Eternal Life

Meditations on

Staying In the Grace for Today

May 15, 2025 

Eternal Life

“As the Scriptures say, “It is through faith that a righteous person has life.”

Romans 1:17c 

In Romans 1:16-17, Paul tells us all we need to know about the Good News of Jesus. First, the Gospel is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes. Next, this Good News tells us how God makes us right in his sight. Lastly, all this is accomplished from start to finish by faith. The Good News, the Gospel, is all about Jesus, and his faithfulness to God. Our part is to simply believe in the Good News! Of course, Biblical believing is not so simple. We don’t just believe the Good News; we act on our beliefs and allow our belief in the Good News to transform our lives to become like Jesus.

Sometimes, these verses are reduced to simply saying the “just shall live by faith.” That is true, we the just, we who by faith in Jesus have been made to be in a right relationship with God, we are called to live by faith. But another translation of verse 17 renders it,

“the one who is righteous through faith will live.”

Let’s meditate on how this one sentence affirms the words of Jesus: “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.” (John 3:16 NRSV)

My Takeaway: We are seeking to stay, each day, in God’s grace for each day. For me, knowing that I have been made righteous by faith in Christ, and that I will live, live eternally with my Creator, helps me stay grounded in the moment.

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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