DAILY WALK WITH CHRIST. +

THURSDAY, 11TH JANUARY

ROMANS 9:30-33
[30]What does all this mean? Even though the Gentiles were not trying to follow God’s standards, they were made right with God. And it was by faith that this took place.
[31]But the people of Israel, who tried so hard to get right with God by keeping the law, never succeeded.
[32]Why not? Because they were trying to get right with God by keeping the law instead of by trusting in him. They stumbled over the great rock in their path.
[33]God warned them of this in the Scriptures when he said, “I am placing a stone in Jerusalem that makes people stumble, a rock that makes them fall. But anyone who trusts in him will never be disgraced.”

TOPIC: A ROCK THAT MAKES THEM FALL

People must take the right path to entering the righteousness of God. The Jews had a worthy goal –to honor God. But they tried to achieve it the wrong way by legalistically obeying the law. They wanted to serve God on their own terms because God’s term, Jesus did not make sense to them. They would rather earn their salvation by works, so the stumbled over Christ whose values oppose their beliefs. We may think that attending church, doing church work, giving offerings and being good is enough. Paul speaks strongly that this approach never succeeds. You can be saved only by putting your faith in what Jesus Christ has done. If you do that, you will never be put to shame or disappointed. Yield to God through faith in Christ.

REFLECTION Busyness is NOT godliness, be warned!

PRAYER Thank you Lord, for Jesus, the access to your righteousness. Amen.