Romans 4:9-25 | Promises without Fine Print (Zach Fallon)

1. No Fine Print of Religious Credentials (4:9-12)

• Righteousness Is Credited, Not Conditioned 
• Faith Comes Before Every Visible Marker 
• Faith Is the Family Resemblance 

2. No Fine Print of Perfect Performance (4:13-15)

• Promise and Law Are Mutually Exclusive
• Law-Keeping Empties Faith and Cancels the Promise
• Law Brings Wrath, Not Assurance

3. No Fine Print of Human Strength or Stability (4:17-22)

• The Promise Rests on God, Not on Us
• Faith Does Not Deny Reality, but Refuses to Be Ruled by It
• Faith Clings to the Promise Because God Does Not Change
• Why This Faith Is Counted as Righteousness

4. No Fine Print in the Finished Work of Christ (4:23-25)

• Abraham's Story Was Written for Us
• The Gospel in Two Sentences