But now God’s righteousness has been revealed apart from the Law, which is confirmed by the Law and the Prophets. God’s righteousness comes through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ for all who have faith in him. There’s no distinction. All have sinned and fall short of God’s glory, but all are treated as righteous freely by his grace because of a ransom that was paid by Christ Jesus. Through his faithfulness, God displayed Jesus as the place of sacrifice where mercy is found by means of his blood. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness in passing over sins that happened before, during the time of God’s patient tolerance. He also did this to demonstrate that he is righteous in the present time, and to treat the one who has faith in Jesus as righteous. What happens to our bragging? It’s thrown out. With which law? With what we have accomplished under the Law? No, not at all, but through the law of faith. We consider that a person is treated as righteous by faith, apart from what is accomplished under the Law. Or is God the God of Jews only? Isn’t God the God of Gentiles also? Yes, God is also the God of Gentiles. Since God is one, then the one who makes the circumcised righteous by faith will also make the one who isn’t circumcised righteous through faith. Do we then cancel the Law through this faith? Absolutely not! Instead, we confirm the Law. (Romans 3:21-31, CEB)
God’s righteousness comes through the faithfulness of Christ.
We have all fallen short of the mark God set for us. We do not measure up. But does that mean we just give up?
Not at all. God came to be with us in Jesus and showed us the mark is obtainable. All be it very hard and impossible for us, as we are constantly focused on our own self-awareness and well-being rather than that of others.
We need to trust God and follow where they leads us. We need to have faith in the process and know that we will always fall short and look to ourselves, but God made a way and has shown us how to live.
All are accepted because God made a way.
Love like Jesus.
Loving People. Loving God.
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