2020 for JESUS - Day 243: JESUS is GRACE... CHRIST JESUS... CHRIST... NEW LIFE... RESURRECTION... THE LIFE... GOD... LIFE... RIGHTEOUSNESS...

 

Romans 6:1-14

Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ!

6 “What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that GRACE may increase? 

² By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? 

³ Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into CHRIST JESUS were baptized into HIS death? 

⁴ We were therefore buried with HIM through baptism into death in order that, just as CHRIST was raised from the dead through the glory of THE FATHER, we too may live a NEW LIFE.

⁵ For if we have been united with HIM in a death like HIS, we will certainly also be united with HIM in a RESURRECTION like HIS. 

⁶ For we know that our old self was crucified with HIM so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin— 

⁷ because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.

⁸ Now if we died with CHRIST, we believe that we will also live with HIM. 

⁹ For we know that since CHRIST was raised from the dead, HE cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over HIM. 

¹⁰ The death HD died, HE died to sin once for all; but THE LIFE HE lives, HE lives to GOD.

¹¹ In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to GOD in CHRIST JESUS. 

¹² Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. 

¹³ Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to GOD as those who have been brought from death to LIFE; and offer every part of yourself to HIM as an instrument of RIGHTEOUSNESS. 

¹⁴ For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under GRACE.”

2020 for JESUS - Day 242: JESUS IS GOD'S GRACE... THE GIFT THAT CAME BY THE GRACE OF THE ONE MAN, JESUS CHRIST... THE GIFT OF GOD... THE GIFT THAT FOLLOWED MANY TRESPASSES AND BROUGHT JUSTIFICATION... GOD'S ABUNDANT PROVISION OF GRACE... THE GIFT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS... LIFE... THE ONE MAN, JESUS CHRIST... ONE RIGHTEOUS ACT RESULTED IN JUSTIFICATION AND LIFE FOR ALL PEOPLE... GRACE... RIGHTEOUSNESS... ETERNAL LIFE... JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD...

 

Romans 5:12-21

Death Through Adam, Life Through Christ

^12 “Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned—

¹³ To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone’s account where there is no law. 

¹⁴ Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who is a pattern of the one to come.

¹⁵ But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did GOD’S GRACE and THE GIFT THAT CAME BY THE GRACE OF THE ONE MAN, JESUS CHRIST, overflow to the many! 

¹⁶ Nor can THE GIFT OF GOD be compared with the result of one man’s sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but THE GIFT FOLLOWED MANY TRESPASSES AND BROUGHT JUSTIFICATION.   

¹⁷ For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive GOD’S ABUNDANT PROVISION OF GRACE and of THE GIFT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS reign in LIFE through THE ONE MAN, JESUS CHRIST! 

¹⁸ Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people, so also ONE RIGHTEOUS ACT RESULTED IN JUSTIFICATION AND LIFE FOR ALL PEOPLE.   

¹⁹ For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.

²⁰ The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, GRACE increased all the more, 

²¹ so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also GRACE might reign through RIGHTEOUSNESS to bring ETERNAL LIFE through JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD.”

2020 for JESUS - Day 241: JESUS is FAITH... PEACE WITH GOD... OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST... THIS GRACE... THE HOPE OF THE GLORY OF GOD... HOPE... GOD'S LOVE... CHRIST... GOD's OWN LOVE FOR US... GOD... HIS SON... LIFE... RECONCILIATION...

 

There is so much unrest and despair in our world... 

please read and meditate,

 not only on the yellow highlighted 

names/descriptions of JESUS, 

but also the underlined encouraging words/phrases...

Romans 5:1-11

5 "Therefore, since we have been justified through FAITH, we have PEACE WITH GOD through OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, 

² through WHOM we have gained access by FAITH into THIS GRACE in which we now stand. And we boast in THE HOPE OF THE GLORY OF GOD. 

³ Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that

·        suffering produces perseverance; 

·        ⁴ perseverance, character; and

·        character, HOPE. 

⁵ And HOPE does not put us to shame, because GOD’s LOVE has been poured out into our hearts through THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHO has been given to us.

⁶ You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, CHRIST died for the ungodly.

⁷ Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. 

⁸ But GOD demonstrates HIS (GOD’S) OWN LOVE FOR US in this: While we were still sinners, CHRIST died for us.

⁹ Since we have now been

·        justified by HIS blood, how much more shall we be

·        saved from GOD’s wrath through HIM! 

¹⁰ For if, while we were GOD’s enemies, 

·        we were reconciled to HIM through the death of HIS SON, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be

·        saved through HIS LIFE! 

·        ¹¹ Not only is this so, but we also boast in GOD through

·        OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, through WHOM we have now received RECONCILIATION.”

2020 for JESUS - Day 240: JESUS is FAITH... GRACE... GOD... THE GOD WHO GIVES LIFE TO THE DEAD... THE GOD WHO CALLS INTO BEING THINGS THAT WERE NOT... JESUS OUR LORD... RAISED TO LIFE FOR OUR JUSTIFICATION...

 

Romans 4:16-25

Abraham Justified by Faith (continued)

^16 “Therefore, the promise comes by FAITH, so that it may be by GRACE and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law but also to those who have the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all. 

¹⁷ As it is written: ‘I have made you a father of many nations.’

 He is our father in the sight of GOD, in whom he believed—THE GOD WHO GIVES LIFE TO THE DEAD AND CALLS INTO BEING THINGS THAT WERE NOT.  

¹⁸ Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, ‘So shall your offspring be.’

 ¹⁹ Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—and that Sarah’s womb was also dead. 

²⁰ Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of GOD, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to GOD, 

²¹ being fully persuaded that GOD had power to do what HE had promised. 

²² This is why ‘it was credited to him as RIGHTEOUSNESS.’ 

²³ The words ‘it was credited to him’ were written not for him alone, 

²⁴ but also for us, to whom GOD will credit RIGHTEOUSNESS—for us who believe in HIM WHO raised JESUS OUR LORD from the dead. 

²⁵ HE was delivered over to death for our sins and was RAISED TO LIFE FOR OUR JUSTIFICATION.” 

2020 for JESUS - Day 239: JESUS is GOD... RIGHTEOUSNESS... THE LORD... THE RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT COMES BY FAITH...

 

Romans 4:1-15

Abraham Justified by Faith

4 “What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, discovered in this matter? 

² If, in fact, Abraham was justified by works, he had something to boast about—but not before GOD. 

³ What does Scripture say?

‘Abraham believed GOD, and it was credited to him as RIGHTEOUSNESS.’

⁴ Now to the one who works, wages are not credited as a gift but as an obligation. 

⁵ However, to the one who does not work but trusts GOD WHO justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as RIGHTEOUSNESS. 

⁶ David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of the one to whom GOD credits RIGHTEOUSNESS apart from works:

⁷ ‘Blessed are those
    whose transgressions are forgiven,
    whose sins are covered.
⁸ Blessed is the one
    whose sin THE LORD will never count against them.’

⁹ Is this blessedness only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as RIGHTEOUSNESS. 

¹⁰ Under what circumstances was it credited? Was it after he was circumcised, or before? It was not after, but before! 

¹¹ And he received circumcision as a sign, a seal of the RIGHTEOUSNESS that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but have not been circumcised, in order that RIGHTEOUSNESS might be credited to them. 

¹² And he is then also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised but who also follow in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

¹³ It was not through the law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but through THE RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT COMES BY FAITH.  

 ¹⁴ For if those who depend on the law are heirs, faith means nothing and the promise is worthless, 

¹⁵ because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law there is no transgression.”

2020 for JESUS - Day 238: JESUS is THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD... THIS RIGHTEOUSNESS... JESUS CHRIST... THE GLORY OF GOD... GRACE... CHRIST JESUS... CHRIST... HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS... JUST... THE ONE WHO JUSTIFIES... FAITH... THE GOD OF THE JEWS... THE GOD OF THE GENTILES... ONE GOD... THIS FAITH...

Yes!  

JESUS is OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS, 
because of 

HIS FAITH and GRACE.  

Therefore, we can put our faith in HIM!

Romans 3:21-31

Righteousness Through Faith

^21 “But now apart from the law THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. 

²² THIS RIGHTEOUSNESS is given through faith in JESUS CHRIST to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, 

²³ for all have sinned and fall short of THE GLORY OF GOD, 

²⁴ and all are justified freely by HIS GRACE through the redemption that came by CHRIST JESUS. 

²⁵ GOD presented CHRIST as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of HIS blood—to be received by faith. HE did this to demonstrate HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, because in HIS forbearance HE had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished— 

²⁶ HE did it to demonstrate HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS at the present time, so as to be JUST and THE ONE WHO JUSTIFIES those who have faith in JESUS.

²⁷ Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires works? No, because of the law that requires FAITH. 

²⁸ For we maintain that a person is justified by FAITH apart from the works of the law. 

²⁹ Or is  GOD THE GOD OF THE JEWS only? Is he not THE GOD OF THE GENTILES too? Yes, of Gentiles too, 

³⁰ since there is only ONE GOD, who will justify the circumcised by FAITH and the uncircumcised through that same FAITH. 

³¹ Do we, then, nullify the law by THIS FAITH?

Not at all!

Rather, we uphold the law.”