Today's encouragement comes from Romans 4:13, where we read these words:
“For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.” (ESV)Abraham was regenerated by the Holy Spirit, exercised faith in Christ, and re-ceived the covenantal gospel promise 430 years before the Sinaitic law was given to Moses, (according to Paul, in Gal. 3:17). Therefore, from a chrono-logical perspective (alone), “faith-righteousness” beat “law-righteousness” to the “punch,” before the battle ever began.
. . . But the roots of the warfare go all the way back to the Garden of Eden, where, after the Fall, we sinners continue to clamor for works- and law-righ-teousness. Only the miracle of the new birth in Christ breaks this death march.
[Puritan quote of the day: "In a spiritual sense, the godly seek great things for themselves, and it is their glory to do so.” —Jeremiah Burroughs, in, "The Ex-cellency of a Gracious Spirit"]
[Puritan quote of the day: "In a spiritual sense, the godly seek great things for themselves, and it is their glory to do so.” —Jeremiah Burroughs, in, "The Ex-cellency of a Gracious Spirit"]
