Grace is too sweet for words...and it doesn't cause cavitites!

Romans 3

Whoo! It is good to be done with my 3 tests this week! Ventilation, Biochem, and Anatomy and Physiology...a lot of memorization right there! It was worth it though, I don't want to whine about 'why do I have to know this?'...it is good enough to learn period! I pray that will be mine and all of your attitudes too when it comes to our God!

"For what if some did not believe? Will their unbelief make the faithfulness of God without effect? Certainly not! Indeed, let God be true but every man a liar. As it is written: That you may be justified in your words, and may overcome when you are judged." (3-4)

This is the glory of truth; no matter how many lies there are that try to destroy, deform, and dilute it, there is no effect. This world likes to put truth in quotation marks, as George Orwell states in 1984, 'The truth becomes a lie, and then becomes the truth again'. Pastor Kim talked at the end of last semester how covenants today are practically meaningless; need I even mention marriage? But God doesn't work like that, His promises remain true forever!

Another point in this passage for me is justification through words; too often we go through the motion in our everday lives that we don't stop and think 'Why I am I doing this?' I'm not saying we should question every time we pick up a book or go to class, but it would be interesting if we asked ourselves, 'What would I explain to God if I died right now?'

"There is none righteous, no not one; there is none who understands; there is none who seeks after God. They have all gone out of the way; they have together become unprofitable; there is none who does good, no not one." (10-12)

It should make us sad but joyful when we read this. Too often, we take for granted how great it is to be around people that have a desire for God. Imagine we lived in a country where there was nothing but scorn for God and we were hated and persecuted for our beliefs, we would act much differently! But we don't...yet, and it is our responsibility to keep turning the tide towards righteousness!

"Do we make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law!" (31)

In our faith, we hold the law upright and keep the Glory of God's name intact for all the world to see, which is why it will never fade! And what is faith but prayer in motion? I know I may sound like a broken record, but it needs to be drilled in all of our heads....prayer is never in vain!