Abraham believed God, and God counted him as righteous because of his faith.
Oh, what joy for those
whose disobedience is forgiven,
whose sins are put out of sight.
8Yes, what joy for those
whose record the lord has cleared of sin.”
If God’s promise is only for those who obey the law, then faith is not necessary and the promise is pointless. 15For the law always brings punishment on those who try to obey it. (The only way to avoid breaking the law is to have no law to break!)
Don’t you realize that you become the slave of whatever you choose to obey?
it was the law that showed me my sin. I would never have known that coveting is wrong if the law had not said, “You must not covet.” 8But sin used this command to arouse all kinds of covetous desires within me! If there were no law, sin would not have that power.
But how can that be? Did the law, which is good, cause my death? Of course not! Sin used what was good to bring about my condemnation to death. So we can see how terrible sin really is. It uses God’s good commands for its own evil purposes.
Lord God,
Release a Joy in my faith that is all consuming and defeats the desires of sin in my life. May I walk joyfully with you and not allow sin to influence my desires, protect my desires from my sinful nature and replace it with a powerful Joy that can not be compromised. May we delight in each other.
In Jesus name,
Amen