Good News - Romans 4:9-15

What makes me acceptable to God? The religious person wants to know: What makes someone part of God’s people? Is it heritage? Circumcision? Keeping the Law? Religious performance? Paul goes back to Abraham and says something radically important: God declared Abraham righteous before Abraham received the religious sign of circumcision and centuries before the Law was given. In other words, the blessing of God doesn’t come because we have the right religious credentials. It comes because we trust the God who gives grace. Like we read in Romans chapter 3, faith receives what works can never earn.