From the CANON on this blog:
How the worship of Baal breaks the Ten
Commandments
10 Thou
shalt not covet.
This is what causes Tyrants and their
subjects to violate all the other commandments.
The Tyrants covet, and their resulting actions cause their subjects to
covet.
From today’s scripture reading:
Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith,
we have peace with God because of what Jesus
Christ our Lord has done for us.
Because of our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of
undeserved privilege where we now stand, and we confidently and joyfully look
forward to sharing God’s glory.
Romans 5:1-2
From today’s devotional:
Grace is
far more than a mealtime prayer. The word communicates the idea of blessing. As
children of God, we are the recipients of grace, which is poured out on us by
our heavenly Father. Let’s look at how we experience this amazing benefit of
His love.
God’s favor
is seen in our salvation, as Ephesians 2:8 tells us: “For by grace you have been saved.” The
blessing is undeserved and unearned—nothing about us prompted God to save us.
He acted purely out of His goodness, sacrificing His precious Son Jesus Christ
in our place. In that way, we could be reconciled to the Father and adopted
into His family.
Grace is
also the sphere in which we live the Christian life. At salvation, we were
transferred from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of light (Colossians 1:12-13).
Here, we live out our new identity as God’s
children and carry out His purpose of glorifying Him—both of which result in
manifold blessings.
The beauty
of grace becomes especially clear when we consider who we once were—a people
hostile to the Lord and alienated from Him. We were spiritually dead, living
according to our own selfish interests (Ephesians 2:1). But now, through faith in Jesus as our Savior, God has
justified us and given us new life. He has declared that we have right standing
before Him (Romans 8:1). All of our sins were placed upon Jesus, and His
righteousness has been credited to our account permanently.
Picture
yourself living in the favor of God. Internalize this truth, and then give Him
thanks.
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