For all have sinned; all fall short of God’s glorious standard. Yet now God in his gracious kindness declares us not guilty. He has done this through Christ Jesus, who has freed us by taking away our sins. For God sent Jesus to take the punishment for our sins and to satisfy God’s anger against us. We are made right with God when we believe that Jesus shed his blood, sacrificing his life for us. God was being entirely fair and just when he did not punish those who sinned in former times. And he is entirely fair and just in this present time when he declares sinners to be right in his sight because they believe in Jesus.
Romans 3:23-26
TODAY’S DEVOTIONAL LINK
My Utmost for His Highest - 11/28/06
Satan is very good at helping you “…fall short of God’s glorious standard” and then fooling you into thinking that through some effort of your own you can work out your salvation. The truth is no amount of good works can earn you right standing in the eyes of the Father. Only through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ … believing that He is God’s Son … the One who took our punishment … shedding His blood for our sins, can you be made right with God.
The work was done when Jesus Christ died on the Cross. To be made right with God, all you have to do is receive His free gift!
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” –John 3:16
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