YOUR FLIGHT IS CONFIRMED

YOUR FLIGHT IS CONFIRMED

READ:

Romans 3:21-26

For as in Adam all die, even

so in Christ all shall be made

alive. -1 Corinthians 15:22

A heavy thunderstorm delayed our flight to Frankfurt, causing us to miss our connecting flight.  We were told that we had been confirmed on another flight the next evening.  But when we arrived at the gate, we were told that we were on standby.  The flight was full.

When I learned this, I wondered if this was mere miscommunication or if this was how they dealt with missed flights.  If passengers had been told up front that they were only on standby, they would have been unhappy. Perhaps they saved the truth until later.

Thankfully, God doesn't work that way.  He clearly tells us everything we need to know to get to heaven. The Bible declares that "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23).  God gave us the full picture of our sin nature from Genesis 3 so that He could give us His full and complete solution.

God's solution in Romans 3:24 is that we are "justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus."  God sent His own sinless Son to die for our sins.  His sacrifice on the cross provided us forgiveness.  All we need to do is receive that free gift through faith.  I'm so glad God told us the truth up front!  He hasn't left us to find our own way. -C.P. Hia

Thank You, Almighty God, that You don't hide the

truth from us.  You showed us how completely sin

has affected our lives in order to reinforce just

how much Jesus Christ has delivered us from.

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Christ's work makes us safe;

God's Word makes us sure.

INSIGHT

Paul wrote about the universal sinfulness of humanity (Romans 1:18-3:23).  Sinful mankind is under God's righteous wrath (1:18, 2:5-8; 3:5).  In today's passage, Paul explains how sinners are saved, not by obeying the law but by God's actions of justifying the sinner through faith in Jesus (vv.22, 26).  Justification is the legal act by which God declares the sinner righteous only through Christ's death on the cross (v.25; 1 John 2:2).  Christ's sacrifice does not merely wipe away our sins, but it also satisfies God's righteous anger and turns His judgment to our favor (John 5:24; Romans 5:9; 8:1; 1 Thess. 1:10).  God credited Christ's righteousness to our record while placing our sinfulness onto Christ (Isaiah 53:6; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Galatians 3:13).

Have a blessed day.

God Our Creator's Love Always

Unity & Peace