December 15, 2023… All Need Jesus …

December 15, 2023… All Need Jesus …   

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  lease take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Danny Gokey singing  … We All Need Jesus …  Powerfully singing of how we’re all broken sinners who need the saving grace of our Lord.  

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Highlight Passage: … Romans 3:22-23 [NLT] … 

22 We are made right with God by placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And this is true for everyone who believes, no matter who we are.  23 For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. 

… Paul presents God’s truth that we’re lll sinners and all in need of God’s saving grace thru Christ.

Highlight Passage (in context)  … Romans 3:21-26  … USE THIS LINK … . 

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+3%3A21-26&version=NLT

… God, thru the Apostle Paul, shows Christians that we’re all sinners and in need of God’s saving grace thru the blood sacrifice of Christ.                      

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<b><u>Reference Passage </u>: …Genesis 1:27 (NLT] …  </b>

<i>  27 So  god created human beings in His own image.  In the image of God He created them; may and female He created them. </i>

… God’s word shows that we’re ALL created by God in His image.   

<b><u>Reference Passage </u>: …Acts 10:34 (NLT] …  </b>

<i>  34 Then Peter replied, “I see very clearly that God shows no favoritism.  </i>

… Paul declares about Gentiles that God’s grace is for ALL, showing no favoritism.             

<b><u>Reference Passage </u>: …Romans 10:12 (NLT] …  </b>

<i>  12 Jew and Gentile are the same in this respect.  They have the same Lord, Who gives generously to ALL who call on Him.  </i>

… Paul repeats that God shows no favorites, giving to all the same who believe on Him as Messiah.        

<b><u>Reference Passage </u>: …Galatians 3:28 (NLT] …  </b>

<i>  28 There is no longer Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male and female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus.  </i>

… Paul again repeats that all mankind is equal in the reality of needing to believe and follow Christ.  

<b><u>Reference Passage </u>: …Colossians 3:9-11 (NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … </b>

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Colossians+3%3A9-11&version=NLT

… Paul, once again declares that ALL need God’s saving grace by believing in Christ as Messiah and Lord of ALL, Who died for our sins.      

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author , Dave Brannon -  AT THIS LINK -  Tells of riding bikes on vacation thru a neighborhood of highly priced homes, yet realizing that any and all who lived in the homes were ALL still sinners in need of God’s saving grace.  

I pray we ALL, no matter who we are, recognize that we are ALL sinners in need of the good news of the Gospel and we ALL have faith that all who believe in Christ’s sacrifice for our sins - no matter who we are - will be saved by God’s saving and sanctifying grace.  I’m one of those.  How about you?    

   

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, …for saving me, a sinner, by Your saving grace.              

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, …to respond to Your saving grace, Lord, by believing in You as our Messiah and Lord.    … Amen  

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