Prayer – Lord, open my eyes and my heart to Your truth
and sacrifice for me…for my sin. Thank you for Your obedience. I am helpless
without You.
When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just
the right time and died for us sinners. Now, most people would not be willing
to die for an upright person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die
for a person who is especially good. But God showed his great love for us by
sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. And since we have
been made right in God's sight by the blood of Christ, he will certainly save
us from God's condemnation. For since our friendship with God was restored by
the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be
saved through the life of his Son. So now we can rejoice in our wonderful new
relationship with God because our Lord Jesus Christ has made us friends of God.
Romans 5:6-11
Meditate. When is the “right time?”
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You only have to look to the Lord Jesus Christ for safety,
security, and hope. By His obedience we are saved, thus securing protection
from evil forces that try to attack us—a constant threat on our spiritual life.
For we are not
fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and
authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and
against evil spirits in the heavenly places. Ephesians 6:12
It is likely that those evil powers are the ones making us
feel utterly helpless. So Paul’s letter to the Romans in this scripture
passage today can give us confidence in our future, if we believe in Jesus
Christ as our Savior. He gave up a lot—His home in Heaven and His relationship
with His Father, temporarily, to take our sins to the cross—so we could be
forgiven and pure once again—like the first Adam before the he ate that forbidden
fruit and like Jesus. So now we can rejoice in our wonderful new
relationship with God because our Lord Jesus Christ has made us friends of God.
How Can You Be Released from Sin? Just believe in Jesus
Christ as your Savior.
Verse of Salvation ~ For since our friendship with God
was restored by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will
certainly be saved through the life of his Son. Romans 5:10
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