Heirs of the promise

AELW 4:27

"Therefore Paul is right in stating that those are heirs who are of the promise, that is, who hear the promise and believe the promise, whether they were born of the flesh of Abraham or not. For the promise, which is the Word of God, is so effective and powerful that it eats into existence the things that do not exist (Rom. 4:17). Christ says (Matt. 3:9) that children are raised up for Abraham from stones.

This power the flesh or physical birth does not have. Only the Word has it, because it is omnipotent.

A little while ago, however, I stated that the promise is twofold: a passive one, which happens to us; and an active one, which we accept by faith. But it is the latter which makes us, too, who are by nature Gentiles, heirs of Abraham, yes, brothers and fellow heirs of Christ (Rom. 8:17)."