How to Be Right with God - The Revelation - Part 2
Apostle Paul's Letter to the Romans .
From the Good News Version - Romans Ch 1 V 16 - 17 ,
" V - 16 - I have complete confidence in the Gospel ;
It is God's Power to Save all who Believe ,
first the Jews , and also the Gentiles .
V 17 - For the Gospel reveals how God
puts people Right with Himself "
Here we begin to see the Apostle Paul's
introduction of the Gift concept .
It is God who puts people Right with Himself ,
with no room for our Ego's demands ,
when clearly ' God puts people Right ',
but How ? , through his wonderful Gift .
The Text continues ,
" It is through Faith from beginning to end .
As the Scripture says ,
' The person who is put Right with God
through Faith shall live . '
We can see from this How the Apostle Paul describes the Gospel
as a Revelation of How God puts people Right with Himself .
Firstly ,
this therefore means that it is actually the highest priority
of God to put people Right with Himself .
Secondly ,
this is in fact the purpose of Gospel Preaching .
So let us ask some fictional character Christians
if they feel they are right with God , starting with Earle ,
Omega - Hi Earlie , do you feel you are Right with God ?
Earlie - Well I wouldn't want to say I'm right with God ,
that sounds a bit too proud ,
I've been a Christian for a while and sometimes
I don't even feel Saved ,
especially when I'm watching MTV .
You know , we all fall short of the Glory Of God .
Omega - But haven't you been given the Gift of Righteousness
through Jesus Christ ?
Earlie - Yeah , but I don't feel like it ,
I've had the Blues lately ,
so I figure I must be paying for some stuff from my past ,
when I was doing drugs I messed up a lot of people
and I've been feeling bad about it .
This interview reflects the
very common complete misunderstanding
of the Gift of Right Standing with God .
Earlie thinks his mistakes from his past
prevent him from acknowledging and Believing in
the legally Rightful Gift he has received by Grace .
Omega - Many people are focusing on
their Weaknesses and Mistakes and Failures ,
instead of on the Gift of Right Standing
they have received freely .
How about you Doryse ,
do you feel that you are Right with God ?
Doryse - I can't say
that I'm in Right Standing with God through Christ ,
because my Theology Professor told us
that we were just all ' old sinners saved by Grace ' ,
and that my nature in God's sight was exceedingly sinful .
He pointed to the Sermon
' sinners in the hands of an angry God ' .
So the last thing that I would want to do is make God angry
by saying that I receive His free Gift of Righteousness ,
although it has been depressing me lately to think
that God is frowning on my sins all day long .
At this point it may help us to draw an illustration
from President of the USA .
Consider the following situation ,
in which the President of the USA
had decided to confer a Gift upon you .
You had done nothing special to warrant ,
deserve or justify the Gift .
Out of the President's Grace he was going to
Confer upon you
the Gift of Right standing with the President of the USA ,
confirmed in writing and by legal decree .
However , there was only one legal condition ,
that in order to enjoy all the Benefits of this Right Standing
all you had to do was to Believe that the Gift was yours ,
and had been bestowed
by the President's abounding Grace upon you.
Right Standing with God
means the ability to Stand before
the Throne of Grace
without any sense of Condemnation or Guilt ,
or feelings of unworthiness ,
or any other negative , falling short emotion .
You are the Righteousness of God in Christ !
Do you Believe in the Gift of Right Standing
presented to you by God through our Lord Jesus Christ ?
Let us look again at Romans 1 -V17 Good News Version
" For the Gospel reveals
how God puts people Right with Himself ,
it is through Faith from beginning to end ."
We will continue with this Series on Right Standing in Part 3 .
Copyright - Omega Ministries - Craig Holme - 2011
- Do you feel that you are in Right Standing with God ?
Apostle Paul's Letter to the Romans .
From the Good News Version - Romans Ch 1 V 16 - 17 ,
" V - 16 - I have complete confidence in the Gospel ;
It is God's Power to Save all who Believe ,
first the Jews , and also the Gentiles .
V 17 - For the Gospel reveals how God
puts people Right with Himself "
Here we begin to see the Apostle Paul's
introduction of the Gift concept .
It is God who puts people Right with Himself ,
with no room for our Ego's demands ,
when clearly ' God puts people Right ',
but How ? , through his wonderful Gift .
The Text continues ,
" It is through Faith from beginning to end .
As the Scripture says ,
' The person who is put Right with God
through Faith shall live . '
We can see from this How the Apostle Paul describes the Gospel
as a Revelation of How God puts people Right with Himself .
Firstly ,
this therefore means that it is actually the highest priority
of God to put people Right with Himself .
Secondly ,
this is in fact the purpose of Gospel Preaching .
So let us ask some fictional character Christians
if they feel they are right with God , starting with Earle ,
Omega - Hi Earlie , do you feel you are Right with God ?
Earlie - Well I wouldn't want to say I'm right with God ,
that sounds a bit too proud ,
I've been a Christian for a while and sometimes
I don't even feel Saved ,
especially when I'm watching MTV .
You know , we all fall short of the Glory Of God .
Omega - But haven't you been given the Gift of Righteousness
through Jesus Christ ?
Earlie - Yeah , but I don't feel like it ,
I've had the Blues lately ,
so I figure I must be paying for some stuff from my past ,
when I was doing drugs I messed up a lot of people
and I've been feeling bad about it .
This interview reflects the
very common complete misunderstanding
of the Gift of Right Standing with God .
Earlie thinks his mistakes from his past
prevent him from acknowledging and Believing in
the legally Rightful Gift he has received by Grace .
Omega - Many people are focusing on
their Weaknesses and Mistakes and Failures ,
instead of on the Gift of Right Standing
they have received freely .
How about you Doryse ,
do you feel that you are Right with God ?
Doryse - I can't say
that I'm in Right Standing with God through Christ ,
because my Theology Professor told us
that we were just all ' old sinners saved by Grace ' ,
and that my nature in God's sight was exceedingly sinful .
He pointed to the Sermon
' sinners in the hands of an angry God ' .
So the last thing that I would want to do is make God angry
by saying that I receive His free Gift of Righteousness ,
although it has been depressing me lately to think
that God is frowning on my sins all day long .
At this point it may help us to draw an illustration
from President of the USA .
Consider the following situation ,
in which the President of the USA
had decided to confer a Gift upon you .
You had done nothing special to warrant ,
deserve or justify the Gift .
Out of the President's Grace he was going to
Confer upon you
the Gift of Right standing with the President of the USA ,
confirmed in writing and by legal decree .
However , there was only one legal condition ,
that in order to enjoy all the Benefits of this Right Standing
all you had to do was to Believe that the Gift was yours ,
and had been bestowed
by the President's abounding Grace upon you.
Right Standing with God
means the ability to Stand before
the Throne of Grace
without any sense of Condemnation or Guilt ,
or feelings of unworthiness ,
or any other negative , falling short emotion .
You are the Righteousness of God in Christ !
Do you Believe in the Gift of Right Standing
presented to you by God through our Lord Jesus Christ ?
Let us look again at Romans 1 -V17 Good News Version
" For the Gospel reveals
how God puts people Right with Himself ,
it is through Faith from beginning to end ."
We will continue with this Series on Right Standing in Part 3 .
Copyright - Omega Ministries - Craig Holme - 2011
Very encouraging Craig. I have been encouraged and blessed by your article.
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