Acts 13: 39 “And by Him everyone who believes is justified from all things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.”
Dear God,
I thank You for all things that are good, pure and wholesome. Sin decay and death originated from Satan, and not from You, the God Almighty. It is only because of You, that I and all creation have life, and all declare that they were made by our Creator, God.
We cannot fully understand Your generosity and condescension, in allowing Your Son Jesus to come into this world. It is so amazing that by His life and death we all can accept His sacrifice and be reconciled to You. So in and for all things, I /we should thank, appreciate, honour, worship and adore You as The Living God. It is You who loves all mankind despite the unworthiness of each of us.
Whilst on earth Jesus preached not only about how our sins were to be forgiven, but also how we could be justified through Him, V39 “And by Him everyone who believes is justified from all things from which you could not be justified by the Law of Moses.” Many of the faithful Jews did not ‘get it’ that the sacrifice of Jesus had occurred and could not be foretold any more through aspects of the ceremonial law of Moses to which these aspects pointed, meaning there longer was any value in bringing an animal sacrifice or going through the ritual ceremonies outside and inside the temple.
Paul reminds us how the Ten Commandment (moral) law is of value to us, Romans 7: 7”What shall we say then? Is that 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 said, ‘You shall not covet.’”
Thank You God, that Your moral law reveals Your character and I can come closer to being able to manifest Your character, when I invite You into my heart and by Your strength come closer to living the way You do. I am also grateful, that through Your inspiration of Paul, I am told that works or keeping Your law perfectly will never save me. Galatians 2: 21 “I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain.” Please dear God, keep me from being deluded into thinking that it is my ‘goodness’ and corresponding deeds that will save me.
I ask Jesus to take my heart, so that He abides within me, and I in Him, and that I then will live righteously, ever able to give praise to Him, because it is Christ alone who saves me and fills me the desire to be ever in prayer to His Father as He was.
Amen