Daily Devotional

January 16th 2025

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THURSDAY

But in our time something new has been added. What Moses and the prophets witnessed to all those years has happened…Since we’ve compiled this long and sorry record as sinners (both us and them) and proved that we are utterly incapable of living the glorious lives God wills for us, God did it for us. Out of sheer generosity He put us in right standing with Himself. A pure gift. He got us out of the mess we’re in and restored us to where He always wanted us to be. And He did it by means of Jesus Christ. –Romans 3:21, 23, 24 (MSG)

Paul tells us that the righteousness of God is made evident to us in ways “apart from the Law.”

The present demonstration of the righteousness of God is that to which the law bears witness. By that covenant, we all stand condemned. But, while the Law confirms our inability to attain righteousness by our own effort, it also promises a righteousness that God Himself provides. That righteousness is revealed through the Person and work of Jesus Christ. It is a righteousness given to us as a gift, on the basis of faith, not works.

“Redemption” refers to the price paid and the debt canceled due to Christ’s sacrificial death on Calvary. This is the justice of God. He has set us free through Christ, but He has not done so by setting aside the rules. He has set us free in Christ by satisfying the demands of God’s justice in Christ. Due to sin, a penalty was to be meted out and a price was to be paid. Christ paid that price and suffered that penalty (redemption).

The penalty Jesus endured on our behalf was suffered publicly (Romans 3:24-26). God had passed over many of our sins. The most dramatic illustration of this is seen in the annual Day of Atonement (Leviticus 16), when punishment for the sins of Israel was delayed yet another year (Hebrews 9:1–10:18). But God publicly demonstrated His righteousness in the sacrificial death of Jesus, in our place.

In the Person of Christ, sin was publicly punished so that the righteousness of God might be demonstrated, for all to see. And that’s good news!

Prayer: Lord, we thank You for Your grace, which ushers in our salvation in the Person of our Lord, Jesus. We thank You that, in His atoning death, He has satisfied Your Justice and through His resurrection, He has redeemed us and secured for each of us the opportunity to be saved. As we go today, help us to be secure in the knowledge that the justification that has been made available to us and is needed by all of us has covered our sin problem and cleansed us our unrighteousness. In the name of our Christ, we pray. AMEN!

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