12 Jun '17 10:09>4 edits
If I start writing and no one has a comment I think is worth me (for one) paying attention to, that is not my writing a "monologue." It may be me allocating time only to remarks that I think merit exchange.
There are plenty of subjects in the realm of Spirituality. This thread (if I have something to do with it) will be about the justification of faith and belief in Christ reckoned as righteousness.
The book of Romans presents the old testament figure of Abraham to teach about the justification of faith. And Paul does it marvelously.
Abraham, the father of faith, BELIEVED God. And it was reckoned to him by God as righteousness.
There are plenty of subjects in the realm of Spirituality. This thread (if I have something to do with it) will be about the justification of faith and belief in Christ reckoned as righteousness.
The book of Romans presents the old testament figure of Abraham to teach about the justification of faith. And Paul does it marvelously.
" For what does the Scripture say? And Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness. (Rom. 4:3)
... for we say, Faith was accounted to Abraham as righteousness." (v.9b)
Abraham, the father of faith, BELIEVED God. And it was reckoned to him by God as righteousness.