and his offspring received the promise

that he would be heir of the world, but

through the righteousness that comes

by faith.

(Romans 4.13).

HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!

that h

I will enter through them and I will

praise the Lord.

This is the gate of the Lord. The righteous

shall enter through it.

(Psalm 118.19 & 20).

Now it is evident that no person is declared

righteous through the Law, for the Scripture

says, The righteous shall live by faith and he

who through faith is declared righteous by God

shall live.

(Galatians 3.11).

Look at the proud. His soul is not right in him.

But the righteous shall live by faith.

(Habakkuk 2.4).

HALLEJUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!

By faith in Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior we have peace with God.

(Romans 5.1).

This is the unconditional peace of God that extends beyond circumstances.

By faith we are declared righteous by God. We are pronounced, ” Not guilty!”

By faith the invisible reality of eternity enters our present time. The potent

reality of the divine enters our current concrete condition. This is because

by faith we become the “new man” under the death, burial and resurrection of

Jesus Christ as witnessed in our baptism we belong to God Who gives life to the

dead and calls the things that are not as though they were. We are born from above,

born of the Spirit, into a new and living hope that never perishes, we enter through the

narrow gate, through Jesus the gate of life, the door of the sheepfold. He is the Door

for the sheep:

“I am the Door; anyone who enters in through Me will be saved. He will come in and go out

and find pasture.”

John 10.9).

By faith we are saved and this necessary conviction, this prerequisite trust is given to us by God

as an absolute gift.

The new reality, the TRUTH that we are now new men is evident at the gate beyond which it is

humanly impossible to proceed. It is only made possible to us because of  the Cross of Christ

Jesus and His Resurrection. We trust Him Who is the Resurrection and the Life. No one

can come to the Father except through Jesus Christ. ” I am the Way, the Truth and the Life.

No one comes to the Father except through Me”. ( John 14.6).

And no one can come to Jesus unless the Father draws him:

” No one is able to come to Me unless the Father Who sent Me attracts and draws him and

gives him the desire to come to Me, and I will raise him up from the dead at the last day.”

(John 6.44).

Because of the Father drawing us and the faith he bestowed on us to trust in Christ Jesus

our Lord and Savior we are saved and have right standing with Him. We have peace with God

and are counted righteous because in Christ His righteousness is imputed to us due to faith

which is His gift also. Therefore in our weakness we are strong, in our poverty we are rich,

in our deadness we are alive and in our smallness we are great. The last are first, the least

are best, the lost are found, the sad are glad, the blind see, the lame jump for joy  and the

slaves are set free. Because He takes up your cause. He takes your side. He gives you

His victory. He always causes us to triumph. We are more than conquerors through Him

Who loves us. He Who has begun a good work in you shall also perfect it. He has placed us

in the center of His will. He has promised us we shall see His salvation in the Land of the Living.

He promised us we will be in His Kingdom.