Rom 4:17  (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.

 

God’s method for changing things is to call things that are not as they were. So that they replace things that exist.

God sees darkness and declares light. He sees an old Abraham and says I have made you a father of many nations. Jesus sees a man with a withered hand and says stretch forth your hand! Paul looks at that man impotent in his feet and says stand upright on your feet. Peter told the impotent man to rise and walk.

God quickens the dead by calling those things that be not as though they were.