Daily Grace
We Have the Holy Spirit
“But you are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you. (And remember that those who do not have the Spirit of Christ living in them do not belong to Him at all)” (Romans 8:9, NLT). Paul’s point...
Jesus is Our Deliverer
“What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!” (Romans 7:24-25). One of the frustrations we face in life is the struggle between doing the right thing and doing...
The Perfect Gift
“Now to the one who works, wages are not credited as a gift but as an obligation. However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness” (Romans 4:4-5). The real conflict between faith and religion is...
Faith Enables Change
“Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law” (Romans 3:31). Before we believe in Jesus the law is a fearful thing. When we attempt to obey it in our own strength several things may happen. We change it to standards we can meet....
Where Is Boasting?
“Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires works? No, because of the law that requires faith. For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law” (Romans 3:27-28). Paul, in his letter to the...
Justified Freely by His Grace
“For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. Yet God, in his grace, freely makes us right in his sight. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins” (Romans 3:23-24). Everyone has sinned and broken God’s...
How Can I Be Right with God?
“But now God has shown us a way to be made right with Him without keeping the requirements of the law, as was promised in the writings of Moses and the prophets long ago. We are made right with God by placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And this is true for everyone...
The Law Doesn’t Save Us
“Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin” (Romans 3:20). This statement clearly sums up how the apostle Paul viewed the law. It doesn’t make us righteous but it does...
Evidence of God’s Work is Everywhere
“For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature— have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse” (Romans 1:20). We can only know God personally through a...