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For I know the plans I have for you,declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jer 29:11 |
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Dear
Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Today's Passage : Today's Passage :Justification by Faith (Galatians #16) Bible Verse:Galatians 2:15-17 (DP Bible) "How can you, a Jew by birth, first act like a Gentile, and then turn around and urge the Gentiles to live like Jews?” I asked him. “You and I were not raised like Gentiles, ignorant of right and wrong, yet we know that following the law of Moses, apart from our faith in Christ Jesus, did not and cannot justify us before God. No flesh will be justified by works under the law. So why hold onto it?” “When we, who were born Jews, preach justification through faith in Christ, we are His representatives. We cannot become servants of sin. If we preach the faith of Christ and then sin, do we not imply that Christ Himself is a servant of sin? This cannot be!” DP Parallel Bible (3-Column) - Galatians 2" Message:
Today’s Scripture is Paul’s clarion, the opening announcement of a revolutionary concept that will come to dominate Christian belief: justification by faith.
Jesus calms the storm - peaceful
In a nutshell, right standing before God does not come from moral action. If it did, we would be lost, because everybody sins. Right standing before God can come only through faith in Jesus Christ. Thus, all those who revert to the law are only displaying their ignorance, returning to a state of unredeemed sinfulness by reliance on a covenant that has expired; for the old covenant with the Jews was superseded — or perhaps it would be more accurate to say, fulfilled — by the Christ. To return to the law is thus tantamount to rejecting the grace of God.
We are not “sinning Gentiles,” Paul tells Peter, “yet we know that man is not justified from works of law unless through faith in Christ.” What does this last line have to do with them not being Gentiles?
In a word, Gentiles were simply ignorant of morality. The Greco-Roman world of the first century was less attuned to morality than the wildest sex club in Manhattan today. The Romans’ greatest amusement was to watch people being killed — the more gruesome, the better. And what adjective do we most often associate with “orgy”? Roman.
But the Jews were not like the rest of the world; they understood and appreciated a divinely-revealed code of conduct. So Paul is saying, in effect, that one would not expect the Gentiles, who did not even understand what morality was — who did not even know that God existed! — would rely on compliance with God’s moral code to become righteous in God’s eyes.
Paul and Peter are operating on a completely different level of theological sophistication than the Gentiles, for they know God and know His commandments, making every effort to follow them; but they have come to realize that their efforts are fruitless. Without Christ, Peter and Paul are no better off than the Gentiles. They might know much more, but what they know will not save them; for without Christ, God will still judge them guilty of sin and condemn them. And here is the ultimate irony: The faith in Christ that will save them will also save the ignorant Gentiles.
There is more to salvation than simply believing in Christ. But it is the necessary starting point, the absolute initial requirement, without which justification before God cannot occur.
Meditation : Prayer : And now, as a little child, let me abide in you all this day, oh Christ, so that when you appear I may have confidence and not shrink from you in shame at your coming. For I know that you are righteous, and I am sure that I will be made righteous only by my life in you......Amen |
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