Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations

Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations

Rom 4:20, 21

¹⁸ Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”^[d] 

¹⁹ Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—and that Sarah’s womb was also dead. 

²⁰ Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,

²¹ being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised. 

Rom 9:8

⁸ In other words, it is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham’s offspring.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations

2)    Without weakening in his faith, Abraham faced the fact that his body was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—and that Sarah’s womb was also dead.

3)    Yet Abraham did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.

4)    It is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham’s offspring.