Monday, December 10, 2012

11/27/12 - Galatians 1 - 3


S - Galatians 2:15 We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners;  16 yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.  17 But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we too were found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin?  Certainly not!  18 For if I rebuild what I tore down, I prove myself to be a transgressor.  19 For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. 20 I have been crucified with Christ.  It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.  And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who love me and gave himself for me.  21 I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.

O - My child whom I love, today I want to tell you . . . I died to bring you salvation without having to follow the law.  With the law, you would be guilty of sin and sentenced to die for your sin.  But I died for you so that you would not have to.  I loved you enough to go through what I went through, just for you.  Now you must tell others about that love.  And you must love others the what that I have loved you.

A - I must remember that Christ died for my sins.  I must be willing to share him with others.  I have been saved by grace and not by works.  I do not have to do anything for it.  But because of it, I should be willing to tell others about him and bring them into the family.

P - Heavenly Father, thank you for saving me.  Thank you for granting me salvation when I don't deserve it.  Give me the courage to tell others about it.

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