Romans 4:5: “To the man who does not work, but trusts God who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.”

Notice how many different ways (7) this Scripture teaches justification by faith alone in one verse:

1. The justified one does “not work.”

2. The justified one “trusts.”

3. The justified one trusts not in himself but in another: “God.”

4. The justified one confesses himself to be “wicked.”

5. The justified one does not have faith in his faith.

6. The justified one sees his faith only as “credited” to him.

7. The justified one sees his faith credited as “righteousness.”

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From Justification by Faith Alone: Affirming the Doctrine By Which the Church and the Individual Stands of Falls, published by Soli Deo Gloria Publications; Morgan PA, 1995,Chapter 4.