Did James and Sarah do anything to become part of
our family? Do they have any room for boasting about earning their new status
as a Rea? Can anything they do make them more of a Rea or more a part of our
family? No, no and no!
The same is true in the family of God. We don’t do
anything to become a part of His family and have no room to boast about our
status as a believer.
Romans 3:27-28 Where,
then, is boasting? It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires
works? No, because of the law that requires faith. For we maintain that a
person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.
True saving faith isn’t wishful thinking but
trusting on God’s plans and promises and acting on that trust with courage. When
I have true saving faith, I’m not boastful. I remember all I am, all I have,
and all I’m capable of comes from God. I don’t earn faith or justification.
What do you and I cling to, to deserve a right
standing before God?
Are you and I boasting in our confessions/prayers/works/faith
or in God’s justification?
True saving faith results in gratitude, and not
pride or boasting.
Alice