Not by Blood | Cozy Afternoon Walk: Romans (S1), Ep.36

Welcome to Cozy Afternoon Walk — a short pause in your day to sit with Scripture, one verse at a time.Today's passage: Romans 4:16-17"Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham's offspring — not only to those who are of the law but also to those who have 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 gives life to the dead and calls into being things that were not." (NIV)Abraham's father made a living carving idols out of stone. That's the household this story starts in — no altar, no prayer, nothing that looks like faith. And yet Scripture calls this man "the father of us all." Not because of where he came from, but because of what he believed. Today we sit with a promise that was never meant to stay locked inside one family line — it was written, from the very beginning, for anyone who would trust the God who calls dead things back to life. It still is.This episode is part of our season through Romans. New devotionals added regularly.This content was carefully selected and prepared by M.Div. students and faculty. To ensure accurate information delivery, an AI voice (ElevenLabs) was used for the video's narration.