all have sinned: all need God's grace

Good morning church,
Today's reading is an important one. Paul has laid out how gentiles have turned away from God to worship created things and, as a result, have plunged their society into sin and chaos. He then explained how Jews put their trust in their history and the presence of the law, without really following God. Here he brings this part of his case to conclusion: all have sinned and fallen short of God's calling. From their he explains that the point of the law is to show us that we aren't succeeding in following God because no one can live up to the full expectation of the law. We all sin, and the law shows us that we fall short.

With the world in sin God reached out to us to bring us back by Christ's death on the cross. Now we see Jesus' faithfulness and we see that God gives us forgiveness through him as a gift. We stand in front of God righteous by trusting in God. Just as we all fall short by relying on ourselves, we all become righteous by trusting in Christ. May you know the peace of trusting Jesus today.

God bless,
Sam

Romans 3:19-30

19Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced, and the whole world may be held accountable to God. 20For “no human being will be justified in his sight” by deeds prescribed by the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin. 21But now, apart from law, the righteousness of God has been disclosed, and is attested by the law and the prophets, 22the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe.


For there is no distinction, 23since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God; 24they are now justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25whom God put forward as a sacrifice of atonement by his blood, effective through faith. He did this to show his righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over the sins previously committed; 26it was to prove at the present time that he himself is righteous and that he justifies the one who has faith in Jesus.


27Then what becomes of boasting? It is excluded. By what law? By that of works? No, but by the law of faith. 28For we hold that a person is justified by faith apart from works prescribed by the law. 29Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, 30since God is one; and he will justify the circumcised on the ground of faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith. 31Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.