2 Corinthians 5:21 :“For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” Today’s Meditation:Jesus Christ is sinless, but He took over our sins and get punished for us. This makes us to become the righteousness of God in H...
But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms.Berean Literal BibleBut if our unrighteousness shows God's righteousness, what shall we say? God, inflicting the wrath, is un...
Matthew 6:33 :“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” Today’s Meditation:Here, it links both the kingdom and the righteousness of God together. One who received the kingdom of God lives in His righteousness. In another ...
But now apart from Law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, being borne witness to by the Law and the Prophets.King James BibleBut now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;New King James VersionBut now the righteousness...
Righteousness is an attribute that belongs to God, the Lawgiver, and is manifested in His laws. No man can be justified by his own works apart from God’s ordinance.
Take your pens and crayons and create some Bible art with these Bible verses about Truth. Remember that God is true and everything he says is true. God s word the Bible tells us the truth about so many things the truth about us, the truth about life and the truth about eternal life....
21:8). If these verses are to have their intended effect on our hearts, we must necessarily come to one of two conclusions — Either we are living unrighteous lives, walking in the flesh, and thus recognize our need for repentance and grace if we are to inherit the kingdom of God, ...
We learn the fear of the Lord as we are taught the connection between our disobedience and the pouring out of grace. Gal 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap Rom 5:20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. ...
N. T. Wright’s comment on these verses retains a number of these features but does so with a different framework of understanding. For Wright, God’s answer to the problem of Adamic humanity so graphically portrayed by Paul in 1:18 – 3:20 is the covenant with Abraham, the promise of...
Verses 1-4Our Lord next warned against hypocrisy and outward show in religious duties. What we do, must be done from an inward principle, that we may be approved of God, not that we may be praised of men. In these verses we are cautioned against hypocrisy in giving alms. Take heed ...