The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, and majestic in his radiant splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in Romans 3:21-25a,
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"But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood."
What a passage of Scripture! From God comes our entrance pass into his family! In Proverbs 11:4 we read, "Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death." This is the currency needed to escape God's wrath, his judgment, to gain his forgiveness for the sins we have committed and enter into eternal life. How could there be any better news than this?
I note that this "comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe." How wonderful is that? Anyone can believe if they choose to do so! It doesn't matter how well I have behaved in this life. It doesn't matter how religious I have been. It doesn't matter how many spiritual exercises I have engaged in, if any at all! It doesn't matter how successful in this life I have been in anything. God asks me to trust in him! To embrace him in faith. To believe in the resurrection of Jesus Christ!
What awaits me for this is the breathless inheritance we will all receive as co-heirs with Jesus Christ! I will have a place at the family table of God! I will experience all that God designed us for! No more sickness, no more sorrow, no more death. No more bereaving the separation from those who have passed on! No more sinful nature I struggle with and no more world dominated by a collective sin nature that exploits, abuses and treats unjustly its own! On the contrary, I will be filled with joy in God's very presence, with eternal pleasures at his right hand, Psalm 16:11!
No wonder Peter spoke of an inexpressible and glorious joy!
What a passage of Scripture! From God comes our entrance pass into his family! In Proverbs 11:4 we read, "Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death." This is the currency needed to escape God's wrath, his judgment, to gain his forgiveness for the sins we have committed and enter into eternal life. How could there be any better news than this?
I note that this "comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe." How wonderful is that? Anyone can believe if they choose to do so! It doesn't matter how well I have behaved in this life. It doesn't matter how religious I have been. It doesn't matter how many spiritual exercises I have engaged in, if any at all! It doesn't matter how successful in this life I have been in anything. God asks me to trust in him! To embrace him in faith. To believe in the resurrection of Jesus Christ!
What awaits me for this is the breathless inheritance we will all receive as co-heirs with Jesus Christ! I will have a place at the family table of God! I will experience all that God designed us for! No more sickness, no more sorrow, no more death. No more bereaving the separation from those who have passed on! No more sinful nature I struggle with and no more world dominated by a collective sin nature that exploits, abuses and treats unjustly its own! On the contrary, I will be filled with joy in God's very presence, with eternal pleasures at his right hand, Psalm 16:11!
No wonder Peter spoke of an inexpressible and glorious joy!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just reply and let me know.
Trevor Fisk
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"Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity." Colossians 3:12-14
trevor.fisk@gmail.com
"Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity." Colossians 3:12-14
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