“Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus” (Romans 3:24).
“I want to tell you, church family, there was a time that I honestly thought I had to be good enough to make it to Heaven and please the Lord. I tried to be honest and failed. I tried to be good and failed. I tried to be joyful and failed. Whatever I tried to do, I fell short,” Riley shared with the congregation that Sunday night. Dan sat in the congregation and listened to the young missionary sharing his testimony. Dan needed to hear that simple testimony as he thought himself to be quite good. In fact, he secretly thought himself to be much better than others at that church. Then the missionary went on with his testimony and quoted Romans 3:24 about being justified by God’s grace. Dan was struck, convicted and now trusted in Christ alone. Who are you trusting? Christ or yourself?
For today: Be sure that you are trusting in Christ’s redemption. It is the only way to be justified.