GOD’S WORD FOR  MARCH 6

We are reading from a daily devotional  called “Running To Win” written by Erwin Lutzer  and the late, great D.L. Moody.   Erwin Lutzer is a light in our day as D.L. Moody was in his.  Besides his many ministries, and many books, Pastor Lutzer was Senior Pastor at Moody Church in Chicago for 36 years and now serves as Pastor Emeritus there.  He is  Chancelor and a former professor at Moody Bible Institute, where he taught Theology and Ministry, and now has numerous radio teachings.

JESUS PAID OUR BILL

2 Corinthians 8:9

“for you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you by His poverty might become rich.”

D.L. MOODY

Men talk about grace but, as a rule, they know very little about it.  Let a businessman go to a banker’s to borrow a few hundred dollars for 60 or 90 days.  The banks give what they call “three days’ grace” after the 60 or 90 days, but they will make the borrower pay interest on the money during these three days, and if he does not return principal and interest at the appointed time, they will sell his goods; they will perhaps turn him out of his house and take the last piece of furniture in his possession.

That is not grace at all, but that fairly illustrates man’s idea of it.  Grace not only frees from payment of the interest, but of the principal also.  The grace of God frees us from the penalty of our sin without any payment on our part.  Christ has paid the debt and all we have to do is to believe on Him for our salvation.

ERWIN LUTZER

“Jesus paid it all:  All to Him I owe.  Sin had left a crimson stain;   He washed it white as snow.”  Paul says in Romans 3 that we are all sinners before God.  There is nothing we can do about it, and our every attempt to do something only makes it worse.  We are alive physically but spiritually, apart from Christ, we are dead.  “But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ – by grace you have been saved.”  (Ephesians 2:4).

When we come to Christ, we bring nothing except our sin.  We don’t come to Christ saying, “If I got serious about this, I could take care of it.  But I need Your assistance.”  NO!  You come blind and helpless.  Have you invited Christ to cleanse your heart and open your spiritual eyes?

PRAYER

Father, I praise You for the gift of salvation and paying our debt.  Please help me to constantly rejoice in Your grace toward me.

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Galatians 5:1

Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

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Micah 7:18-19

Who is a God like You,

Pardoning iniquity

And passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage?

He does not retain His anger forever,

Because He delights in mercy.

He will again have compassion on us,

And will subdue our iniquities.

You will cast all our sins

Into the depths of the sea.

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1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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Romans 8:1

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

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Psalm 32:5

I acknowledged my sin to You,

And my iniquity I have not hidden.

I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”

And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

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Psalm 51:10

Create in me a clean heart, O God,

And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

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Proverbs 28:25-26

He who is of a proud heart stirs up strife,

But he who trusts in the Lord will be prospered.

He who trusts in his own heart is a fool,

But whoever walks wisely will be delivered.

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