Reflecting God – Embrace Holy Living - Kansas City, Missouri, United States - "Christ’s Sacrifice, Received By Faith" Tuesday, 20 January 2015 - Scripture: Romans 2:21-31

Reflecting God – Embrace Holy Living - Kansas City, Missouri, United States - "Christ’s Sacrifice, Received By Faith" Tuesday, 20 January 2015 - Scripture: Romans 2:21 But how can you teach others when you refuse to learn? You preach that it is wrong to steal. But do you steal? 22 You say people should be faithful in marriage. But are you faithful? You hate idols, yet you rob their temples. 23 You take pride in the Law, but you disobey the Law and bring shame to God. 24 It is just as the Scriptures tell us, “You have made foreigners say insulting things about God.”
25 Being circumcised is worthwhile, if you obey the Law. But if you don’t obey the Law, you are no better off than people who are not circumcised. 26 In fact, if they obey the Law, they are as good as anyone who is circumcised. 27 So everyone who obeys the Law, but has never been circumcised, will condemn you. Even though you are circumcised and have the Law, you still don’t obey its teachings.
28 Just because you live like a Jew and are circumcised doesn’t make you a real Jew. 29 To be a real Jew you must obey the Law. True circumcision is something that happens deep in your heart, not something done to your body. And besides, you should want praise from God and not from humans.
"Christ’s Sacrifice, Received By Faith" by Phil Pinckard
What does “received by faith” mean? A little girl desperately wanted a pony but her parents refused. Undeterred, she spent every day after school in her backyard building a corral for the yearned-for pony. What confidence and assurance! She had faith for what she hoped; evidence for what she did not see.
Faith is absolutely essential to please God. In healthcare, we’re passionate about best demonstrated practices, spending resources, time and energies to improve processes that will better serve patients, their families, and staff. We strive for continuous improvement in patient, employee and physician satisfaction.
When behavior and belief are synchronized, when walk and talk are harmonized, rewards, like confident assurance, follow. “And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him” (Hebrews 11:6). Confidently develop faith; earnestly seek God!
Hymn for Today: "Grace Greater than Our Sin" by Julia H. Johnston
1. Marvelous grace of our loving Lord, 
grace that exceeds our sin and our guilt! 
Yonder on Calvary's mount outpoured, 
there where the blood of the Lamb was spilt. 
Refrain:
Grace, grace, God's grace, 
grace that will pardon and cleanse within; 
grace, grace, God's grace, 
grace that is greater than all our sin! 
2. Sin and despair, like the sea waves cold, 
threaten the soul with infinite loss; 
grace that is greater, yes, grace untold, 
points to the refuge, the mighty cross. 
Refrain:
Grace, grace, God's grace, 
grace that will pardon and cleanse within; 
grace, grace, God's grace, 
grace that is greater than all our sin!  
3. Dark is the stain that we cannot hide. 
What can avail to wash it away? 
Look! There is flowing a crimson tide, 
brighter than snow you may be today. 
Refrain:
Grace, grace, God's grace, 
grace that will pardon and cleanse within; 
grace, grace, God's grace, 
grace that is greater than all our sin!  
4. Marvelous, infinite, matchless grace, 
freely bestowed on all who believe! 
You that are longing to see his face, 
will you this moment his grace receive? 

Refrain:
Grace, grace, God's grace, 
grace that will pardon and cleanse within; 
grace, grace, God's grace, 
grace that is greater than all our sin!  
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