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“It was not through law that Abraham and his offspring received the
promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness
that comes by faith.
Fo r i f t ho s e who l i v e by l aw ar e he i r s , f a i t h has no
va l ue and t he pr omi s e i s wo r t h l e s s
, because law brings wrath. And where
there is no law there is no transgression. Therefore,
t he pr omi s e c ome s by
f a i t h
, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s
offspring
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not only to those who are of the law but also to those who are of
the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all. As it is written: ‘I have made
you a father of many nations.’ He is our father in the sight of God, in whom
he believed—the
God who g i v e s l i f e t o t he dead and c a l l s t h i ng s t ha t ar e
no t as t hough t he y we r e
. Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and
so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, ‘So
shall your offspring be.’”
(Romans 4: 13-18)
“The law eventually separates those who affirm the truth and those who
remain in the lie, as being deceived. However, There is now no
condemnation for those who are in Christ [anointed one] Jesus, because
through Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin
and death. For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by
the sinful nature,
God d i d by s end i ng h i s own Son i n t he l ikene s s o f
s i n f u l man t o be a s i n o f f e r i ng
. And so he condemned sin in sinful man,
in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us,
who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit.
Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what
that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have
their minds set on what the Spirit desires.”
“’The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is
life and peace; the sinful mind is hostile to God.
I t do e s no t submi t t o
God ’ s l aw, no r c an i t do s o .
Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot
please God. You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by
the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you.’ ‘And if anyone does not have
the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. But if is in you, your body
is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteous-ness. And
if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who
raised [anointed one] Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal
bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you.’”
(Romans 8: 1-11)
In regard to the seed of Abraham, to whom does the prophecy apply? Did
it apply to the Hebrew, Arab or Gentiles—who claimed Christianity—for
all were under past laws? How is the prophecy fulfilled, or has it already
