Romans 3:21-31
Dear RTB’ers,
Summarizing yesterday’s reading (and my post), one of the more oft-quoted verses in all of Scripture, especially in the context of sharing one’s faith: …for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God… (v. 23, formally known as Romans 3:23), one of the first memory verses for believers in evangelical denominations.
Verse 23 is meant to establish our guilt. Verse 24 then gives us “a way out”: …being justified … through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus… – Jesus is our “way out”, our ONLY “way out”! Essentially Paul lays out the essence of our Christian faith in these two verses: …for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by His grace as a gift, through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus… Paul then adds another thirteen chapters to help us understand what he means in these two verses. We read on!
Blessings!
Fred