9th August 2026 - Pastor Robson Lopes - God's Promise, Not Our Performance

Sermon outline God’s Promise, Not Our Performance Genesis 12:1–3 · Genesis 15:1–21 · Romans 4 INTRODUCTION: Redemption rests on God’s promise, not our performance. I. The Problem After the Flood Humanity was preserved, but not transformed. Babel shows pride, fear, and self-reliance still remain. God begins redemption not with human achievement, but with promise. II. God Initiates the Relationship God calls Abram before Abram proves himself. Grace begins with God’s initiative. God says, “I will bless you,” before Abram has anything to offer. III. Faith Comes Before Law “Abram believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness.” Righteousness was credited before Sinai, circumcision, or the Law. Obedience is the fruit of faith, not the foundation of acceptance. IV. God Takes Responsibility In Genesis 15, Abram does not walk through the covenant pieces — God does. The covenant rests on divine faithfulness, not human strength. God binds himself to fulfil what he has promised. V. Fulfilled in Christ The promise to Abraham finds its fulfilment in Jesus. At the cross, God bears the cost of human failure. Through Christ, blessing comes to the nations by faith. VI. Our Response Rest your faith not in your performance, but in God’s promise. Trust the God who initiates, covenants, bears the cost, and fulfils his word in Christ. VII. Conclusion  Bring him your weakness, waiting, questions, failures, and need.