A Christian personally believes in God who delivered over Jesus to pay for our sins and raised Him from the dead to confirm our justification

A Christian personally applies the lesson of Abraham's faith so that the righteousness of Christ is credited to him

Our faith must be personal

Verse 24 reads literally, "to whom it is about to be credited"

Paul wants us to personally apply the truth of Abraham's being justified by faith

The story of Abraham is for your sake also

Our faith must be like the faith of Abraham

Abraham looked forward to Christ for the fulfillment of the promises

We look back to God's promise to justify sinners who believe in Christ

God gave life to Sarah and Abraham's dead bodies

The new birth is a miraculous, life-giving event

Our faith must have specific content, namely, what Scripture reveals about God, sin, Christ, and salvation

Our faith is propositional; we believe in specific content

Many doctrines are vitally important to our salvation, and justification by faith alone is one of those doctrines

Our faith must appropriate the righteousness of Christ as our own

Righteousness before God is a forensic matter; we are declared righteous

We are not made righteous (this is sanctification)

We are declared righteous based on Jesus' completed work in the cross

A Christian believes that God delivered over Jesus to pay the penalty for our sins

"Delivered over" is passive, meaning God delivered Jesus over to death

Isa 53:12 his soul was delivered to death: and he was numbered among the transgressors; and he bore the sins of many and was delivered over because of their iniquities

Acts 2:23 This Man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God…

A Christian believes that God raised Jesus bodily from the dead to confirm our justification

The resurrection puts God's stamp of approval on the death of Jesus as payment in full for the sins of all who believe