Summary: <p class="chapter-1"><strong>Hi, this is Ricky and our Daily Devotional today is found in Romans 4:1-12. </strong><strong>Feel free to read along in the show notes below.</strong><br> <strong>Also, I’d love to hear your thoughts on this scripture so comment on this episode at <a href="http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/romans-41-12/">http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/romans-41-12/</a>.</strong></p> <p class="chapter-1"><span class="text Rom-4-1"><span class="chapternum">1 </span>What then shall we say was gained by Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh?</span> <span id="en-ESV-28009" class="text Rom-4-2"><sup class="versenum">2 </sup>For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.</span> <span id="en-ESV-28010" class="text Rom-4-3"><sup class="versenum">3 </sup>For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.”</span> <span id="en-ESV-28011" class="text Rom-4-4"><sup class="versenum">4 </sup>Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due.</span> <span id="en-ESV-28012" class="text Rom-4-5"><sup class="versenum">5 </sup>And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness,</span> <span id="en-ESV-28013" class="text Rom-4-6"><sup class="versenum">6 </sup>just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works:</span></p> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span id="en-ESV-28014" class="text Rom-4-7"><sup class="versenum">7 </sup>“Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Rom-4-7">and whose sins are covered;</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-28015" class="text Rom-4-8"><sup class="versenum">8 </sup>blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not count his sin.”</span></p> </div> <p class="top-1"><span id="en-ESV-28016" class="text Rom-4-9"><sup class="versenum">9 </sup>Is this blessing then only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? For we say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness.</span> <span id="en-ESV-28017" class="text Rom-4-10"><sup class="versenum">10 </sup>How then was it counted to him? Was it before or after he had been circumcised? It was not after, but before he was circumcised.</span> <span id="en-ESV-28018" class="text Rom-4-11"><sup class="versenum">11 </sup>He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well,</span> <span id="en-ESV-28019" class="text Rom-4-12"><sup class="versenum">12 </sup>and to make him the father of the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.</span></p> <p class="top-1"><strong>What do you think? </strong><br> <strong>Comment on this episode at <a href="http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/romans-41-12/">http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/romans-41-12/</a>. </strong><br> <strong>Email me with comments, feedback, or prayer requests at <a href="mailto:dailydevotionalpodcast@gmail.com">dailydevotionalpodcast@gmail.com</a> and you can follow me on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/devotionpodcast">@devotionpodcast</a>. Also, you can like us on Facebook at <a href="http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/facebook">www.dailydevotionalpodcast.com/facebook</a> . </strong></p>
