Romans 3:27-28 Can we boast then, that we have done anything to be accepted by God? No, because our acquittal is not based on obeying the law. It is based on faith. So we are made right with God through faith and not by obeying the law.
We're made right with God through faith in Jesus, not once and then we have to do our best and muddle along somehow, but every day. So today, if we make a mistake we're not made right with God by 'doing stuff' to put it right again. No, we're still made right with God through faith in Jesus and His finished work on the cross. How many times have we maybe fallen into the trap of thinking 'if I pray more, or longer, if I read more scriptures, if I do more good works, if I keep the commandments, if I give more, if I......the list goes on and we've 'tried' to do better to win God's approval, or His forgiveness, or His acceptance.
We've forgotten one of the fundamentals of faith that we're made right with God, accepted by Him, always and only through faith in what Jesus has already done and not one ounce of our own efforts. When we try to add our pennyworth are we not implying that what Jesus has done is not enough?
Romans 5:1 Therefore, since we have been made right in God's sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us. v. 2 Because of our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of undeserved privilege where we now stand...
So be encouraged, we're standing in a place of undeserved privilege because of God's great grace to us in giving us Jesus and we can know that because of God's wonderful grace we can run to Him instead of running away from Him and receive His forgiveness when we need it. When we truly believe that, the Holy Spirit will be constantly at work in us changing us from one degree of glory to another.
Praise His Wonderful Name.
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