Matthew 12:1-9, Lent 2, Feb 20, 2008
This is God being faithful to his promise. You see, it is God who is faithful, not me, not you, not Abram. He promised to bless you and me through Abram and he did it in Jesus Christ. It is that shedding of His precious blood that wipes away every part of sin in all that we do. Back to the Epistle Lesson
And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness, just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works: “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered; blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not count his sin.” (Romans 4:5-8, ESV)
