Gen Z: Romans 4
1So like, what’s the deal with Abraham, our dude? What did he find out, you feel me?
2If Abraham was flexin' his works, he’d have some clout, but not in front of God, no cap.
3Scripture says Abraham had mad faith in God, and that got him righteous vibes.
4If you’re grinding for rewards, that ain't grace, that’s just debt, fam.
5But if you’re not grinding and just trusting the one who justifies the wild ones, then your faith is straight-up righteous.
6Just like David said, blessed is that guy who gets righteousness without having to work for it.
7For real, blessed are those whose mess-ups are forgiven and whose sins are just wiped clean.
8Blessed is the dude who the Lord won’t call out for sin.
9So, does this blessing hit only the circumcised crew, or also the uncircumcised? We say faith got Abraham righteous, periodt.
10How was that faith counted? Was it when he was circumcised or not? Nah, it was before the cut.
11He got the circumcision sign, a seal of the faith he had before he was cut, so he could be the dad of everyone who believes, even the uncircumcised.
12And he’s the dad of the circumcised too, but only for those who vibe with that faith of our dude Abraham, who was uncircumcised.
13The promise of being the heir of the world wasn’t through the law, but through faith’s righteousness, fam.
14If the law makes you heirs, then faith is just a joke, and the promise means nothing, fr.
15The law brings the drama: where there’s no law, there’s no mess-up.
16So, it’s all about faith, so it’s by grace; that way, the promise is solid for all the fam, not just the law crew, but also those who vibe with Abraham's faith.
17(As it’s written, I made you a dad of many nations,) in front of the one he believed, God, who brings the dead to life and calls things that aren’t as if they were.
18Who believed in hope against hope, so he could be the dad of many nations, just like it was said, "So shall your seed be."
19And he wasn’t weak in faith, didn’t even sweat his old body, like a hundred years old, or Sara’s dead womb.
20He didn’t waver at God’s promise due to doubt; he was strong in faith, giving God all the glory.
21Fully convinced that what God promised, He could totally deliver.
22So, that was counted to him as righteousness.
23It wasn’t just for him that it was written, like, it was for us too.
24It’ll be counted to us if we believe in the one who raised Jesus, our Lord, from the dead.
25He was delivered for our mess-ups and raised again for our glow-up.