Because One Person

 Meditations on Romans

 August 9, 2021

Because One Person

Because one person disobeyed God, many became sinners. But because one other person obeyed God, many will be made righteous.

Romans 5:19

Read: Romans 5:18-21

Paul concludes Chapter five with this incredible statement, “. . . now God’s wonderful grace rules instead, giving us right standing with God and resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 5:21). Grace rules our life, not striving to be perfect! We have right standing with God; God calls us friends! We will not die. Eternal life in Christ is life uninterrupted by death!

These wonderful promises by God for our life in Christ are meant to mark our lives. Today may be a good time to ask, “Is God’s grace ruling my life?” “Do my interactions with others reveal my right standing relationship with God?” “Am I dwelling in the peace that comes from knowing I am in the eternal embrace of God my Father?”

My Takeaway: Because one person, Jesus, obeyed God, I am living forever in the smile of God’s affection for me. One person did this, for me and for you! Because this One Person, Jesus, obeyed God, we are given the opportunity to be a ‘one person’ for others. I thought about this a few years ago when I received the news a former parishioner had died suddenly. I remembered the day we talked in my office and prayed together. I remembered the day I plunged him beneath the baptismal waters in the Intracoastal Waterway. I remembered all the lives he touched because of his new-found faith in Christ. One person!

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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