Every day in the God's Word

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

SATURDAY JUNE 13, 2026.

SUBJECT: OUR BOAST IS ONLY IN OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST!

Memory verse: "For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that is not of yourselves; it is the gift kf God," (Ephesians 2 vs 8.)

READ: Romans 3 vs 27 - 31:

3:27: Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith. 

3:28: Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law. 

3:29: Or is He the God of the Jews only? Is He not also the God of the Gentiles? Yes of the Gentiles also,

3:30: since there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith. 

3:31: Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law. 

INTIMATION:

We become Christians through God's unmerited grace, not as the result of any effort, ability, intelligent choice, or act of service on our part. However, out of gratitude for this free gift, we will seek to help and serve others with kindness, love, and gentleness, and not merely to please ourselves. While no action or work we do can help us obtain salvation, God's intention is that our salvation will result in acts of service. We are not saved merely for our own benefit but to serve Christ and build up the church--the body of Christ. 

The plan of salvation was initiated by God without any meritoriously devised good works of man or perfect keeping of the law. Because man could not live in a manner to save themselves, salvation had to be by grace in conjunction with man's faith response. God extended grace to man regardless of the sin of man. In this way, therefore, grace is a gift. It is a gift because it was not given as a payment of debt by God to those who demanded such through their meritorious keeping of law and good works. The law of works demanded that man live flawlessly in order to gain his acquittal from sin. 

The condition upon which the grace of God is made effective for the salvation of man is that one must receive or accept the free gift. For this reason, the effect of God's grace in reference to the salvation of man must be conditioned on the response of man. If grace was without condition toward all men, then all men would thus be saved without having to respond. All humanity would thus be saved while living after the course of this world. Therefore, the application of grace in one's life must be based on some condition. The condition is obedient faith, and thus we are saved by grace through obedience of faith. Our obedient faith is our response to the grace of God. 

God's grace is not subsidized by our works, it is not perfected or completed by our works. Works are the response to grace. Christians work, not in order to be saved, but because they are saved. Therefore, we only boast in the Lord Jesus Christ who made the availability of the grace to man through the cross. 

When someone gives you a gift, do you say, "That's very nice--now how much do I owe you?" No, the appropriate response to a gift is "Thank you." Yet how often Christians, even after they have been given the gift of salvation, feel obligated to try to work their way to God. Because our salvation and even our faith are gifts, we should respond with gratitude, praise, and joy. 

Most religions require specific duties that must be performed to make a person acceptable to a god. Christianity is unique in that no good that we do will make us right with God. No amount of human achievement or personal goodness will close the gap between God's moral perfection and our imperfect daily performance. Good deeds are important, but they will not earn us eternal life. Because of grace God initiated the cross. Therefore, no man can boast in order to claim that he earned God's grace. We are saved only by trusting in what God has done for us through Jesus Christ. 

Why does God save us by faith alone? (1) Faith eliminates the pride of human effort, because faith is not a deed that we do. (2) Faith exalts what God has done not what we do. (3) Faith admits that we can't keep the law or measure up to God's standards--we need help. (4) Faith is based on our relationship with God, not our performance for God. 

Acceptable faith responds to the actions of God to save man. Law, therefore, is not aborted by faith. The fact is that when faith responds to the work of God through the cross, the faithful seek respond to the directions of God. In this way, therefore, those who are of faith seek God's directions. 

We love because He loved us first (First John 4 vs 19). Therefore, Jesus said, "If you love Me, keep My commandments" (John 14 vs 15). In this way law is established. It is established in the hearts of those who respond by faith and love because they seek to return the love that was manifested toward them through the cross. Consequently, those who obediently respond to the grace of God, seek to obey God's directions, and thus law is established in their lives. 

Prayer: Abba Father, thank You for our privilege of election by Your grace, for Your justification of the elect, for Christ's propitiation for our sins, for our redemption in Christ. You demonstrated Your love for us on the cross. Give me the enablement to keep Your commandments in response to Your love, and give me the grace to be steadfast in following You to the end, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed, Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!

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Who Killed Jesus?

 Who Killed Jesus?

He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? (Romans 8:32) 

One of my friends who used to be a pastor in Illinois was preaching to a group of prisoners in a state prison during Holy Week several years ago. At one point in his message, he paused and asked the men if they knew who killed Jesus. 

Some said the soldiers did. Some said the Jews did. Some said Pilate. After there was silence, my friend said simply, “His Father killed him.” 

That’s what the first half of Romans 8:32 says: God did not spare his own Son but handed him over — to death. “This Jesus [was] delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God” (Acts 2:23). Isaiah 53 puts it even more bluntly, “We esteemed him stricken, smitten by God. . . . It was the will of the Lord to crush him; he (his Father!) has put him to grief” (Isaiah 53:4, 10).

Or as Romans 3:25 says, “God put [him] forward as a propitiation by his blood.” Just as Abraham lifted the knife over the chest of his son Isaac, but then spared his son because there was a ram in the thicket, so God the Father lifted his knife over the chest of his own Son, Jesus — but did not spare him, because he was the ram; he was the substitute.

God did not spare his own Son, because it was the only way he could spare us and still be a just and holy God. The guilt of our transgressions, the punishment of our iniquities, the curse of our sin would have brought us inescapably to the destruction of hell. But God did not spare his own Son; he gave him up to be pierced for our transgressions, and crushed for our iniquities, and crucified for our sins. 

This verse — Romans 8:32 — is the most precious verse in the Bible to me because the foundation of the all-encompassing promise of God’s future grace is that the Son of God bore in his body all my punishment and all my guilt and all my condemnation and all my blame and all my fault and all my corruption, so that I might stand before a great and holy God, forgiven, reconciled, justified, accepted, and the beneficiary of unspeakable promises of pleasure forever and ever at his right hand.

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Every day in the God's Word

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

FRIDAY JUNE 12, 2026.

SUBJECT: WHY THE LAW WAS GIVEN!

Memory verse: "What purpose then does the law serve? It was added because of transgressions, till the Seed should come to whom the promise was made, and it was appointed through angels by the hand of a mediator." (Galatians 3 vs 19.) 

READ: Romans 7 vs 7 - 9:

7:7: What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, “You shall not covet.”

7:8: But sin, taking opportunity by the commandment, produced in me all manner of evil desire. For apart from the law sin was dead.

7:9: I was alive once without law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died.

INTIMATION: 

The ostensible aim of the law is to restrain the evil tendencies natural to man in his fallen estate. Yet in experience law finds itself not merely ineffective, it actually provokes those tendencies to greater activity. 

In the passage we read today, the apostle Paul says that he would not have known that sin existed in his life unless the law stated that his behavior was against the law. Therefore, the law “was added because of transgressions” (Galatians 3 vs 19). It made us realize that we were all sinners (Romans 3 vs 23). When men followed after the lusts of the flesh, the coming of the law exemplified the sinful behavior of the individual. 

When there was no law, one would not be aware of the intensity of the sin of his life. Where there is no law, there is no violation of law. Without the presence of the written law, one is deceived into thinking that his life is right with God. Where there is no law, there is no sin, because people cannot know that their actions are sinful unless a law forbids those actions. God’s law makes people realize that they are sinners doomed to die, yet it offers no help. Sin is real, and it is dangerous. 

Imagine a sunny day at the beach. You plunge into the surf, then you notice a sign on the pier: “No swimming, Sharks.” Your day is ruined. Is it the sign’s fault? Are you angry with the people who put it up? The law is like the sign. It is essential, and we are grateful for it—but it doesn’t get rid of the sharks.

The law still has an important role to play in the life of a Christian. The law (1) guards us from sin by giving us standards for behavior; (2) convicts us of sin, leaving us the opportunity to ask for God’s forgiveness, and (3) drives us to trust in the sufficiency of Christ, because we can never keep the "Ten Commandments" perfectly. The law cannot possibly save us. But after we become Christians, it can guide us to live as God requires. 

God gave rules to His people for some reasons. He did not withhold good from them; He only prohibited those acts that would bring them to ruin. All of us understand God’s physical laws of nature. For example, jumping off a 10-storey building means death because of the law of gravity. 

But some of us don’t understand how God’s spiritual laws work. God forbids us to do certain things because He wants to keep us from self-destruction. The next time you are drawn to a forbidden physical or emotional pleasure, remind yourself that it’s consequences might be suffering and separation from God, Who is trying to help you.

Most of us chafe under rules, for we think they restrict us from doing what we want. But God’s laws were given to free us to be all He wants us to be. They restrict us from doing what might cripple us and keep us from being our best. God’s guidelines help us follow His path and avoid paths that lead to destruction.

In the Old Testament there were three categories of law: ceremonial, civil, and moral: (1) The ceremonial law related specifically to Israel’s worship. Its primary purpose was to point forward to Jesus Christ; these laws, therefore, were no longer necessary after Jesus’ death and resurrection. While we are no longer bound by ceremonial law, the principles behind them—to worship and love a holy God—still apply.

(2)) The civil law applied to daily living in Israel. Because modern society and culture are so radically different from that time and setting, all of these guidelines cannot be followed specifically. But the principles behind the commands are timeless and should guide our conduct. Jesus demonstrated these principles by example.

(3) The moral law (such as the Ten Commandments) is the direct command from God, and it requires strict obedience. The moral law reveals the nature and Will of God, and it still applies today. Jesus obeyed the moral law completely,

The functions of God’s law is first, to show us where we go wrong. Because of the law, we know that we are helpless sinners and that we must come to Jesus Christ for mercy. Second, the moral code revealed in the law can serve to guide our actions by holding up God’s moral standards. We do not earn salvation by keeping the law (no one except Jesus ever kept or could keep God’s law perfectly), but we do please God when our life conforms to His revealed Will for us.

We miss the intent of God’s Word when we read His rules for living without trying to understand why He made them. Most people do keep God’s rules but close their eyes to His intent. For example, God’s moral and ceremonial laws were given to help people love God with all their hearts and minds. 

Prayer: Abba Father, Your law is holy, good, and just; a great compass to direct my path in life in righteousness and moral uprightness with You. Though meritorious law-keeping cannot earn me salvation but enables me to be in constant fellowship with You after been saved by grace in Jesus Christ. Empower me in my inner man to live above those presumptuous sins that usually have dominion over me that I may lead a life pleasing to You at all times, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed, Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!

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Help My Unbelief

 Help My Unbelief

For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. (Romans 12:3)

In the context of this verse, Paul is concerned that people were thinking of themselves “more highly than [they] ought to think.” His final remedy for this pride is to say that not only are spiritual gifts a work of God’s free grace in our lives, but so also is the very faith with which we use those gifts. “. . . each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.”

This means that every possible ground of boasting is taken away from us. How can we boast if even the qualification for receiving gifts is also a gift?

This truth has a profound impact on how we pray. Jesus gives us the example in Luke 22:31–32. Before Peter denies him three times Jesus says to him, “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.” 

Jesus prays for Peter’s faith to be sustained even through the sin of denial, because he knows that God is the one who gives faith. So we should pray the way Jesus did — for ourselves and for others that God would sustain our faith. 

Thus, the man with the epileptic son cried out, “I believe; help my unbelief!” (Mark 9:24). This is a good prayer. It acknowledges that without God we cannot believe as we ought to believe.

Let us pray daily, “O Lord, thank you for my faith. Sustain it. Strengthen it. Deepen it. Don’t let it fail. Make it the power of my life, so that in everything I do, you get the glory as the great Giver. Amen.”

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Every day in the God's Word

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

THURSDAY JUNE 11, 2026.

SUBJECT: GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS THROUGH FAITH!

Memory verse: "For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith, as it is written, "The just shall live by faith." (Romans 1 vs 17.)

READ: Romans 3 vs 21 - 26:

3:21: But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, 

3:22: even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all who believe. For there is no difference, 

3:23: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 

3:24: being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 

3:25: whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, 

3:26: to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. 

INTIMATION:

Through the Sinai law and the prophets the promises were made by God to save mankind. And through His faithfulness the promises were accomplished. The promises were not fulfilled because of man's perfect obedience of law, but because of the grace of God to do such regardless of the sinfulness of man, and it was in the plan of God from the beginning.

All humanity, because of sin, has fallen short of that which is required for one to dwell in the presence of God. The result of law is that we are made sinners. The result of sin is separation from God. And the result of separation from God is spiritual death which eventually lead to a second death. 

The righteousness of God means essentially the same as His faithfulness, or truthfulness, which is consistent with His own nature and promises. Also, it is the justification of those who obediently respond to the grace of God that was revealed on the cross through the death of Jesus on the cross as a propitiation for our sins. 

God is just because He has revealed the means by which men can be made righteous. From the Scriptures we read today, His righteousness is exibited in the death of Christ, which is sufficient to show man that God is neither indifferent to sin nor regards it lightly. On the contrary, it demonstrats that quality of holiness in Him which must find expression in His condemnation of sin. And ensures that the right penalty of death is paid for sin as it is in His law. 

The gospel shows both how righteous God is in His plan for us to be saved and also how we may be made fit for eternal life. By trusting Christ, our relationship with God is made right. From "faith to faith" means that from the start to finish God declares us to be right with Him because of faith and faith alone. As we trust God, we are saved, we have life both now and forever. 

It was through Jesus' faithfulness to go to the cross that the righteousness of God was accomplished. Man's justification was also accomplished because of the faith of those who believed in the cross; in the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ on the cross as a propitiation for our sins. Both the faithfulness of Jesus in going to the cross, and man's faith response to the cross, were necessary in order to accomplish God's eternal plan to reconcile men to Himself through Jesus. 

In Jesus' death on the cross, He was God's offering to appease His wrath that would eventually have to be poured out on sinners. In order for God to stand just in judgement of free-moral man, there had to be a choice for man to be saved from condemnation. Through the offering of the blood of Jesus, God gave that choice. 

Christ died in our place, for our sins. God is justifiably angry as sinners. They have rebelled against Him and cut themselves off from His life-giving power. But God declares Christ's death to be the appropriate, designated sacrifice for our sins. Christ then stands in our place, having paid the penalty of death for our sins, as He completely satisfies God's demands. His sacrifice brings pardon, deliverance, and freedom. 

There are two functions of God's law. First, it shows us where we go wrong. Because of the law, we know that we are helpless sinners and that we must come to Jesus Christ for mercy. Second, the moral code revealed in the law can serve to guide our actions by holding up God's moral standards. We do not earn salvation by keeping the law (no one except Christ ever kept or could keep God's law perfectly), but we do please God when our life conforms to His revealed Will for us. 

The Scriptures gave us the way to be declared not guilty--by trusting Jesus Christ to take away our sins. Trusting here means putting our confidence in Christ to forgive our sins, to make us right with God, and empower us to live the way He taught us. God's solution is available to all of us regardless of our background or past behavior. 

Therefore, we are saved by grace through faith in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross for our sins. The grace was freely given regardless of the spiritual condition of all humanity. It had to be freely given because man could not work in order to earn grace. Sin blocks any efforts to meritoriously earn the gift. Therefore, grace was given to take care of man's sin problem. Once justified from sin by grace, we are then reconciled again to His presence and glory. 

Some sins seem bigger than others because their obvious consequences are much more serious. Murder, for example, seems to us to be worse than hatred, and adultery seems worse than lust. But this doesn't mean that because we only commit "little" sin we deserve eternal life. All sins make us sinners, and all sins cut us off from our holy God. All sins, therefore, lead to death (because they disqualify us from living with God), regardless of how great or small they seem. Don't minimize "little" sins or overrate "big" sins. They all separate us from God, but they all can be forgiven. 

Prayer: Abba Father, thank You for our privilege of election by Your grace, for Your justification of the elect, for Christ's propitiation for our sins, for our redemption in Christ. Everlasting Father who showed us Your righteousness in keeping Your promise to save us, give me the grace to be steadfast in followiing You to the end, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed, Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!

Faith for the Future

 Faith for the Future

For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. (2 Corinthians 1:20)

If “all the promises of God find their Yes in [Jesus],” then to trust him now in the present is to believe that his promises will come true. 

Those are not two separate faiths — trusting him, and believing in his promises. Trusting Jesus — believing in Jesus for salvation — means believing that he keeps his word. Being satisfied in the crucified and risen Jesus includes the belief that at every future moment, to all eternity, nothing will separate us from his love, or keep him from working all things together for our good. And that “good” is ultimately seeing and savoring the beauty and worth of God in Christ as our supreme Treasure.

The confidence that this all-satisfying good will be there for us forever is based on all the glorious grace of the past, especially the grace that God did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all (Romans 8:32). 

We need to taste now the spiritual beauty of God in all his past achievements — especially the death and resurrection of Christ for our sins — and in all his promises. Rooted in this past grace, our confidence and trust lay hold on all that God himself will be for us in the next moment, and in the next month, and in the endless ages of eternity.

It is he and he alone who will satisfy the soul in the future. And we must be sure of this future, if we are to live the radical Christian lives that Christ calls us to live here and now. 

If our present enjoyment of Christ now — our present faith — does not have in it the Yes to all God’s promises, it will not embrace the power for radical service in the strength that God (in every future moment) will supply (1 Peter 4:11).

My prayer is that reflecting like this on the nature of faith in future grace will help us avoid superficial, oversimplified statements about believing the promises of God. It is a deep and wonderful thing.

Every day in the God's Word

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

WEDNESDAY JUNE 10, 2026.

SUBJECT: BECOMING LIKE CHRIST!

Memory verse: "Till we all come to the unity of the faith and knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ." (Ephesians 4 vs 13.)

READ: Ephesians 3 vs 16 - 19:

3:16: that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man,

3:17: that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

3:18: may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the width and length, and depth and height—

3:19: to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

INTIMATION:

God created us to grow. His ultimate goal is for us to mature and develop the characteristics of Jesus Christ. Becoming like Christ, is neither instant nor automatic; it is a gradual, progressive development that will take the rest of one's life. It calls for an intentional commitment. You must want to grow, decide to grow, make an effort to grow, and persist in growing. 

Discipleship—the process of becoming like Christ—always begins with a decision, the decision to respond when Jesus calls you. Even your response is not automatic, it may take some time. Peter, James, and John were called on three different occasions by Jesus Christ before they eventually got committed (John 1 vs 35 - 42, at the Sea of Galilee; Mark 1 vs 16 - 18, and at the Lake of Gennesaret; Luke 5 vs 1 - 11).

Accepting the invitation is all you need to start. When you accept the invitation, you become a work in progress. Your spiritual transformation commences, and developing the character of Jesus would take the rest of your life. And even then, it won't be completed here on earth. It will only be finished when you get to heaven or when Jesus returns. At that point, whatever unfinished work on your character would be wrapped up.

Sadly, millions of Christians grow older but never grow up. They are stuck in perpetual spiritual infancy, remaining in diapers and booties. The reason is that they never intended to grow. They never allow the world to pass through them while passing through the world. The Word of God they hear, the people they interact with, and the circumstances they encounter in life hardly influence them from shifting their position. 

God is more interested in building your character than He is in anything else. God is more interested in what you are than in what you do or what you have. We are human beings, not human doings. God is much more concerned about your character than your career or any other thing, because you only take your character to eternity. There can be many different careers that could be in God's Will for your life, but His utmost care is that whatever you do, you do it in a Christlike manner: (First Corinthians 10 vs 31; Colossians 3 vs 17; Colossians 3 vs 23.) 

The Scripture in First Corinthians 16 vs 14 says, “Let all you do be done with love.” In becoming like Christ, our actions must be motivated by God’s love, and His love will so permeate our motives that all we do would be for His glory, that is, “doing all in the name of the Lord Jesus." And for it to be our guiding principle, we would always ask, "Is this action glorifying God?" or "How can I honor God through this action?" You endeavor to do things to bring honor to Christ in every aspect and activity of your daily living. 

As a Christian, you represent Christ at all times, therefore, whatever you do, wherever you go, and whatever you say let it demonstrate christlikeness in your lives. Always ask yourself these pertinent questions, "What impression do people have of Christ when they see or talk with me?" "What changes would I make in my life in order to honor Christ?" Regard whatever you do or say as an act of worship or service to God. 

So many people are in love with themselves, and put self before anything else, including God. They have abandoned living for God's great purposes and settled for personal fulfillment and their emotional stability. Jesus did not die on the cross just so we could lead a comfortable, an well-adjusted lives. His purpose is far deeper. He wants to make us like Himself before taking us to heaven. This is our greatest privilege, our immediate responsibility, and our ultimate destiny.

Prayer: Abba Father, I love you. All I have is Yours, Yours I am, and Yours I want to be. Do with me as it is pleasing to You. Endue me with the mind of Christ that I may live a fulfilling life in Christ, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed, Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!