JESUS SAID, "I AM THE WAY AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE. NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME. THE WORDS I SAY TO YOU ARE NOT JUST MY OWN. RATHER, IT IS THE FATHER, LIVING IN ME, WHO IS DOING HIS WORK. BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY THAT I AM IN THE FATHER AND THE FATHER IS IN ME. TODAY I BELIEVE THAT CHRIST IS IN THE FATHER, AND I AM IN CHRIST, AND CHRIST IS IN ME.
THIS IS WHAT I BELIEVE WITH ALL MY SPIRITUAL HEART, ALL MY SPIRITUAL MIND, ALL MY SPIRITUAL SOUL.
"CHRIST SAID: I AM THE VINE; YOU ARE THE BRANCHES. IF A MAN REMAINS IN ME AND I IN HIM, HE WILL BEAR MUCH FRUIT; APART FROM ME YOU CAN DO NOTHING. IF YOU REMAIN IN ME AND MY WORDS REMAIN IN YOU, ASK WHATEVER YOU WISH, AND IT WILL BE GIVEN YOU. (John 15:5,7)
GOD THIS IS WHAT I ASK OF YOU TODAY, THAT ALL MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE LORD UNDERSTAND THAT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD COMES THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST TO ALL WHO BELIEVE. FAITH COMES FROM HEARING THE MESSAGE, AND THE MESSAGE IS HEARD THROUGH THE WORD OF CHRIST.
"NOW I KNOW THAT WHATEVER THE LAW SAYS, IT SAYS TO THOSE WHO ARE UNDER THE LAW . THAT EVERY MOUTH MAY BE STOPPED, AND ALL THE WORLD MAY BECOME GUILITY BEFORE GOD. THEREFORE BY THE DEEDS OF THE LAW - OR RELIGION NO FLESH WILL BE JUSTIFIED IN GOD'S SIGHT, FOR BY THE LAW - OR RELIGION IS THE KNOWLEDGE OF SIN. BUT NOW THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD APART FROM THE LAW - OR RELIGION IS REVEALED, BEING WITNESSED BY THE LAW - OR RELIGION AND THE PROPHETS, EVEN THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD, THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST, TO ALL AND ON ALL WHO BELIEVE. FOR THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE; FOR ALL HAVE SINNED AND FALL SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD.
BEING JUSTIFIED FREELY BY GOD'S GRACE THROUGH THE REDEMPTION THAT CAME BY CHRIST JESUS. GOD PRESENTED CHRIST AS A SACRIFICE OF ATONEMENT, THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST'S BLOOD. GOD DID THIS TO DEMONSTRATE GOD'S JUSTICE, BECAUSE IN GOD'S FORBEARANCE GOD HAD LEFT THE SINS COMMITTED BEFOREHAND UNPUNISHED - GOD DID IT TO DEMONSTRATE GOD'S JUSTICE AT THE PRESENT TIME, SO AS TO BE JUST AND THE ONE WHO JUSTIFIES THOSE WHO HAVE FAITH IN JESUS. WHERE IS BOASTING THEN? IT IS EXCLUDED. BY WHAT LAW? OF WORKS? NO, BUT BY THE LAW OF FAITH. FAITH IS A LAW!
THEREFORE I CONCLUDE THAT A MAN IS JUSTIFIED BY FAITH APART FROM THE DEEDS OF THE LAW . IS GOD THE GOD OF THE JEW ONLY? IS GOD NOT THE GOD OF THE GENTILE TOO? YES, OF THE GENTILES TOO, SINCE THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD, WHO WILL JUSTIFY THE CIRCUMCISED BY FAITH AND THE UNCIRCUMCISED THROUGH THAT SAME FAITH. DO I, THEN, NULLIFY THE LAW BY THIS FAITH, NOT AT ALL! RATHER, I UPHOLD THE LAW THROUGH THIS FAITH! (Rom.3:19-31)
"I HAVE BECOME THE CHURCH'S SERVANT BY THE COMMISSION GOD GAVE ME TO PRESENT TO YOU THE WORD OF GOD IN ITS FULLNESS - THE MYSTERY THAT HAS BEEN KEPT HIDDEN FOR AGES AND GENERATIONS, BUT IS NOW DISCLOSED TO THE SAINTS. TO THEM GOD HAS CHOSEN TO MAKE KNOWN AMONG THE GENTILES THE GLORIOUS RICHES OF THIS MYSTERY, WHICH IS CHRIST IN YOU, THE HOPE OF GLORY." (Col.1:25-27)
"MAY THE GOD OF PEACE, WHO THROUGH THE BLOOD OF THE ETERNAL COVENANT BROUGHT BACK FROM THE DEAD OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THAT GREAT SHEPHERD OF THE SHEEP, EQUIP ME WITH EVERYTHING GOOD FOR DOING GOD'S WILL, AND MAY GOD WORK IN ME WHAT IS PLEASING TO GOD, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, TO WHOM BE GLORY FOR EVER AND EVER." AMEN! (Heb.13:20-21)
"CHRIST IS THE PATTERN FOR MY LIFE, AND GOD IS TRANSFORMING ME TO THE PATTERN. SO I SAY THANKS BE TO GOD." AMEN!
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