Sunday, April 28, 2013

Without Jesus We Are Completely Worthless

We find ourselves in Romans 3. Paul tells both Jews and Gentiles we are all under the power of sin and cut off from God. Paul then gives the remedy, being faith in Jesus the Messiah. He paid for sin with his own blood on the cross. God justifies anyone who has the faithfulness of Jesus. This does not abolish the Law, but the followers of Christ "uphold the Law".  We are to obey Christ.

Do you know what Jesus and his disciples told us to do and not to do in the New Testament? If you do not, how can you obey Christ? Stop getting the truth from ear tickling men, their books and recordings. Protect your eyes and ears. Sell your TV to those who do not care about their soul and will fill their minds with trash no matter what.

Get into the New Testament and discover the joy of obeying the Savior who gave his life for the world. He is the only source of Truth and True Love. Run to him! Confess your sins! He loves to forgive those who want to follow him and obey him. If you sin confess it quickly and continue on following the Savior!!

Romans 3 ISV

9What, then, does this mean?f Are we Jewsg any better off? Not at all! For we have already accused everyone, both Jews and Greeks, of being under the power ofh sin. 10As it is written,
“Not even one person is righteous.
11No one understands.
No one searches for God.
12All have turned away.
They have become completely worthless.
No one shows kindness, not even one person!i
13Their throats are open graves.
With their tongues they deceive.j
The venom of poisonous snakes is under their lips.k
14Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.l
15They run swiftlym to shed blood.
16Ruin and misery characterize their lives.
17They have not learned the path to peace.n
18They don’t fear God.o

19Now we know that whatever the Law says applies to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God20Therefore, Godp will not justify any human being by means of the actions prescribed by the Law, for through the Law comes the full knowledge of sin.

21But now, apart from the Law, God’s righteousness is revealed and is attested by the Law and the Prophets— 22God’s righteousness through the faithfulness of Jesusq the Messiahr — for all who believe. For there is no distinction among people,s 23since all have sinned and continue to fall short of God’s glory. 24By his grace they are justified freely through the redemption that is in the Messiaht Jesus, 25whom God offered as a place where atonement by the Messiah’su blood would occur through faith. He did thisv to demonstrate his righteousness, because he had waited patiently to deal with sins committed in the past26He wantedw to demonstrate at the present time that he himself is righteous and that he justifies anyone who has the faithfulness of Jesus.x

27What, then, is there to boast about? That has been eliminated. On what principle? On that of actions? No, but on the principle of faith28Fory we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the actions prescribed by the Law29Is God the God of the Jews only? Is he not the God of the gentiles, too? Yes, of the gentiles, too30since there is only one God who will justify the circumcised on the basis of faith and the uncircumcised by that same faith. 31Do we, then, abolish the Law by this faith? Of course not! Instead, we uphold the Law.

George Beverly Shea died April 16, 2013, at the age of 104. It appears the Lord is taking many of the older generation of Godly saints home. I do not see them being replaced. Surely, many are replacing them, but we will go through trials that apparently the Lord does not want the aged saints to go through. It is time for the saints to prepare. How? Read the New Testament, obey God, and pray! Witness!! 


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