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Welcome back to Romans , chapter 3 . We have established in day one that none is righteous , no , not one . We have established on day two that it is not by works of the law that you were made right with God . But there's something else . Day three we established that the whole Bible has been pointing to this .
And now the best part , if we pick it up in verse 22 , paul says this . The best part If we pick it up in verse 22 , paul says this the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe . Let me read that again the righteousness of God . So how are we to be right with God ?
Here's how , through faith in Jesus Christ , for all who believe for there is no distinction for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God and are justified by his grace as a gift through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus . This is one of the most powerful sentences in the entire Bible . You see , what does it take to be saved ?
It takes faith . The Greek word is pastuo . It means to put your trust in , it means to believe in . I hope you know there's a difference in believing in and believing that . Like you know , I believe . I live in North Florida . I'm a big Georgia Bulldog fan . I believe that there's a football team down in Gainesville , but I do not believe in that team .
There's a lot of people that go to church and call themselves Christians but they have not believed in Jesus . They just believe that he came and died . But have you put your faith in him ? Have you shifted the trust of your life onto him ?
In other words , that Jesus came on a mission for you , a rescue mission for you , that God so loved you that he sent his only begotten son , that he showed up on the scene , that he lived the perfect life , that he went to the cross , he pushed upon his nail-pierced feet and he says it is finished . And when he did that , that it counted for you .
And the Bible says that the moment that you have faith in Jesus , for all who believe , for all who pastuo , for all who trust , and what this means is if you believe , even if you can't fully explain all the doctrinal elements and the theological terminology , but you believe or trust for the very first time that when Jesus died on the cross , somehow that counted
for me and the remission of my sin , then the Bible says that you will be saved . So if you've never done that , you should do that right now . You cry out to God Lord , save me . You admit it , I'm a sinner . I need a savior that you believe that when Christ died on the cross , somehow that counted for you .
And the Bible says for all who call on the name of the Lord , you will be saved . And the reason that we need to do this is for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God . That word fall short means miss the mark . Every single one of us has missed the mark of God's perfection and God's holiness .
And even if you were to be perfect from this day forward , what are you going to do about the imperfections of your past ? And he goes on to say and are justified by his grace as a gift . What it takes to be saved is that you must receive the free gift of eternal life For all who believe .
We receive the right to be called children of God through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus , that even though our salvation is free , it costs God everything . Have you ever redeemed a coupon ? Then you have participated in a picture of the good news of gospel of Jesus Christ . I mean , think about how it works .
You go out to your mailbox , you check your mailbox and you did not sign up for a coupon . But you have . You have been chosen that you would receive a free ham , and so you take the coupon . You go to the grocery store , you get the ham , you go through the checkout aisle and they check you out beep and they tell you that'll be $25 .
And then what do you do ? You redeem the coupon . I hand you the coupon . You hand me the ham . What did the ham cost ? You Answer nothing . It was a gift that you received for free . What did it cost the people that manufactured the ham ? They cost the price of the ham . The real story is it cost the people that manufactured the ham .
They cost the price of the ham . The real story is it cost the pig his life . Now , this is a picture of the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ . If you were hearing these words right now , god loves you and he wants you and he is offering you eternal life . And you say how do I receive it ? Then you receive it through the redemption .
That is in Christ Jesus that you raise your hand to God and say God , I would like to be saved . What does that cost you ? You put your faith in Jesus Christ and it is a free gift that you receive . What does it cost God ? It costs him the blood of his very own son .
And the righteousness of God , through faith in Jesus Christ , is open to you if you will just believe or trust or postuo , or put your faith in him .
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