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Devotional: April 22nd

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God has made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. 2 Corinthians 5:21. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. Romans 4:5.

These are very sweet and precious words, to those who look upon their own best virtues and performances by nature as sinful, and upon their best condition by grace, as extremely weak and imperfect. How comfortable a thing is the justification of the ungodly by faith, when the soul is first striped quite naked before God, and thoroughly convinced of her wickedness and weakness. This a mere moral and legal man does not meddle with. He pretends to make amends for his former sins, by altering his course and doing better works; but this is not making amends at all, since we are but unprofitable servants and want continually forgiveness of sin, even when we have done all. We never have any reason to justify ourselves before God, though we should do ever so well and suffer ever so innocently in regard to men. For from it there is but one way to be justified, and to obtain and preserve the blessing of a good conscience, which is by humbling and confessing ourselves guilty, and looking only for forgiveness and righteousness in Christ. Thus we are made by him the righteousness of God itself. May the Lord put us all in this way.

Yes, I must and will esteem
All things but loss for Jesus’ sake,
O may my soul be found in him,
And of his righteousness partake.

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