In this message from Romans chapter 4, Elder Jonathan Moseley walks us through Paul's use of Abraham as the case study of how righteousness comes not by works, but is revealed by faith. Going all the way back to Genesis 15, we see that Abraham was declared righteous not after circumcision, not by keeping the law, but when he believed God—before any of those things were in place. Brother Jonathan reminds us that faith is not something you can manufacture. It is a gift. It's not your badge of accomplishment—it's the sign that God has made you righteous already. And the Apostle Paul hammers this point home using the very people that the Jews would've held up as heroes—Abraham and David—to show that even they were declared righteous apart from their works. We look at the certainty of God's promises to Abraham, how God speaks of things that are not as though they were, and how Abraham believed—even when there was no natural reason to hope. That same kind of faith is what marks every child of God. And it's by that faith that we can know—we've been made righteous, not by our works, but by the work of Jesus, who was delivered for our offenses and raised again for our justification. This chapter is rich with comfort and assurance, showing us that our righteousness is not in ourselves, but in Christ alone. Thanks for listening, and may the Lord bless you to see and rest in His righteousness, not your own.