Wednesday February 15
Bible Reading: Romans 3: 9 - 20
Topic: The Illegality Of Legalism
A Law Student told a story
of how one of their Lecturers taught them "the Legality of Illegal Regimes
In Africa."
According to him, the
message of that topic was to justify a "successful coup"
In the event of a military
coup overthrowing a democratically elected government, the ability of the law to
confer legality on the military action is solely dependent on whether the coup
was successful or not. If the coup was not successful, those who masterminded
the overthrow would be tried for treason and summarily executed.
But God is different.
In our text today, the
central message is that by our legalistic righteousness we cannot please God,
"for by the deeds of the law shall no flesh be justified in His Sight for
by the law is the knowledge of sin" (v. 20)
It is by faith through
grace that we are justified before God so that no man shall boast in the Sight
of God.
That is how to please God
and not by legalistic self-righteousness which is actually illegal in the Sight
of God, in the light of of the law of justification by faith through grace.
Prayer:
Lord, show me the misery
of my legalistic, self righteousness and deliver me from that so that I may be
justified in Your sight, Amen
Memory verse: Romans 3: 20
"Therefore by the
deeds of the law, there shall no flesh be justified in His Sight; for by the
law is the knowledge of sin"
Source:
The Daily Fountain
(The Daily Devotional Guide of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion)
(The Daily Devotional Guide of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion)
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