Good News!
Weekend Gospel message to follow for All Hands (02-04APR21)
Heads-Up
--- Please find enclosed encouragement in SO
GREAT SALVATION by
the perfect and finished work of our Lord Jesus Christ in saving
poor, needy and wretched sinners by His sovereign free grace -God's
unmerited favor-
from our sins and from Hell:
MY STANDING IN CHRIST
"There
is not a just man upon the earth, that doeth good, and sinneth
not"(Ecclesiastes
7:20). The word "just" means righteous. We know that
the Lord’s people are righteous in Christ, and yet, the inspired
writer says that not even a justified person"doeth good
and sinneth not." All believers are aware of our
sinfulness knowing that"all our righteousnesses are as
filthy rags"(Isaiah
64:6), therefore we petition the Lord for fresh supplies of
pardoning grace(1 John 1:9).
While the reality of our wretchedness is ever before us, let us
rejoice in the deliverance of sin by the sacrificial obedience of the
Lord Jesus Christ which is the sole basis upon which God remains just
and justifies the ungodly. It is certainly true that,"in
me(that is, in my flesh)dwelleth no good thing"(Romans
7:18), and therefore nothing good can come forth from me.
However, it is also true that I am accepted and declared to be the
righteousness of God in Christ(2
Corinthians 5:21). As my sins were imputed to Him, so His
righteousness has been imputed to me. I still mourn over my sins, but
I must not sink into depression as though there were no hope. Let me
rise from the despair of remorse to rejoice in my Substitute and
Savior for He paid my debt and satisfied all the requirements
necessary for my salvation. I praise Christ Who"loved me
and gave Himself for me"(Galatians
2:20). The Father is well pleased with Him, and with me
because of Him.
-preacher
Jim Byrd
https://www.sermonaudio.com/source_detail.asp?sourceid=13thstbaptist
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