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For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.Eph 2:9 |
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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 collecting daily manna), 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. Friday, September 7, 2018
Today's Passage : Today's Passage:Subjecta:No One Is Righteous Bible Verse:Romans 3:19-20 "Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God. For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin." Message:
Paul has finished his preliminaries. Now, he lays it on the line for the Jews: No person’s existence can be justified by the law of Moses. Judaism, as a religion, is incapable of reconciling man to God. It is insufficient.
We cannot underestimate the degree of shock this would produce in a devout Jew. He has spent his whole life learning and following the law, in the belief that it will reconcile him with God; and now, Paul tells him that all his efforts are incapable of saving him.
The very purpose of the law, in fact, is not to reconcile the believer to God, but rather, to show a person where his or her life has fallen short. It is like a magnifying mirror; it will not correct your flaws, but it will let you see them. By showing us how a hypothetical perfect person would act, it shows us how we are not perfect. The purpose of the law is to demonstrate that you cannot keep it.
If one were to outline Romans, this passage would end Section 1. Paul has begun by an extensive discussion and proof that all people, Jew and Gentile, have sinned and deserve God’s wrath. In Roman 3:21, he will begin his discussion of how we can become righteous in God’s eyes.
Paul does not say that we should not learn the difference between right and wrong, or not try to behave well. Much the opposite. Once we learn of God’s existence and begin to seek Him, once we gain faith, we will want to learn how to behave well. This is evident in his discussion of the depravity of the Greeks. As Dostoevsky said in The Brothers Karamazov, “If God does not exist, everything is permissible.”
Rather, what he says here is that, when we learn right from wrong, we eventually realize that our behavior is not always right, no matter how hard we try. We need something more.
Meditation : . Prayer : Let me not forget my prayers as I go out into the world. Holy Spirit, be with me, and let me praise you and remember you in my every action and thought, for the entire day long. In Christ’s name I ask this,......Amen |
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