JUSTIFIED THROUGH JESUS CHRIST

BARBARA E. PERKINS

JUSTIFIED THROUGH JESUS CHRIST

The word in Romans 5:5-11 (NKJV) declares, “5 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. 6 For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. 10 For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. 11 And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.” It is not a small thing that Jesus Christ did for me (and humanity) when He willingly laid down His life so that I (we) could live in Him and to bring me (us) into a relationship of peace with God the Father. Lord Jesus, I thank You that I now have access to God. I thank You that I have hope in God. I am also grateful that You are developing my perseverance and character through tribulations that I don’t understand. But, Father God because You promised in Your word that my hope in You does not disappoint, so I trust You. Thank You for filling my heart with Your love. Father God, more than anything, I appreciate You demonstrating Your love for me and humanity by sending Jesus The Christ (in the form of mankind) to die for us even though we were ungodly. What an awesome demonstration of Your love. Lord Jesus, thank You for Your precious blood that justified me—saving from the wrath to come, reconciling me back to God. To God, the Father, be glory, honor, and praise as well as to Jesus Christ, my Savior and Lord.