Romans 3:10-12 says, “As it is written, there is none righteous, no, not one. There is none who understands. There is none who seeks after God. They have all turned aside. They have together become unprofitable. There is none who does good, no, not one.” Romans 3:23 says, “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” Roman 6:23 says, “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
We never should forget from whence we came. We should never forget who we were before we came to Christ. Romans 5:6, “For when we were still without strength, ” — “without strength” means totally helpless — ”… in due time Christ died for who the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; Yet perhaps for a good man someone would dare to die.” We think this is backwards, because we don’t understand how they use these terms. “A righteous man” means a just man who will do what is required and nothing more. That’s it. The law demands this. I’ll do it, but nothing more. The “good man” is the man who would always go above and beyond. So for a good man, somebody might die.
But Romans 5:8 says, “God demonstrates His love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Don’t forget where you came from — to realize that Christ died for ungodly men, and therefore to pray for those who are lost. This is our cry for America. This is our cry for the world — to pray that God, the Holy Spirit, might in some way break through the hardness of their heart and bring them to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.
Romans 5:9 says, “Much more than having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His son much more …” And by the way, this “much more” is a formula for argument the Hebrews called “kal vachomer.” Basically it has the idea “with greater strength.” So if God could die for us when we’re: 1) “without strength,” 2) “ungodly,” 3) “sinners,” and 4) “enemies.” If He can die for us and then reconcile us, how much more will He do for us now that we’re His children?
That’s the promise. How “much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved by His life?” We were saved for eternity through His death. But we’re saved moment by moment, day by day by His life. Because He lives and He sits at the right hand of the Father. And He is interceding for us on a daily basis. And that’s why we have the opportunity to continue to grow in grace and truth. What a great blessing! Don’t forget where you came from.
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