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3. Salvation by Faith Alone
THE BOOK OF
ROMANS
Ang Pagtubos Ayon sa Aklat ng Roma
By ABSG Staff

4. The Book of Romans Contents
1 The Apostle Paul in Rome Historical Background
2 The Controversy Theological Background
3 The Human Condition Chapters 1-3A
4 Justified by Faith Chapter 3B
5 The Faith of Abraham Chapter 4
6 Adam and Jesus Chapter 5
7 Overcoming Sin Chapter 6
8 Who is the Man of Romans 7 Chapter 7
9 No Condemnation Chapter 8
10 Children of the Promise Chapter 9
11 The Elect Chapters 10, 11
12 Overcoming Evil with Good Chapters 12, 13
13 Christian Living Chapters 14-16
Ikaapat na kapitulo ng Roma

5. The Book of Romans
Our Goal
“The Epistle is really the chief part of the New Testament and the very purest Gospel, and is worthy not only that every Christian should know it word for word, by heart, but occupy himself with it every day, as the daily bread of the soul.”—Martin Luther, Commentary on Romans, 8.
Ang Ating Mithiin. “Ang Sulat ay talagang pangunahing bahagi ng Bagong Tipan, at ang pinakadalisay na Ebanghelyo, at nararapat na di lang kelangang malaman ng bawat Kristiyano ito nang buumbuo at isinasaulo, kundi maging abala rito araw-araw, bilang pang-araw-araw na tinapay ng kaluluwa.”—Martin Luther, Commentary on Romans, 8.

6. The Faith of Abraham The Book of Romans Lesson 5, November 4
Ang Pananampalataya ni Abraham

7. The Faith of Abraham
Key Text
Romans 3:31
“Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.”
“Well then, if we are saved by faith, does this mean that we no longer need obey God’s laws? Just the opposite!” (The Living BIble)
Susing Talata. “Pinawawalang-saysay ba natin ang kautusan sa pamamagitan ng pananampalataya? Huwag nawang mangyari; kundi pinagtitibay pa nga natin ang kautusan” (Roma 3:31). ¶ “Buweno, kung maliligtas tayo sa pamamagitan ng pananampalataya, ibig bang sabihin nito’y hindi na natin kelangang sundin ang mga kautusan ng Diyos? Kataliwas nito!” (The Living Bible).

8. That’s how it worked with Abraham, and that’s how it works with us.
The Faith of Abraham
Initial Words
Romans 4 reveals three major stages in the plan of salvation: (1) the promise of divine blessing (grace); (2) the human response to that promise (faith); and (3) the divine pronouncement of righteousness credited to those who believe (justification).
That’s how it worked with Abraham, and that’s how it works with us.
Panimulang Salita. Inihahayag ng Roma 4 ang tatlong pangunahing yugto sa plano ng kaligtasan: (1) ang pangako ng makalangit na pagpapala (biyaya); (2) ang tugon ng tao sa pangakong ‘yon (pananampalataya); at (3) ang makalangit na pahayag ng katwiran na ibinilang sa mga naniniwala (pag-aaring-ganap). ¶ Ganito ang nangyari kay Abraham, at ganito ang mangyayari sa atin.

9. 1. Promise and the Law (Romans 4:13, 15)
The Faith of Abraham
Quick Look
1. Promise and the Law (Romans 4:13, 15)
2. The Law and Faith (Romans 4:14, 16)
3. The Law and Sin (Romans 3:31; 4:24, 25)
1. Ang Pangako at ang Kautusan (Roma 4:13, 15)
2. Ang Kautusan at Pananampalataya (Roma 4:14, 16)
3. Ang Kautusan at Kasalanan (Roma 3:31; 4:24, 25)

10. The Faith of Abraham
1. Promise and the Law
Romans 4:13, 15 NKJV
“For the promise that he would be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law….
because the law brings about wrath, for where there is no law there is no transgression.”
1. Ang Pangako at ang Kautusan. “Sapagkat ang pangako na kanyang mamanahin ang sanlibutan ay hindi dumating kay Abraham o sa kanyang binhi sa pamamagitan ng kautusan…. ¶ sapagkat ang kautusan ay gumagawa ng galit, ngunit kung saan walang kautusan ay wala ring paglabag” (Roma 14:13, 15).

11. Promise and the Law
Contrasted
Abraham wasn’t Jewish. The Gentile-Jewish distinction didn’t exist in his time. When Abraham was justified (Gen. 15:6), he was not even circumcised.
Thus, Abraham became the father of both the uncircumcised and the circumcised, as well as a great example for Paul to use in order to make his point about the universality of salvation.
Pinaghambing. Hindi isang Judio si Abraham. Ang pagkakaiba ng Hentil at Judio ay hindi umiiral nang panahon niya. Nang inaring-ganap si Abraham ay hindi pa nga siya natuli. ¶ Sa gayon si Abraham ay naging ama ng mga di-tulî at mga tulî na, at isa ring mahalagang halimbawa para magamit ni Pablo upang makapunto siya tungkol sa pagiging para sa lahat ng kaligtasan.

12. As a result God accepted him and worked through him to save
1. Promise and Law
Contrasted
Acceptance or justification had come to Abraham quite apart from the law. God made a promise to Abraham that he was to be “heir of the world.” Abraham believed this promise; that is, he accepted the role that it implied.
As a result God accepted him
and worked through him to save
the world.
Ang pagtanggap o pag-aaring-ganap ay dumating kay Abraham na talagang hiwalay sa kautusan. Nangako ang Diyos kay Abraham na siya ang magiging “tagapagmana ng sanlibutan.” Pinaniwalaan ni Abraham ang pangakong ito; ibig sabihin, tinanggap niya ang papel na ipinapahiwatig nito. ¶ Bunga nito tinanggap siya ng Diyos at gumawa sa pamamagitan niya para iligtas ang sanlibutan.

13. 1. Promise and Law
Contrasted
Abraham, even prior to the law at Sinai, received the promises, not by works of the law (which would have been hard, since the law—the whole Torah and ceremonial system—was not in place yet) but by faith.
Seeking to receive God’s promises through the law, he says, makes faith void—even useless.
Si Abraham, bago pa ibinigay ang kautusan sa Sinai, ay tinanggap ang mga pangako, hindi sa pamamagitan ng mga gawa ng kautusan (na naging mahirap sana, dahil sa ang kautusan—ang buong Torah at sistemang seremonyal—ay wala pa) kundi sa pamamagitan ng pananampalataya. ¶ Ang pagsisikap na matanggap ang mga pangako ng Diyos sa pamamagitan ng kautusan, sinasabi niya, ay nagpapawalang bisa sa pananampalataya—walang-halaga pa nga.

14. The Faith of Abraham
2. The Law and Faith
Romans 4:14, 16 NKJV
“For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void and the promise made of no effect…. Therefore it is of faith that it may be according to grace, so that the promise might be sure to all the seed,
  not only to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of all.”
2. Ang Kautusan at Pananampalataya. “Sapagkat kung silang nasa kautusan ang siyang mga tagapagmana, walang kabuluhan ang pananampalataya, at pinawawalang saysay ang pangako. ... Dahil dito, iyon ay batay sa pananampalataya, upang maging ayon sa biyaya; upang ang pangako ay maging tiyak para sa lahat ng binhi, ¶ hindi lamang sa nasa kautusan, kundi pati naman sa nasa pananampalataya ni Abraham (na ama nating lahat)” (Roma 4:14, 16).

15. salvation by faith is very much part
2. The Law and Faith
The Law Established
Abraham was accounted righteous because he “believed God.” Therefore, the Old Testament itself teaches righteousness by faith. Hence, any implication that faith “makes void”(Greek katargeo: “renders useless,” “invalidates”) the law is false;
salvation by faith is very much part
of the Old Testament.
Itinatag ang Kautusan. Itinuring na matuwid si Abraham dahil siya’y “naniwala sa Diyos.” Samakatwid, ang Lumang Tipan mismo ay nagtuturo ng katuwiran sa pamamagitan ng pananampalataya. Kaya, anumang pagpapakahulugan na ang pananampalataya ay “nagpapawalang-halaga” (Griyegong katargeo: “winawalang-halaga”, “nagpapawalang-bisa”) sa kautusan ay hindi totoo; ¶ ang kaligtasan sa pamamagitan ng pananampalataya ay tunay na bahagi ng Lumang Tipan.

16. It’s the same, really, for everyone.
2. The Law and Faith
Their Relationship
God’s dealings with Abraham proved that salvation came through the promise of grace and not through law. Therefore, if the Jews wished to be saved, they would have to abandon trust in their works for salvation and accept the Abrahamic promise, now fulfilled in the coming of the Messiah.
It’s the same, really, for everyone.
Ang Relasyon Nila. Ang mga pakikitungo ng Diyos kay Abraham ay nagpapatunay na ang kaligtasan ay dumating sa pamamagitan ng pangako ng biyaya at hindi sa pamamagitan ng kautusan. Samakatwid, kung gustong maligtas ng mga Judio, kelangan nilang iwan ang pagtitiwala nila sa kanilang mga gawa para sa kaligtasan at tanggapin ang pangako kay Abraham, na ngayo’y natupad na sa pagdating ng Mesiyas. ¶ Talagang pareho ito para sa lahat.

17. and the condemnation of sin.
2. The Law and Faith
Their Relationship
The promise of faith, more fully revealed through Christ, frees all who believe from being “under the law.”
The law becomes a burden when it’s presented without faith, without grace—because without the righteousness that comes by faith, being under the law means being under the burden
and the condemnation of sin.
Ang pangako ng pananampalataya, na lubos na ipinahayag sa pamamagitan ni Cristo, ay pinalalaya ang lahat na naniniwala mula sa pagiging “nasa ilalim ng kautusan.” ¶ Ang kautusan ay magiging pabigat kapag ipinahahayag na walang pananampalataya, walang biyaya—sapagkat kung wala ang pagiging matuwid na dumarating sa pamamagitan ng panananpalataya, ang pagiging nasa ilalim ng kautusan ay nangangahulugang nasa ilalim ng pasanin at ng kahatulan ng kasalanan.

18. The Faith of Abraham
3. The Law and Sin
Romans 3:31; 4:24, 25 NKJV
“Do we make the law void through faith? … On the contrary, we establish the law. It shall be imputed to us who believe in Him who raised up Jesus
our Lord from the dead,
who was delivered up because of our offences, and was raised because of our justification.”
3. Ang Kautusan at Kasalanan. “Pinawawalang-saysay ba natin ang kautusan sa pamamagitan ng pananampalataya? ... Kundi pinagtitibay pa nga natin ang kautusan. Ibibilang sa atin na mga sumasampalataya sa kanya na muling bumuhay kay Jesus na ating Panginoon mula sa mga patay, ¶ na ibinigay sa kamatayan dahil sa ating mga pagsuway at muling binuhay upang tayo’y ariing-ganap” (Roma 3:31; 4:24, 25).

19. 3. The Law and Sin
Their Relationship
If God’s law has been abolished, then why are lying, murder, and stealing still sinful or wrong?
If God’s law has been changed, the definition of sin must be changed, too.
Or if God’s law was done away with, sin must be, as well, and who believes that? (See also 1 John 1:7-10; James 1:14, 15.)
Ang Kanilang Relasyon. Kung ang utos ng Diyos ay inalis, bakit kaya ang pagsisinungaling, pagpatay, at pagnanakaw ay sinasabing kasalanan o mali pa rin? ¶ Kung pinalitan na ang utos ng Diyos, ang kahulugan ng kasalanan ay dapat na palitan din. ¶ O kung inalis na ang utos ng Diyos, ang kasalanan ay inalis na rin, at sino ang maniniwala nito? (Tingnan din ang 1 Juan 1:7-10); Santiago 1:14, 15.)

20. The law shows what sin is; the gospel points to the remedy for
3. The Law and Sin
Their Relationship
The law shows what sin is; the gospel points to the remedy for
that sin, which is the death and resurrection of Jesus.
If there is no law, there is no sin,
and so what are we saved from?
Only in the context of the law, and its continued validity, does the gospel make sense.
Ipinapakita ng kautusan kung ano ang kasalanan; itinuturo ng ebanghelyo ang kagamutan para sa kasalanang ito, na ang kamatayan at pagkabuhay na muli ni Jesus. ¶ Kung walang utos, walang kasalanan, at kaya mula saan tayo iniligtas? ¶ Ayon lang sa konteksto ng kautusan, at sa patuloy nitong pagkamabisa, ang ebanghelyo ay mayroong katuturan.

21. 3. The Law and Sin
Their Relationship
The Cross shows that the law can’t be abrogated or changed. Jesus’ death shows that if the law could have been changed or abrogated, that should have been done before, not after, the Cross.
Thus, nothing shows the continued validity of the law more than does the death of Jesus; that occurred precisely because the law couldn’t be changed.
Ipinapakita ng Krus na ang kautusan ay hindi maaring pawalang-bisa o mabago. Ipinapaikita ng kamatayan ni Jesus na kung ang kautusan ay maaring mabago o mapawalang-bisa, ito’y dapat ginawa bago ang Krus, hindi pagkatapos. ¶ Kaya, walang magpapakita ng patuloy na pagkamabisa ng krus nang higit pa sa ginawa ng kamatayan ni Jesus; na tiyak na nangyari sapagkat ang kautusan ay hindi puwedeng baguhin.

22. The Faith of Abraham
Final Words
“The principle that man can save himself by his own works lay at the foundation of every heathen religion.... Wherever it is held, men have no barrier against sin.”
—The Desire of Ages 35, 36.
Huling Pananalita. “Ang prinsipyo na ang tao ay maaaring iligtas ang sarili sa pamamagitan ng kanyang mga gawa ay nasa pundasyon ng bawat paganong relihiyon.... Saanman ito’y panghahawakan, ang tao’y walang sanggalang laban sa kasalanan.”—The Desire of Ages 35, 36.