Today’s
Passage: Romans 4:24-25
“God Who raised Jesus our
Lord from the dead, Who was betrayed and put to death because of our misdeeds
and was raised to secure our justification—our acquittal, making our account
balance and absolving us from all guilt before God.”
Words
of Devotion
The business leader had been caught and arrested. He
was guilty of misusing millions of dollars in customer funds. As details
emerged, the man attempted to take his own life, but his efforts failed. The
note he had written revealed poignant insights into the life he had been
living.
He was not the model citizen he had pretended to be,
but had been misusing funds for nearly 20 years. In his note, he confessed,
"I am ready to die. I guess this is the only way out of a business I hate
so much."
In particular, he was bothered to have deceived his
son. He never wanted him "to know the kind of guy I really was...your
mistake was that you trusted your father."
These words reveal just how deeply we can be weighed
down by sin. It was this same burden that weighed down Adam and Eve after they
had sinned, causing them to hide from God's presence. Guilt can haunt our minds
and hearts. Even Christians can have a hard time overcoming guilt.
Paul wrote that, without Jesus, we are all sinners who
are guilty in God's sight. But Jesus was raised from the dead to "secure
our justification." He provided "our acquittal." He made
"our account balance, absolving us from all guilt before God." As the
Bible tells us… "If
we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to
cleanse us from all unrighteousness" (1 John 1:9).
Today, are
you carrying any burdens, any guilt? Confess your sins to God. Then accept
His forgiveness and Jesus' finished work. He died and rose again so that you
could be free!
Today's
Prayer: Father,
thank You that Jesus death and resurrection has absolved me from all guilt in
Your sight. Thank You for removing my sins and setting me free. In Jesus' name
Amen
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