Today, I am using Jerry's journal for May 22, 2005 which is titled JUSTIFIED BY FAITH, from ROMANS 3:23,28. The book of Romans was written by the Apostle Paul while pastoring a ring of churches in the east. He deals in this passage with the sins of the world that confronts us all. "All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace..... For we hold that a person is justified by faith alone apart from works as prescribed in the Law."
"Paul boldly declares that those who are Jews like himself have no advantage over Gentiles, for all have sinned in God's eyes. Therefore there is no way through our own efforts of "doing the right thing" that we can be made right with God. The only way we are justified (found righteous in God's eyes with our sins forgiven) is through faith in Jesus Christ who gave himself once and for all as a permanent sacrifice on the cross. Only when we boldly proclaim "Jesus Christ is Lord" can we become clean like fresh fallen snow.
"My faith that Jesus is the Christ is all I need to have the assurance of being made right with God.
Lord Jesus, Praise be to you for this most magnificent of all gifts--we are justified by faith alone. Amen."
I love this declaration of my husband. What a gift to me! A righteous man! We have now been married for 61 years. His faith has been a gift to me for all of those years, and I am still being blessed by it. Thank you, God for your goodness and for his righteousness.
And I thank God for each of you, and for whatever year you may be reading this. God is ever faithful and good, and His mercy endures forever.
Jo INMN
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