Thursday February 16
Bible Reading: Romans 3: 21 - 31
Topic: The Prerogative Of Mercy
Constitutionally, every
State Governor and the President have the power to pardon a convict.
That power to pardon a
convict is called the prerogative of mercy.
If you follow current
affairs you will remember the pardon the former President Goodluck Jonathan
granted to the now late Alemiyesigha the former Governor of Bayelsa State.
Alamiyesigha was a convict but when Goodluck became the President, perhaps to
appreciate Alamiyesigha for choosing him as the Deputy Governor then, Goodluck
pardoned Alamiyesigha.
And the implication was that all the guilt and conviction were
quashed and Alamiyesigha became legally clear as if he never committed any
crime.
In our text, we see that
we are ".... justified freely by His Grace through the redemption that is
in Christ Jesus." (v. 24)
The meaning is that by
God's Law and standard of righteousness, we have been "tried" and
found "guilty", but by His Prerogative of Mercy, He has pardoned us,
absolved us of our sins and counted us as worthy of His mercy.
This we can get by grace
through faith when we penitently seek His pardon and when we get it, we preserve
it by humility because it was grace that brought in God's Prerogative of Mercy.
Prayer:
Lord, exercise Your
prerogative of mercy over my life and give me the grace to maintain Your pardon
through humility and consistent walk with Thee, Amen
Memory verse: Romans 3: 23
"For all have sinned
and come short of the Glory of God"
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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