Brother Sparks discusses the significance of faith as presented in Romans 4, emphasizing its relationship to three key aspects: enlargement, establishment, and life. He highlights that faith is essential for spiritual growth and that every challenge to faith leads to a deeper understanding of God's promises. The concept of enlargement reflects God's desire for His people to experience His fullness, while establishment refers to the stability and endurance that faith provides. Furthermore, Brother Sparks stresses that true life, as depicted in the Bible, is rooted in faith and is characterized by freshness, productivity, and incorruptibility. He contrasts this divine life with a false life that leads to dissatisfaction and emptiness, emphasizing that true fulfillment comes from a relationship with God through faith in Jesus Christ. The message concludes with a call to recognize the importance of faith in overcoming trials and experiencing the abundant life that God offers, encouraging believers to trust in God's promises and embrace the transformative power of faith.
16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
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 Sara’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. 22 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.
23 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; 24 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; 25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.