Let's open our Bibles to Romans 4:16-22.

Saving faith is rooted in God's grace, it rests on God's promise, it revels in God's glory, and it relies on God's power

Saving faith is rooted in God's grace,not in human performance

If salvation comes to us as a wage that we deserve because of our good works, then it is not by grace, which is undeserved favor

Faith (as opposed to Law or human performance) guarantees the promise of becoming an heir of righteousness by faith

Saving faith rests in God's promise, no matter how unlikely it may seem

Abraham was 99 and Sarah was about 90 and had been barren her whole life - they were past the age of conceiving a child

God changed Abram's name from Abram(exalted father) to Abraham (the father of a multitude)

Paul calls God the one who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist

God's promise of salvation is learned about only in God's word

Saving faith revels in God's glory, not in human effort or willpower

Abraham grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God

Abraham's faith was solidly God-centered

We grow in faith as we grow in our knowledge of the object of our faith

Study God's attributes and ways as revealed in His word

Act in faith and see God’s word and then your faith is strengthened

Saving faith relies on God's power to keep His promise, in spite of human inability

Abraham faced the reality of his and Sarah's complete inability to conceive the promised son

Circumstances often dash our hope, but we fight back with hope

God renewed Abraham's and Sarah's "dead" bodies to produce Isaac, the son of promise

We are justified or declared righteous by faith alone in God's promise, not by any works or merit added to it