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No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Romans 4:18.
Romans 4:17-21
Excerpted from: The Christian Paradox (Part Two)Paul is telling us here the story of the birth of Isaac. But it started way before then when God said, "You're going to be a father of many nations. You're going to have a son." And 25 years passed before that actually happened. But during that time, his faith was strengthened more and more and so when it happened, it was not a big surprise because he believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness.
And so, the promises, way before where he said, "You're going to be a father of many nations," meaning that he would have to have a son, or many sons to make those nations, came to pass. And what he says here is with the birth of Isaac that was basically the surety of those things actually happening. Because God made it happen and all the while Abraham was sure that, because God had said it, it was going to happen. I am not saying he never faltered in that faith. But the way it is presented here, he was fully convinced that because God had said so, it would happen.
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