Notes used in the Message
06-0910pm - Positive Attitude Pt 6 (Calleth
Those Things) - Samuel Dale
ROMANS 4:16
16 Therefore [it is] of faith, that [it might
be] by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that
only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham;
who is the father of us all,
ROMANS 4:17
17 ¶ (As it is written, I have made thee a
father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, [even] God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth
those things which be not as though they were.
ROMANS 4:18
18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he
might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.
ROMANS 4:19
19 And being not weak in faith, he considered
not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet
the deadness of Sara's womb:
ROMANS 4:20
20 He staggered not at the promise of God
through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
ROMANS 4:21
21 And being fully persuaded that, what he had
promised, he was able also to perform.
ROMANS 4:22
22 And therefore it was imputed to him for
righteousness.
ROMANS 4:23
23 ¶ Now it was not written for his sake
alone, that it was imputed to him;
ROMANS 4:24
24 But for us also, to whom it shall be
imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;
WISDOM.VERSUS.FAITH_ JEFF.IN V-3 N-17
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22-6
Listen, Paul, writing the commentary on Abraham's life. You know,
there's nothing said about Abraham running down into Gerar,
and nothing in the commentary you know; it's just "Abraham believed
God." Paul, that great apostle, writing a commentary on Abraham, 17th
verse:
As it is written,... (I like that, Paul
staying with the Word)... As it is written, I have made thee a father of many
nations...
"I have." Abraham was seventy-five years old,
lived with his wife since she was a--both of them were young; it was his half
sister. No children, he was sterile and she was barren. But God met him and
said, "I have (past tense, before the foundation of the world, of
course)--have made you a father of many nations." Not of many children,
but many nations, just think of it.
... before him whom he believed,... (God)... even God, who quickeneth the
dead, and calleth those things which be not as though
they were.
WISDOM.VERSUS.FAITH_ JEFF.IN V-3 N-17
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23-1 Don't reason at all. Listen: "calleth those things
which were not as though they were"
Who against hope... (My, not even a hope! What if he
would've reasoned? Not even a hope.)... Who against hope believed in hope, that
he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken,
So shall my seed be.
No matter what thing else is said, God said so; and that settles
it. Oh, if Eve would've only stayed with that (See?), but she stopped to
reason, get some wisdom. Abraham didn't want any wisdom; he just wanted the
Word: "God said so and that finishes it." You know I've preached on
it many time: went and bought up all the diapers, and the pins, and everything,
got ready for the baby, and Sarah made the booties; and year after year passed,
"Bless God, we're going to have it anyhow." That's right.
"Why, has she...?" The doctor said, "Well, she
can't have it; you can't have it."
"Huh. Don't tell me; we're going to have it anyhow." That's
it.
BELIEVING.GOD_ JEFF.IN V-19 N-7
SUNDAY_ 52-0224
125 Now, Jehovah-jireh,
"the Lord will provide the sacrifice." He did provide the sacrifice.
Now, in Romans the 4th chapter, let's begin at the 17th verse.
(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,)...
(parenthesis)... before him whom he believed, even
God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth
those things which be not as though they were.
Now, you see? Then we as Christians don't
look, feel, see, taste, smell, hear, when we're
speaking to God. We just believe God; and it was imputed to Abraham for
righteousness.
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134 Now, look. Oh, I just love this. Listen
now.
... God, who quickened the dead, and calleth those things
which be not as though they were.
Do you know what? How did God make the earth, this earth that
you're setting on this morning? People don't want to believe in faith. How did
God make the earth? He spoke it. Amen. You see it? He spake,
and the world come into existence. And this world this morning is the spoken
Word of God, and He believed His Own Word.
Here it is. Watch it. And if God, and you're a offspring of Him, and God is in you, He'll believe His Own
Word. Though it can't be seen, felt, taste, or anything, He'll
believe It. See what I mean? For God in you will
believe His Own Word. Is that right? Then you don't look at things you see. You
look at things that God said.