Justification by faith leads to the new status and new life of faith summarized in the biblical concept of “peace/shalom.” We’ll see three points from the text: Peace with whom and from what? [“therefore” = Romans 1-4] Peace founded in a person and his work, v1b Peace’s Product, v2 1 Therefore, since we have been…

Abraham was saved not by works but through faith alone. It’s called saving faith and is the instrument whereby God declares his people righteous and forgiven of their sins — justified. We’ll see three points on saving faith in the text: Saving faith trusts God’s word, not our sight. V18 Saving faith can grow stronger…