(Rom 4:16) “Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace;….. (17)…. before Him whom he believed, even God, Who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.” The two verses shift from Abraham (his faith) to God, for salvation is given by Him alone. It is no automatic impartation for one who understands and then believes the message. Salvation is an impartation from God Who sees and responds to the individual heart.