romans 4:5 But to the one who does not
work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly,
his faith [pistis] is credited as righteousness,
• NAU Mark 2:17 And hearing this, Jesus said to
them, "It is not those who are healthy who need a
physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to
call the righteous, but sinners.”
• NAU Luke 19:10; 5:32 "I have not come to call the
righteous but sinners to repentance."

12. Hebrews 11:1, Faith = Assurance
• Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the assurance of things
hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. 2 For by
it the men of old gained approval.
• KJV Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things
hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
• <5287> ὑπόστασις hupostasis
• Meaning: a support, substance, steadiness, hence
assurance

13. Hebrews 11:1, KJV Strong’s has;
“Assurance”
• 5287 ὑπόστασις hupostasis {hoop-os'-tas-is}
• Meaning: 1) a setting or placing under 1a) thing put
under, substructure, foundation 2) that which has
foundation, is firm 2a) that which has actual existence
2a1) a substance, real being 2b) the substantial quality,
nature, of a person or thing 2c) the steadfastness of
mind, firmness, courage, resolution 2c1) confidence, firm
trust, assurance …
• Usage: AV - confidence 2, confident 1, person 1,
substance 1; 5
• Notes: 1 substance: or, ground, or, confidence

14. Romans 4:5, gracethrufaith.com
Is Faith A Form Of Work?
• Q. I have a question about faith versus works. I am very much a “by
faith alone, in Christ alone” believer (who also believes in OSAS). But,
to be perfectly honest, I find myself wondering if faith itself isn’t a form
of works. Believing is something you have to do to be saved. In other
words, if you don’t “work” it by believing and receiving you won’t be
saved. Isn’t that works?
• A. Then they asked Him, “What must we do to do the works God
requires?” Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the
one He has sent” (John 6:28-29). In the Greek language believe and
faith come from the same word. Therefore if faith is a “work” it is the
only one that God requires. In Romans 4:5… And in Ephesians 2:8-9 he
said we’re saved by grace through faith and not by works. In both these
places He differentiated between faith, which is required, and works,
which are not. Therefore, it’s reasonable to conclude that having faith
(believing) is the only thing we can do that’s not counted as work, and
in fact if faith wasn’t required, then everyone would automatically be
saved.
• http://gracethrufaith.com/ask-a-bible-teacher/faith-form-work/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Gracethrufaith+%28GraceThruFaith%29

15. Romans 4:5, gracethrufaith.com
Is Believe/Belief A Work?
• Q. I watched a show where the preacher claimed the Bible says
that belief is not going to get you saved and that belief is a
work. How do we know we are saved? How do we know for sure
we are doing God’s will and not being selfish? I am scared that I
have missed out all these years. If believing is not part of “faith”
then what is Faith?
• A. Jesus said that whosoever believes in Him will not perish but
have eternal life. (John 3:16) And in Ephesians 1:13-14 Paul
wrote; And you also were included in Christ when you heard the
word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you
were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a
deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of
those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory. In the
Greek language the word for belief and the one for faith come
from the same root, which means to trust in
something. In Romans 4:5 Paul said…
• http://gracethrufaith.com/ask-a-bible-teacher/is-belief-a-work/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Gracethrufaith+%28GraceThruFaith%29

16. Romans 4:5
Prerequisites For Salvation
• Eric L Peterman said, “There are two spiritual
and moral conditions which MUST first be
present in a person's life in order to be
prepared for God to declare a person justified
in His sight.
• 1) You have to be spiritually and morally lazy, -
"to the one who does not work"
• 2) You have to be wicked, very wicked - "who
justifies the ungodly”.”
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17. Romans 4:5,
Christ Died For The Ungodly
• NAU Romans 5:6 For while we were still helpless, at the
right time Christ died for the ungodly.
• NAU Matthew 9:13 "But go and learn what this means: 'I
DESIRE COMPASSION, AND NOT SACRIFICE,' for I did not
come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
• NAU 1 Timothy 1:15 It is a trustworthy statement, deserving
full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save
sinners, among whom I am foremost of all.
• NAU Mark 2:17 And hearing this, Jesus said to them, "It is
not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those
who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but
sinners.”
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18. Romans 4:9, Faith Or Circumcision
• NAU Romans 4:9 Is this blessing then on the
circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also? For we
say, "FAITH WAS CREDITED TO ABRAHAM AS
RIGHTEOUSNESS." 10 How then was it credited?
While he was circumcised, or uncircumcised? Not
while circumcised, but while uncircumcised;
• It was before the Law, allowing for everyone to be
blessed by Abraham, even Gentiles outside of the
law.

19. Romans 4:9, Faith
• Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the assurance of things
hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
• Faith is only used 4/250 X’s in the OT
• Habakkuk 2:4 "Behold, as for the proud one, His soul is
not right within him; But the righteous will live by his
faith.
• J. Gresham Machen said, “Faith is indeed intellectual; it
involves an apprehension of certain things as facts; and
vain is the modern effort to divorce faith from
knowledge. But although faith is intellectual, it is not
only intellectual. You cannot have faith without having
knowledge; but you will not have faith if you have only
knowledge.”

20. Romans 8:17, 4:14, Heirs are OSAS
• NAU Romans 4:14 For if those who are of the Law are
heirs, faith is made void and the promise is nullified;
• NAU Romans 8:16 The Spirit Himself testifies with our
spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, heirs
also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we
suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.
• Joy Dawson said,“To have a nodding acquaintance with the
Creator of the universe is no small thought. But to be on
intimate terms with Him is enough to give us heart flutters
for the rest of our lives.”

21. Romans 8:17, 4:14, Heirs are OSAS
• NAU Romans 4:14 …heirs, faith is made void …
• NAU Romans 8:17 and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and
fellow heirs with Christ…
• Christians become children of God/heirs, by grace through faith,
however, once we are justified, and a born again Christian, “faith is
made void.”
• It is not our faith that keeps us born again.
• NAU Galatians 3:1 You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you,
before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified?
2 This is the only thing I want to find out from you: did you receive
the Spirit by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith? 3 Are
you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being
perfected by the flesh?

22. Romans 4:16
Who Is The Father Of Our Faith
• NAU Romans 4:16 For this reason it is by faith,
in order that it may be in accordance with
grace, so that the promise will be guaranteed
to all the descendants, not only to those who
are of the Law, but also to those who are of
the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us
all,
• Abraham, “the father of us all”, also connects
us to the Jews…
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23. Abraham
and Jesus
• NAU Romans 4:16 For this reason it is by faith, in order that it may be
in accordance with grace, so that the promise will be guaranteed to all
the descendants, not only to those who are of the Law, but also to
those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
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24. Romans 4:11-18
Romans 2:28, 4:11-18,
9:6, 11:4,7,26,28, Gal
2:12,14,6:16. Eph 3:6,
4:17, Jer 31:34, Rev
2:9, 3:9
Who Is A
True Jew?
2
4
spiritandtruth.org
• DLK adds, 4 ways to
become a Jew=
birth, marriage,
slave, adoption

25. Romans 4:16, Our Assurance, OSAS
• We can have assurance of our salvation
because Paul says in;
• Romans 4:16, "For this reason it is by faith, in
order that it may be in accordance with grace,
so that the promise will be guaranteed to all
the descendants, not only to those who are of
the Law, but also to those who are of the faith
of Abraham, who is the father of us all..."
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26. Romans 4:17, Who Gives Life?
• NAU Romans 4:17 (as it is written, "A FATHER OF MANY NATIONS
HAVE I MADE YOU") in the presence of Him whom he believed, even
God, who gives life to the dead and calls into being that which does
not exist.
• John 6:63 "It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the
words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.
• 2 Corinthians 3:6 who also made us adequate as servants of a new
covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but
the Spirit gives life.
• John 6:33 "For the bread of God is that which comes down out of
heaven [Jesus, the true bread out of heaven] , and gives life to the world."
• John 5:21 "For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life,
even so the Son also gives life to whom He wishes.
• 1 Timothy 6:13 I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to
all things…

27. Rom 4:24, Who Raised Jesus?
• Rom 4:24, 2 Corinthians 4:14 knowing that He who raised the Lord
Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and will present us with you.
• John 2:19 Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three
days I will raise it up."
• John 10:18 "No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on
My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have
authority to take it up again. This commandment I received from
My Father.“
• Acts 3:15, 4:10, 5:30, 2:24, 2:32 "This Jesus God raised up again, to
which we are all witnesses.
• Romans 4:24, 8:11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the
dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will
also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in
you.

28. In closing;
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29. THE END
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31. Romans 4:5, 14:23b, Bema Seat,
Rewards , Judgment Day
• Today is September 28, 2012
• Verse of the Day -- Revelation 22:12 Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to render to every man according to what he has done.
• THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
• Will you qualify for a reward on Judgment Day?
• MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAY
• Bible scholars have debated for years about the rewards and judgment that will transpire at the Judgment Seat of Christ (2 Corinthians 5:10; 1 Corinthians 3:12-
15). Since we know that our sins have been cast "as far as the east is from the west" (Psalm 103:12) and that we can do nothing on our own, apart from Christ
working in us (John 15:5), it is natural to question the nature of this divine, and very real, judgment.
• We believe there is one thing that God asks of Believers that could possibly be the basis for this judgment. It is the one thing He has always asked. It is where
many of the Israelites failed and where many Christians still struggle.
• It is simply a question of “faith.”
• Everything we do, think, say or feel reflects whether or not we truly believe God and what He says in His Word.
• We tend to think most verses about believing have to do with salvation. But there is a huge emphasis all through the Bible about God wanting people to simply
believe Him—to take Him at His Word in all things (have “faith”).
• . . . whatever is not from faith is sin. —Romans 14:23b But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as
righteousness . . . —Romans 4:5
• Behold, as for the proud one, his soul is not right within him; But the righteous will live by his faith. —Habakkuk 2:4
• And Jesus answered saying to them, "Have faith in God." —Mark 11:22
• for we walk by faith, not by sight —2 Corinthians 5:7
• I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who
loved me and gave Himself up for me. —Galatians 2:20
• and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes
from God on the basis of faith —Philippians 3:9
• But Jesus, overhearing what was being spoken, said to the synagogue official, "Do not be afraid any longer, only believe. (have faith)" —Mark 5:36
• But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, —John 1:12
• The Bible also says that faith is "the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen."(Hebrews 11:1)
• So it seem plausible that God could judge everything we do in light of whether we did it out of faith—trust, assurance, conviction, belief—in Him. That would
explain why we could actually do the right thing for the wrong reason or do the wrong thing for the right reason:
• Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose
the motives of men's hearts; and then each man's praise will come to him from God. — 1 Corinthians 4:5 And the Bible mentions five rewards Believers can receive
by faith:

32. Romans 4:5, page 12
January/February, 2015
• Salvation by installment plan?, By Phil
Congdon
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33. • NAU Romans 4:21 and being fully assured that
what God had promised, He was able also to
perform.
• Job 24:22 "But He drags off the valiant by His
power; He rises, but no one has assurance of
life.
Romans 4:21, Assurance The Certainty Of
Salvation, by James McDonald

34. Romans 4:21, Assurance The Certainty Of
Salvation, by James McDonald
• NAU Romans 4:21 and being fully assured that
what God had promised, He was able also to
perform.
• Job 24:22 "But He drags off the valiant by His
power; He rises, but no one has assurance of
life.