It’s the last day to join C3’s 40Acts Easter Challenge. During most Lent seasons, Christians have chosen to give something up for 40 days. At C3 this year, we want to do something a little different and instead of giving something up, we want to give something out. Join here 40Acts Easter Challenge: 40 Days To Do Good
Bible In A Year | Read: Romans 3
27 Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires works? No, because of the law that requires faith. 28 For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law. 29 Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too, 30 since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith. 31 Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law. Romans 3:27-31
Rescue Plan
Thoughts on the verses
It was in a garden that, for the first time, humankind was presented with the choice of true love or selfishness. We chose wrong. Through one man, Adam, sin entered the world. With sin came death, and its effect would ravage the Earth. Sin had infected humankind and separated them from their Creator. But in this darkness, a glimmer of hope began to shine: God’s promise of a divine rescue plan. Through another man, Jesus Christ, hope pierced through the darkness with the promise of everlasting life and a restored relationship with our Creator.
This is how God loves us. Even though we sometimes disobey Him, God still loves us. What’s even more beautiful is the fact that we have been justified or made right by God, not because of our effort to obey all His rules without failing, but simply because of our faith, by accepting Jesus Christ as our Savior and God.
We are set free from sins and made right because we have faith in Jesus. And because we have been set free and made right, we must live our lives with thankfulness for each day, and also with the intention to please God in our daily lives.
Overview of Chapter
Paul argues against an objection to salvation he has probably heard. If our sin causes God to become more righteous by forgiving more sin, is our sin a good thing? Paul outright condemns that kind of thinking. Obviously God is not in favor of sin! He then paints a very negative picture of humanity with various quotes from the Old Testament. Every person who has ever lived is a terrible sinner! God’s righteousness is demonstrated in that he makes righteousness available to everyone through the death of his son. All anyone needs to do is believe.
If you are trying to earn your way to righteousness, you are making the situation worse. You are acknowledging that God has the right to judge you, but hope he overlooks the ways you fall short. The right answer is to realize your sin and depend on God to forgive you through Jesus’ death on the cross.
Action Steps
Bible: What’s God saying? What am I going to do?
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