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Some, to be sure, shewed unfaithfulness on their side; but can we suppose that unfaithfulness on their part will dispense God from his promise? It is not to be thought of; (Romans 3, 3)
If it is only those who obey the law that receive the inheritance, then his faith was ill founded, and the promise has been annulled. (Romans 4, 14)
The inheritance, then, must come through faith (and so by free gift); thus the promise is made good to all Abraham’s posterity, not only that posterity of his which keeps the law, but that which imitates his faith. We are all Abraham’s children; (Romans 4, 16)
he shewed no hesitation or doubt at God’s promise, but drew strength from his faith, confessing God’s power, (Romans 4, 20)
And yet it is not as if God’s promise had failed of its effect. Not all those who are sprung from Israel are truly Israelites; (Romans 9, 6)
That is to say, God’s sonship is not for all those who are Abraham’s children by natural descent; it is only the children given to him as the result of God’s promise that are to be counted as his posterity. (Romans 9, 8)
It was a promise God made, when he said, When this season comes round again, I will visit thee, and Sara shall have a son. (Romans 9, 9)
And not only she, but Rebecca too received a promise, when she bore two sons to the same husband, our father Isaac. (Romans 9, 10)
The God, who has called you into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful to his promise. (1 Corinthians 1, 9)
And this is my contention; the law, coming into being four hundred and thirty years afterwards, cannot unmake the disposition which God made so long ago, and cancel the promise. (Galatians 3, 17)
If our inheritance depends on observing the law, then it is not the inheritance secured to us by promise; that was promised to Abraham as a free gift. (Galatians 3, 18)
What, then, is the purpose of the law? It was brought in to make room for transgression, while we waited for the coming of that posterity, to whom the promise had been made. Its terms were dictated by angels, acting through a spokesman;✻ (Galatians 3, 19)
