Section 15
righteousness which God reckons to us. He is our everything. The more we believe in Him, the more we gain of Him. The more we believe in Him, the more God gives Him to us.
CIRCUMCISION RECEIVED AS A SEAL
The faith reckoned to Abraham as righteous ness did not depend on the outward form of circumcision, because circumcision came later. Abraham received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness of faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision (4:11). Circum cision, as an outward form, was a seal of the in ward reality. If we do not have the reality, we should forget the outward form. If we have the reality, we may occasionally need an outward form as the seal. Circumcision was such a seal to Abraham. Moreover, it was a seal to the be lieving Gentiles, the uncircumcision, of whom Abraham was also the father.
MADE THE FATHER OF FAITH
Therefore, Abraham became the father of faith (Rom. 4:16; Gal. 3:7-9, 29). He was the father of the uncircumcision who have the same faith (4:11) and of the circumcision who walk in the steps of the same faith (4:12). Abraham was the