Faith is by Grace and its not a condition it, it rests in a promise. The promise is eternal life to the seed, and Faith is given by Grace to believe the promise. God told Abraham He was going to given him an inheritance by promise, it was an settled fact b4 He told Abraham, then God gave Him Faith to believe His promise, the promise wasnt conditioned on Abraham believing though. Gal 3:17-18
17 And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
18 For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
So likewise God gives Faith by Grace to all the seed, the promise is sure, thats the gist of Rom 4:16
Of course you cant understand this, i already know.
You totally misunderstand the Romans 4:16 passage.
Romans 4:16–25 (LEB) — 16 Because of this, it is by faith, in order that it may be according to grace, so that the promise may be secure to all the descendants, not only to those of the law, but also to those of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all 17 (just as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”) before God, in whom he believed, the one who makes the dead alive and who calls the things that are not as though they are, 18 who against hope believed in hope, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was said, “so will your descendants be.” 19 And not being weak in faith, he considered his own body as good as dead, because he was approximately a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah’s womb. 20 And he did not waver in unbelief at the promise of God, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God 21 and being fully convinced that what he had promised, he was also able to do. 22 Therefore it was credited to him for righteousness. 23 But it was not written for the sake of him alone that it was credited to him, 24 but also for the sake of us to whom it is going to be credited, to those who believe in the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, 25 who was handed over on account of our trespasses, and was raised up in the interest of our justification.
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Galatians 3:23–29 (LEB) — 23 But before faith came, we were detained under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith was revealed. 24 So then, the law became our guardian until Christ, in order that we could be
justified by faith. 25 But after faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian. 26
For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, 27
for as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29
And if you are Christ’s, then you are descendants of Abraham, heirs according to the promise.
Abraham was credited as righteous because of his faith
it is also to credited for the sake of us who believe
Abraham's faith preceded the promise, and all who believe will also.
