Romans 4:13-25 | You Can Bank On It | Jared Lyda

In a world obsessed with performance metrics, spiritual streaks, and “doing better next time,” this message pulls the rug out from under all of that. Romans 4:13–25 centers on one deceptively small word with massive implications: faith (Gk. Pisteou). Not faith as wishful thinking or religious optimism, but Active Trust in the promise-keeping God who specializes in bringing life out of what looks irreversibly dead.Using Abraham’s story, Romans 4 presses into a tension most believers quietly live with: what happens when God’s promises feel delayed, contradicted, or flat-out impossible? Instead of offering quick fixes Scripture reorients listeners to the unchanging character of God—powerful, faithful, and unconcerned with our spiritual résumé. From start to finish, the Christian life rests not on how strong our faith feels, but on how strong the God is whom our faith rests in.What You’ll Learn:· Why faith throughout Scripture is less about believing harder and more about trusting the right thing. (Rom. 4:13, 20–21)· How Abraham’s story exposes the difference between God’s promises and our performance. (Rom. 4:13–15, 22)· What to do when circumstances seem to loudly contradict what God has said. (Rom. 4:18–19)· Why weak, shaky faith isn’t the liability we think it is. (Rom. 4:16–17, 20)· How the resurrection functions as God’s public “receipt” that the debt has been fully paid. (Rom. 4:24–25)Support our mission and learn more atwww.alloflife.churchGive to the work of the gospel herewww.alloflife.churchcenter.com/giving