Wednesday 28 Aug 2013

Wednesday Reading: Romans 3:19-20

Key Verse: Romans 3:19
19  Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

Devotion:
How many times have you heard someone say that they are good and that they don’t break the law? How many of those people are Christians – probably not many! If we profess to be Christians then we should know that we are very guilty before God because we have His Word and our consciences to tell us of all the things that we do wrong all of the time. For us to try and justify ourselves through our works in any way is just plain wrong because it is our works that bring us down and make us fall short of God’s Law.

None of us like to be called guilty or sinner because they are such horrible words to accept – but that is what we are. The sooner that we realise that we are guilty of sin the sooner we will be able to move on. When we do accept our sinful nature we should be able to see that God has provided us a way whereby we can be called ‘not guilty’ once again. Those same scriptures that show us how guilty we are, also give us the answer that we are looking for.

It is through what Christ alone has done for us that we can be called to Him and see that He is willing and able to forgive us of all of our sins that we bring openly before Him. If we seek to be justified by what we can do instead then we are saying to Christ that He died in vain! If we look at the moral law that we live by and try to justify ourselves by how we live, then we are once again calling what Christ has done for us as a useless event.

Let us never forget just how much Christ has done for us. Let us never forget just how much Christ has gone through on our behalf. Let us never forget how much He has promised us… if we only believe on Him. God’s Word has given us this whole truth and we have to accept this whole truth so that we can live with Him and for Him. Part of that is admitting that we are dreadful sinners before Him and that we do need to ask for forgiveness before we can move forward with Him. But the part that we can all look forward to is where God has promised us a place in heaven with Him when we do accept His Word as the truth. Let the truth set you free today!

Points to Ponder:
Do you think you are good?

God want you to be ‘not guilty’!