He Who Quickens the Dead

Ro. 4:3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.

Ro. 4:17 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.

18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.

19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb:

20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;

21 And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.

“Double Death”

Ro. 4:19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb.

“Saved by Hope”

Ro 8: 24 For we are saved by hope; but hope that is seen is not hope; for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

Prov. 13:12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

Ro. 4:18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, so shall thy seed be.

“Staggering leads to rationalizing”

Ro. 4:20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God.

“Why the delay?”

Waiting for things to die that need to die

“Are you fully persuaded?”

Ro. 4:21 And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.

Mark 11:23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

James 1: 6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering, For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. 7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. 8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.