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Romans 4:7-8 (NCV)

"God blesses people whose sins are forgiven and whose evil deeds are forgotten.... whose since are erased from His book."

Message

"Fortunate those whose crimes are carted off, whose sins re wiped clean from the slate. Fortunate the person against whom the LORD does not keep score."

based on Message, Romans 4: It's a "God-story, not an Abraham-story." (It's not a Carol-story.)

"Abraham entered into what God was doing for him...."

"...an act of God Abraham embraced with his whole life...."

contract vs. covenant

Beth Moore, Believing God: Experiencing a Fresh Explosion of faith

God willingly interjects strength into the lives of those "caught in the act of believing."

"Pray for a heart and a mind to diligently seek Him. Then immediately begin walking in faith as one who already has what she has asked" (15).