Day 1

Featured Verse: Romans 4:1–8
- How do you reconcile the idea that wages are owed for work with the truth that righteousness is a gift credited to the one who does not work but believes?
- How does the blessing of having your sins covered and never counted against you by the Lord shape your understanding of God’s grace in your life?
- In light of Abraham and David’s experiences, how do you respond to the reality that boasting before God is excluded when righteousness comes solely through faith?

“Paul attacks the opponents of justification by faith at the very fortress in which they felt they were the strongest: at the point of Abraham. If Abraham was not justified by works, then no one could be.” - John MacArthur

Day 2

Featured Verse: Romans 4:9–12
- How does the fact that Abraham received the blessing of righteousness before circumcision reshape your understanding of what truly marks someone as belonging to God’s people?
- How might walking “in the footsteps of the faith” that Abraham had before he was circumcised look different in your daily life than simply following external religious practices?
- In light of this passage, how do you understand the relationship between your inner faith and any outward signs or practices you observe as a believer?

“God’s point in justifying Abraham by faith alone before his being circumcised is to make clear that Abraham is the spiritual father of all who are justified by faith, no matter what people group they are from… What makes you a child of Abraham and a fellow heir of the promise is not circumcision or any other Jewish custom. It is faith in the God who justifies the ungodly.” - John Piper

Day 3

Featured Verse: Romans 4:13–25
- In what ways does Abraham’s example of believing “against hope” and not wavering in unbelief challenge or encourage you when God’s promises seem impossible in your circumstances?
- How do you respond to the description of God as the One “who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist,” and what does that mean for the areas of your life that feel dead or hopeless?
- How does the statement that Abraham’s faith was counted as righteousness “not for his sake alone, but for ours also” deepen your personal confidence in the gospel?

“O soul, if thou art like one who is dead, if thou art devoid of all strength, and grace, and savor, if thou canst but believe in God who can quicken the dead, if thou wilt but trust thy soul in the hands of him who is able even to raise dry bones out of their graves, and make them live, thy faith shall be imputed unto thee for righteousness! Thy faith is that which shall justify thee in the sight of God, and thou shalt be ‘accepted in the Beloved.’ Oh, what marvels faith works!” - Charles Spurgeon

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