“There is no one righteous, not even one!
No one understands,
11 no one seeks God,
12 all have turned away
and at the same time become useless;
there is no one who shows kindness, not a single one![Romans 3:12 Psalm 14:1–3, 53:2–4(1–3)]
13 “Their throats are open graves,
they use their tongues to deceive.[Romans 3:13 Psalm 5:10(9)]
Vipers’ venom is under their lips.[Romans 3:13 Psalm 140:4(3)]
14 Their mouths are full of curses and bitterness.[Romans 3:14 Psalm 10:7]
15 “Their feet rush to shed blood,
16 in their ways are ruin and misery,
17 and the way of shalom they do not know.[Romans 3:17 Isaiah 59:7–8, Proverbs 1:16]
18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”[Romans 3:18 Psalm 36:2(1)]
19 Moreover, we know that whatever the Torah says, it says to those living within the framework of the Torah, in order that every mouth may be stopped and the whole world be shown to deserve God’s adverse judgment. 20 For in his sight no one alive will be considered righteous[Romans 3:20 Psalm 143:2] on the ground of legalistic observance of Torah commands, because what Torah really does is show people how sinful they are.
21 But now, quite apart from Torah, God’s way of making people righteous in his sight has been made clear — although the Torah and the Prophets give their witness to it as well — 22 and it is a righteousness that comes from God, through the faithfulness of Yeshua the Messiah, to all who continue trusting. For it makes no difference whether one is a Jew or a Gentile, 23 since all have sinned and come short of earning God’s praise. 24 By God’s grace, without earning it, all are granted the status of being considered righteous before him, through the act redeeming us from our enslavement to sin that was accomplished by the Messiah Yeshua. 25 God put Yeshua forward as the kapparah for sin through his faithfulness in respect to his bloody sacrificial death. This vindicated God’s righteousness; because, in his forbearance, he had passed over [with neither punishment nor remission] the sins people had committed in the past; 26 and it vindicates his righteousness in the present age by showing that he is righteous himself and is also the one who makes people righteous on the ground of Yeshua’s faithfulness.
RG AUDIO 070315
"God’s Restoring Righteousness" by Author: Jennifer Woodard
We all look pretty good when we are at our best. But how often have people seen us at our worst? We don’t like to think about it, but those “worst” moments define us to the core. Romans chapter 3 hits us with hard truths: “There is no one righteous–not even one” (Romans 3:10). We leave “ruin and misery” in our wake and are accountable to God (Romans 3:16, 19).
We may strive to keep the Law, and we will always fall short, but there is good news! There is a new righteousness that has come from God (Romans 3:21). It is greater than the Law, and it cannot be earned. Yet it is ours to receive and keep.
Our sin was carried by God’s innocent Son upon the cross. It was justly condemned and put to death in His body. Therefore, God is free to bestow on us the very righteousness of Christ (2 Corinthians5:21). What is more, God raised Jesus from the dead to break all power that sin once held over us. God justifies all who come to Him through faith in the atoning work of Christ (Romans 3:25-26).
Hymn for Today: "To God Be The Glory" by Fanny Crosby
1. To God be the glory, great things he has done;
so loved he the world that he gave us his Son,
who yielded his life an atonement for sin,
and opened the lifegate that we may go in.
Refrain:
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord; let the earth hear his voice!
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord; let the people rejoice!
O come to the Father through Jesus the Son,
and give him the glory; great things he has done.
2. O perfect redemption, the purchase of blood,
to every believer the promise of God;
the vilest offender who truly believes,
that moment from Jesus a pardon receives.
Refrain:
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord; let the earth hear his voice!
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord; let the people rejoice!
O come to the Father through Jesus the Son,
and give him the glory; great things he has done.
3. Great things he has taught us, great things he has done,
and great our rejoicing through Jesus the Son;
but purer and higher and greater will be
our wonder, our gladness, when Jesus we see.
Refrain:
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord; let the earth hear his voice!
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord; let the people rejoice!
O come to the Father through Jesus the Son,
and give him the glory; great things he has done.
Thought for the Day:
"Jesus reaches out to restore us when we fail him"[Session Truth].
Please pray:For the development of Christian leaders in Guinea-Conakry.
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