Righteousness · Sunday 7 of 32
Righteousness Illustrated, Pt. 1
Romans 4:1-12 · Sunday, 8 June 2025 · 8 preachers
The 8 treatments
Same passage, same morning, different rooms.
Chuck Lindsey
Salvation by faith alone, shown through Abraham and David, is the heart of Romans 4. The sermon uses a bank‑account metaphor of a huge deposit of righteousness made to a spiritually bankrupt sinner…
Gary Wright
The sermon shows that righteousness comes by faith, not by works, through Abraham and David. Paul says Abraham was counted righteous because he believed God’s promise, before he was circumcised, and…
Jayson Combs
The sermon explores what truly counts in God’s eyes, drawing on Romans 4 and the example of Abraham to show that righteousness is credited through faith, not by works or the law. Through the parable…
John Carter
Using Abraham as an example from Romans 4, the sermon explores the difference between claiming faith and living faith that moves. It warns against relying on religious identity or rituals instead of…
Josh Combs
The message explores Romans 4, showing that Abraham was counted righteous because he believed God, not because of his works or ancestry. It argues that no one, not even Abraham or David, can earn…
Josh Yates
Paul's letter to the Romans teaches that salvation comes through faith alone, not through human effort or good works. Using Abraham as an example, the sermon argues that God justifies people by grace…
Justin Dean
The sermon examines Paul's teaching that righteousness is received as a gift through faith, using Abraham from Romans 4 as a case study. It argues that even the most obedient actions do not earn…
The passage
Read Romans 4:1-12 (ESV)
Chapter 4
1 What then shall we say was gained by Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh?
2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.
3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.”
4 Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due.
5 And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness,
6 just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works:
7 “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered;
8 blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not count his sin.”
9 Is this blessing then only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? For we say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness.
10 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.
11 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,
12 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.
Where else these verses were handled
Other Sundays of this series whose preachers spoke into this passage — counted from verified spoken references, not from the schedule.
| Sunday | Passage | References | Preachers |
|---|---|---|---|
| SELF - Incapable in Relation to the Law of God | 7:1-12 | 4 | 1 |
| Righteousness Illustrated, Pt. 2 | 4:13-25 | 4 | 2 |
| Applying Righteousness: Towards the Lord | 12:1-2 | 2 | 1 |
| Israel's Future | 11:1-36 | 1 | 1 |
| The Blessings of Righteousness | 5:1-11 | 1 | 1 |