(Reworked SOAP from 2010)
SCRIPTURE: Romans (NIV) 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus
OBSERVATION: All have sinned and come short of God’s standard. Neither the Gentiles, without God’s written code, nor the Jews, with God’s written code, were able to meet God’s holy requirements. The most glorious thing about verse 23 is the first word of verse 24! The truth expressed in verse 23 does not nullify the truth expressed in the next verse. For all mankind, the second is as equally available as the first is absolutely true. For the believer, both are equally AND absolutely true.
Both the Jews and Gentiles have sinned. BUT both the Jews and Gentiles can be brought into right standing without any cost to themselves. It is a gift freely given, one clearly not deserved! It is given through the redemptive sacrifice of Jesus!
APPLICATION: The better I understand how hopeless I was in sin, the better I appreciate the grace of God that justifies me—made me just-as-if-I’d never sinned! I was hopelessly lost in sin, but now I am gloriously made clean! What a great God! How logical and proper to commit my whole life to him!
PRAYER: Lord, thank you for saving me from sin and its results. I am yours. Use me as you desire. Speak through me. Touch through me. Live through me. Amen.
Personal note: My thanks to those praying for me. Today was the last day of driving elementary school students. Tomorrow will be the last day for High School and Middle School students. June 3-20 I will be driving for summer school. Friday I have an appointment with a Urologist to set up a biopsy of areas found on the MRI.
SOPE note: Bishop Matthew Same (Kenya) purchased eleven computers and printers in Sierra Leone and has returned to Kenya where they are being set up for receiving and printing SOAPs. He will be setting up an East Africa SOAP Team. Praise the Lord!
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