27 Then what becomes of boasting? It is excluded. By what law? By that of works? No, but by the law of faith. 28 For we hold that a person is justified by faith apart from works prescribed by the law.
THOUGHTS:
What becomes of boasting, bragging, arrogance, pride, and showing off? It is excluded. Why?
Well, what could we possibly have to brag about? We aren't perfect. We all screw up sometimes. Yet we've been redeemed in the suffering death and resurrection of Christ Jesus. We don't get any of the credit for receiving this free gift, because we didn't have to do anything to get it! God sees us as righteous because we have been clothed in the righteousness of Christ.
What do you do with this amazing gift?
PRAYER:
O Lord, thank you for clothing is with righteousness we could never earn. Help us to live lives of thankfulness, that we might always remember that all we have is yours. For the sake of Jesus the Christ, AMEN.
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