Consequences Of Trying To Be Justified By Law

Theme for the Week: JUSTIFICATION NOT BY LAW

Reading: Galatians 5:1-6
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Galatians 5:4 (NIV)
You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.

When a person tries to be justified by the Law, he is like someone who enslaves themselves in spit of the freedom granted. It is like when the dog goes back to eat what it has vomited.

Instead of being alienated from sin, you become alienated from Christ, making Christ of no effect unto you. Also, you become a debtor to do the whole Law, for which without faith in the Lawgiver, there is no salvation in it.

Dear friend, it is about time we put up faith which works by love. It is about time we focused on Christ, who will help us get closer to God by imputing on us righteousness, and helping us to walk in them, rather than focusing on the Law that always draws us away from God.
Stay blessed.

Let's Pray:
Abba Father, we thank You. Lord, keep us in faith which works by love, in Jesus' name. Amen.

If Anyone Be In Christ

Theme for the Week: JUSTIFICATION THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST

Reading: 2 Corinthians 5:16-18
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2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJV)
[17]Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

Throughout this week, we are looking at justification through faith in Jesus Christ. We have come to know that righteousness is something that God credits to those who believe in Jesus Christ.

When true repentance occurs, and faith is placed in Jesus Christ, God takes off the old self and puts in us a new one which is born after righteousness. But, it takes the individual to acknowledge and embrace this new creature and walk in it.

This is a true saying that everyone who wants to follow Christ must first be reborn within before they can walk in newness without. By the time you see someone walk in newness of life, such person must have already encountered God through the Lord Jesus Christ. Anything other than that is hypocrisy.

If anyone be in Christ, he is a new creature, not just somebody who has been reformed or reeducated. The nature of Christ is imputed on him and he now live in union with Christ.
Hallelujah!

Let's Pray:
Almighty God, we adore You. Father, as You call all men to the saving grace in Jesus Christ, may they acknowledge and embrace the newness of life You impute into them and live in union with Christ Jesus. Amen.

Gentiles Have Obtained Righteousness

Theme for the Week: JUSTIFICATION THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST

Reading: Romans 9:30-32
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Romans 9:30 (KJV)
[30]What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.

Salvation is not for Israel alone. Salvation is for all humans race, alternatives God chose Israel as His people through whom the whole world shall be reconciled unto Him.

God gave the Israelites the Law in order that they may be righteous. Instead of believing in Him who gave them the Law as the creditor of right, they focused on the Law and was unable to be right following it.

Before a person begins to work the Law, they must first acknowledge and believe in the giver of the Law. This is what the Israelites failed to realize. But the gentiles embraced that, putting their faith in God, the Law giver instead of the Law; for they acknowledged their frailty. Selah.

Let's Pray:
Almighty God, we adore You. Lord, as You have shown us that we are nothing without You, may the world recognize this, in Jesus' name. Amen.

Saved For Good Works

Theme for the Week: JUSTIFICATION THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST

Reading: Philippians 2:8-10
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Ephesians 2:10 (KJV)
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

Someone would wonder that if we are saved by God's grace, is work of any relevance? Yes, it is!
We are saved unto good works. We are saved by grace to manifest the goodness of God.

When God saves you through grace, He makes a deposit of good work in you. Why? Because He is good. This is for you to have nothing to boast about, and to humble you for His greater glory.

Brethren, work is essential in the life of every believer. However, we must not think that it is the work that brings salvation, instead, it is the salvation of God that urges us to walk in good works.
Stay blessed.

Let's Pray:
Heavenly Father, we thank You for saving us for good works. Help us, o LORD, to walk in good works, in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

Credited to Those Who Believe

Theme for the Week: JUSTIFICATION THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST

Reading: Romans 4:24-25
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Romans 4:24 (NIV)
but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness—for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.

Abraham's faith in God won him righteousness. This righteousness had nothing to do with his works, but his believe in what was seen as impossible before man to be possible.

Without seeing Christ Jesus' days, anyone who also believes that Christ died for our sins and rose for our justification is imputed the righteousness of God, a perfect righteousness.

No one can be justified by works before God without the intervention of an unmerited favour; for even our good deeds are like filthy rags before God.
Let us embrace this grace in Jesus Christ, believing in Him, that we also we will be credited the righteousness of God.
Shalom.

Let's Pray:
Almighty God, we adore You. May You credit to us Your righteousness, just as You did in the life of Abraham, as we believe in Jesus Christ. Amen.

Not A Righteousness Of My Own

Theme for the Week: JUSTIFICATION THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST

Reading: Philippians 3:9-12
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Philippians 3:9 (KJV) 
and be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

If there was something man could bring on board in other to gain salvation, other than our faith, we would have been boasting of it. Glory be to God that there is nothing to boast, since it is not a righteousness of our own.

Many people try by their own efforts to gain salvation, but to no avail. Self righteousness only leads to self gratification, boasting and failure, but there is the righteousness which is of God by faith.

Beloved friend, we cannot please God in anyway possible by our efforts; it takes faith in Jesus Christ to please Him that He imputes His righteousness on us. Keep in mind that our justification is only by faith in Christ Jesus, but not any righteousness of our own.
Stay blessed.

Let's Pray:
Almighty God, we adore You. We pray that we may know Your Son, our Lord, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His suffering that we may conform to His death; for in Him we are justified and made right with You. Amen.

Peace With God

Theme for the Week: JUSTIFICATION THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST

Reading: Romans 5:1-5
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Romans 5:1 (NIV)
Peace and Hope
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

Peace ceased to exist between God and man immediately after the fall of man. It was only a few people who realized the need to reconcile with God, hoping in the coming Saviour.

Through faith in Jesus Christ, we have peace with God to the extent that we can now enter boldly into the throne room of God without being prevented, because we have been justified. Hallelujah!

By this peace, we stand to rejoice even in tribulations, since we know that He that is in us and with us is greater. We are not moved by any storm, because we have the inward assurance that we are with the Saviour.
Dear friend, have faith in Jesus Christ and you also will experience peace with God.
Shalom.

Let's Pray:
Almighty God, be praised forever. Lord, give us strength to stand throughout the stormy gale and say All is well; for our faith is in Christ Jesus. Amen.