On May 28, 2004, Jerry wrote, "Gentiles who did not strive for righteousness have attained righteousness by faith, but Israel, who strove for righteousness based on the Law, did not succeed in fulfilling the Law, and because they did not strive for righteousness on the basis of faith, they have stumbled over the cornerstone of God's purpose for us."
"Wisdom from God comes only by faith in God and not our own efforts. This is true also of righteousness. God's people of Israel tried to achieve righteousness by obeying the Law, but the Law was impossible to completely obey. Gentiles, on the other hand, had no business with the law, so they received righteousness through faith. It is through faith alone that we are made right with God, not by just following the old law and rules that had been set down. These we can never humanly achieve, as we were born in a world of sin.
"My faith must be in God alone. Only from God may I receive wisdom, knowledge, prudence, and discretion or any other gift that only God can give and that is through being 'right with God.'" Thank you, God, for sending Jesus into the world so that all people might have the forgiveness of sins and the position of being made right with you. Amen."
We cannot do anything extra in order to be made right with Jesus. All we must do is to trust that He is part of the Personhood of God, being called God's Son, and that He died for your sins and mine, and that He is to be called holy, for because of Him we have been made right with God.
And for this, we thank you, Lord Jesus, for making us aware of the rightness of God and not of ourselves.
Jo INMN
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