The Word of God for wisdom:
Proverbs 19:14 (HCSB)
14 A house and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a sensible wife is from the LORD.
The Word of God for inspiration:
Psalm 12:6 (HCSB)
6 The words of the LORD are pure words, like silver refined in an earthen furnace, purified seven times.
The Word of God for encouragement:
Romans 3:21-26 (HCSB)
21 But now, apart from the law, God's righteousness has been revealed—attested by the Law and the Prophets
22 —that is, God's righteousness through faith in Jesus Christ, to all who believe, since there is no distinction.
23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
24 They are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
25 God presented Him as a propitiation through faith in His blood, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His restraint God passed over the sins previously committed.
26.⌊God presented Him] to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be righteous and declare righteous the one who has faith in Jesus.
My observation:
I am so glad that God the judge became God the Savior. I don't know about you, but I agree that I was a sinner who needed a Savior. If we look in the mirror, and that is what the Laws of God are, and we are honest we would have to agree with this truth.
Romans 3:22b -23 (HCSB)
…since there is not distinction. For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
Paul said in another letter that the law is our tutor to bring us to faith in Christ. The law shows us our sins, but we don't use the mirror to wash our face. Only the blood of Jesus can wash away our sins. Only Jesus can make us righteous in the sight of God.
Has God declared you righteous because of your faith in Jesus Christ? It should have been me, and you who died. But God came and took my place, and your place. Have you, by faith, accepted your pardon?
Galatians 3:24 (HCSB)
24 The law, then, was our guardian until Christ, so that we could be justified by faith.
My prayer:
Our Father in heaven, my dear Father, I am so grateful that you are the giver of the law, the judge of the law, and the Savior who paid in full my sin debt; a debt I owed, but could not afford to pay.
Father God, I thank you that Jesus paid it all, and I will forever be indebted to him because of what Jesus did for me; when at Calvary he covered all of my sins. Only a God like you could make a sinner a saint. All I can say is thank you Jesus, thank you God. Amen.
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16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is God's power for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, and also to the Greek.
17 For in it God's righteousness is revealed from faith to faith, just as it is written: The righteous will live by faith.
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