SEPTEMBER 23 - JUSTIFIED BY FAITH
READ Romans 5
“Having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ” (v. 1).
INSIGHT
Paul spells out in specific terms how our salvation is accomplished. We learn that “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). We also discover that “God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8). “Sin entered the world” through Adam "and death through sin,” for all sinned (5:12). But salvation is offered to all through the God-Man, Jesus Christ. We can escape death by trusting in Christ as our Redeemer.
PRAYER
Praise the Son for His glorious sacrifice on the cross:
Adopt the same attitude as that of Christ Jesus, who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God as something to be exploited. Instead he emptied himself by assuming the form of a servant, taking on the likeness of humanity. And when he had come as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death — even to death on a cross (Philippians 2:5-8).
Pray this confession to the Lord as you seek to keep your life free from sin:
Be gracious to me, God,
According to your faithful love;
According to your abundant compassion,
Blot out my rebellion.
The sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken spirit.
You will not despise a broken and humbled heart, God
(Psalm 51:1, 17).
Confess any sins that the Holy Spirit brings to your mind, and pray this affirmation to the Lord:
For the love of Christ compels us, since we have reached this conclusion, that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for the one who died for them and was raised
(2 Corinthians 5:14-15).
As you make your requests known to the Lord, include:
Offer this closing prayer to the Lord:
For this reason God highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow — in heaven and on earth and under the earth — and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father (Philippians 2:9-11).
“Having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ” (v. 1).
INSIGHT
Paul spells out in specific terms how our salvation is accomplished. We learn that “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). We also discover that “God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8). “Sin entered the world” through Adam "and death through sin,” for all sinned (5:12). But salvation is offered to all through the God-Man, Jesus Christ. We can escape death by trusting in Christ as our Redeemer.
PRAYER
Praise the Son for His glorious sacrifice on the cross:
Adopt the same attitude as that of Christ Jesus, who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God as something to be exploited. Instead he emptied himself by assuming the form of a servant, taking on the likeness of humanity. And when he had come as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death — even to death on a cross (Philippians 2:5-8).
Pray this confession to the Lord as you seek to keep your life free from sin:
Be gracious to me, God,
According to your faithful love;
According to your abundant compassion,
Blot out my rebellion.
The sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken spirit.
You will not despise a broken and humbled heart, God
(Psalm 51:1, 17).
Confess any sins that the Holy Spirit brings to your mind, and pray this affirmation to the Lord:
For the love of Christ compels us, since we have reached this conclusion, that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for the one who died for them and was raised
(2 Corinthians 5:14-15).
As you make your requests known to the Lord, include:
- An attitude of gratefulness
- Unsaved family members
- Your activities for the day
Offer this closing prayer to the Lord:
For this reason God highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow — in heaven and on earth and under the earth — and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father (Philippians 2:9-11).
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