‘There was no honor, no “merit,” in Abraham’s believing the faithful God, who cannot lie. The honor was God’s. When Abraham believed God, he did the one thing that a man can do—without doing anything! … There was no effort here. Abraham’s faith was not an act, but an attitude… Faith was neither a meritorious act by Abraham, nor a change of character or nature, in Abraham: he simply believed God would (do what He said He would do)…’ – William Newell, Romans, Verse by Verse (p.132)