The Seventh Sunday of Easter (NTA)

Romans 4:13-25

¹³ For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith. ¹⁴ For if it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. ¹⁵ For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law there is no transgression.

¹⁶ That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, ¹⁷ as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist. ¹⁸ In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.” ¹⁹ He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead (since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah’s womb. ²⁰ No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, ²¹ fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised. ²² That is why his faith was “counted to him as righteousness.” ²³ But the words “it was counted to him” were not written for his sake alone, ²⁴ but for ours also. It will be counted to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord, ²⁵ who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.

If the Law is the foundation of your faith then your faith is meaningless and void. If the Law is eliminated from your faith it does not matter what you believe because it has no consequences, and therefore your faith is meaningless and void. So which are you going to pick, the Law or not the Law, because both are meaningless and void, correct?

For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law there is no transgression. The Law therefore shows us our transgressions. Whether you are a Christian or not a Christian the Law applies to your life the same. The Law reveals that your are a sinner. You are under the wrath of God. We would like God to remove the Law and therefore remove the transgression.

But Jesus would have us look into our heart and stare down the transgression. He would have you come face to face with the full wrath of God. He would have you look upon death. All this so that he can tell you, "you are forgiven!" Your sin, transgression, is no more, not because of the removal of the Law, but because of the price has been paid. Jesus has won the victory over death in your place. You has taken on Death, wrath, and all transgressions upon the Cross. Your sins are forgiven!