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Monday, March 21, 2011

“Without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him”  (Hebrews 11:6). 

I mentioned in our last visit, we are now ready to study the next section of the book of Romans. The first section was the bad news – we are all sinners and fall short of God’s glory or standard. The next section is the good news – we can be saved. It deals with God’s provision of salvation and how that salvation can become ours personally. 
 
As I read over this section, Romans 3:21-6:23, a number of things impressed me. The word “faith” or its equivalent appears 30 times. It obviously is an insight word that is a key to understanding what Paul says in this section of Romans. I’d like to do a study of the topic of faith based on these chapters of Romans. 
 
I was also intrigued by the fact that it is mentioned 9 times in the 11 verses at the end of chapter 3. It is mentioned 15 times in the 25 verses of chapter 4, and then 3 times in both chapters 5 and 6. That means it is mentioned in almost every verse in the 11 closing verses of chapter 3, once in every two verses of chapter 4, and once in 7 verses in chapter 5 and once in over 7 verses in chapter 6. Faith obviously is foundational to experiencing God’s salvation, as well as growing in that salvation experience. 
 
To do this study of the topic of faith you first of all need to collect all the information about the topic in these references. As you spread out this information before you, you will find some points fit together, so work at correlating the information into an outline. Then crystallize what you find into some applications you can make to your own life.
 
God has provided all you need to be saved, but it only becomes real to you when you receive it by faith.
 

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