Those with Faith are to be the heirs, So the inheritance is a grace From God/فَأَهْلُ الإِيْمَانِ هُمُ الوَارِثُون، لِكَي تَكُونَ الوِرَاثَةُ هِبَةً مِنَ الله

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فَأَهْلُ الإِيْمَانِ هُمُ الوَارِثُون، لِكَي تَكُونَ الوِرَاثَةُ هِبَةً مِنَ الله
رسالة القدّيس بولس إلى أهل رومة04/من13حتى25/“يا إِخوَتي، الْوَعْدُ لإِبْرَاهيمَ أَوْ لِنَسْلِهِ بِأَنْ يَكُونَ وَارِثًا لِلعَالَم، لَمْ يَكُنْ بِواسِطَةِ الشَّرِيعَة، بَلْ بالبِرِّ الَّذي نَالَهُ بالإِيْمَان. فلَوْ كَانَ أَهْلُ الشَّرِيعَةِ هُمُ الوَارِثِين، لأُبْطِلَ الإِيْمَان، وأُلْغِيَ الوَعْد؛ لأَنَّ الشَّرِيعَةَ تُسَبِّبُ غَضَبَ الله؛ وحَيْثُ لا شَرِيعَة، فَلا تَعَدِّيَ لِلشَّرِيعَة. لِذَلِكَ فَأَهْلُ الإِيْمَانِ هُمُ الوَارِثُون، لِكَي تَكُونَ الوِرَاثَةُ هِبَةً مِنَ الله. وهكَذَا تَحَقَّقَ الوَعْدُ لِكُلِّ نَسْلِ إِبْرَاهيم، لا لِلنَّسْلِ الَّذي هُوَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الشَّرِيعَةِ فَحَسْب، بَلْ أَيْضًا لِلنَّسْلِ الَّذي هُوَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الإِيْمَان، إِيْمَانِ إِبْرَاهِيم، الَّذي هُوَ أَبٌ لَنَا أَجْمَعِين؛ كَمَا هُوَ مَكْتُوب: «إِنِّي جَعَلْتُكَ أَبًا لأُمَمٍ كَثِيرَة». فَإِبْرَاهِيمُ الَّذي آمَنَ بٱللهِ هُوَ أَبٌ لَنَا أَمَامَ الله، الَّذي يُحْيي الأَمْوَات، ويَدْعُو غَيْرَ المَوْجُودِ إِلى الوُجُود. وقَدْ آمَنَ إِبْرَاهيمُ رَاجِيًا عَلى غَيرِ رَجَاء، بِأَنَّهُ سَيَصيرُ أَبًا لأُمَمٍ كَثيرَة، كَمَا قِيلَ لَهُ: «هكَذَا يَكُونُ نَسْلُكَ». ولَمْ يَضْعُفْ بِإِيْمَانِهِ، بِرَغْمِ أَنَّهُ رأَى، وهُوَ ٱبنُ نَحْوِ مِئَةِ سَنَة، أَنَّ جَسَدَهُ مَائِت، وأَنَّ حَشَا سَارَةَ قَدْ مَات. وبِنَاءً عَلى وَعْدِ الله، مَا شَكَّ وَلا تَرَدَّد، بَلْ تَقَوَّى بالإِيْمَان، ومَجَّدَ ٱلله. وأَيْقَنَ مِلْءَ اليَقِينِ أَنَّ اللهَ قَادِرٌ أَنْ يُنْجِزَ مَا وَعَدَ بِهِ. فَلِذلِكَ حُسِبَ لَهُ إِيْمَانُهُ بِرًّا. ولَمْ يُكْتَبْ مِنْ أَجْلِهِ وَحْدَهُ أَنَّهُ «حُسِبَ لَهُ بِرًّا»، بَلْ كُتِبَ أَيْضًا مِنْ أَجْلِنَا، نَحْنُ الَّذِينَ سَيُحْسَبُ لَنَا بِرًّا، لأَنَّنَا نُؤْمِنُ بِالَّذي أَقَامَ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأَمْوَاتِ يَسُوعَ رَبَّنَا، الَّذي أُسْلِمَ مِنْ أَجْلِ زَلاَّتِنَا، وأُقيمَ مِنْ أَجْلِنا.

Those with Faith are to be the heirs, So the inheritance is a grace From God
Letter to the Romans 04/13-25: “If it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. For the law brings wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there violation. For this reason it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his descendants, not only to the adherents of the law but also to those who share the faith of Abraham (for he is the father of all of us, as it is written, ‘I have made you the father of many nations’) in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist. Hoping against hope, he believed that he would become ‘the father of many nations’, according to what was said, ‘So numerous shall your descendants be.’He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was already as good as dead (for he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah’s womb. No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, being fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised. Therefore his faith ‘was reckoned to him as righteousness.’ Now the words, ‘it was reckoned to him’, were written not for his sake alone, but for ours also. It will be reckoned to us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, who was handed over to death for our trespasses and was raised for our justification.”