The Path | Trust and Obey
John 6:60-69, 14:1,15, Romans 3:21-26
“Jesus said, Trust in God, TRUST also in Me.” (John 14:1)
“If you love me, you’ll OBEY what I command.” (John 14:15)
You’re never going to have a GROWING relationship with someone that you don’t trust.
“God’s KINDNESS is intended to lead you to REPENTANCE.” (Romans 2:4)
The path from ‘Trust’ to ‘Obey’ always runs through BELIEVE
Romans 3:21-26 (pg. 1,750)
v.21 “But now a RIGHTEOUSNESS from GOD apart from the LAW has been made KNOWN,
to which the Law and the Prophets testify.”
v.22 “This righteousness from God comes through FAITH in JESUS Christ to all who BELIEVE. There is no difference.”
v.23 “Because all have SINNED, and all fall short of the GLORY of God.”
‘to sin = to MISS the mark’
‘NOBODY’S perfect.’ There is a PERFECT, that NOBODY is.
v.24 “And all are JUSTIFIED FREELY by His GRACE thorough the redemption that by Christ JESUS.”
v.25 “God received Him as a SACRIFICE of ATONEMENT through faith in His blood.
He did this to demonstrate His JUSTICE because in His forbearance
He left the sins committed beforehand UNPUNISHED.”
v.26 “He did it to demonstrate His justice at the present time, so as to be JUST
and the one who JUSTIFIES those who have faith in Jesus.”
God is JUST, somebody got to pay.
God is the JUSTIFIER, Jesus decided that HE would pay.