Psalm 143:1-2:
1 Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications! In Your faithfulness answer me, and in Your righteousness. 2 And enter not into judgment with Your servant, for in Your sight no man living is [in himself] righteous or justified.
There are two TRUTHS that every person needs to know! The first is found in verse 2 above. In our own right, none of us are righteous! For a New Testament confirmation, look at Romans 3:10:
10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: KJV
Every person ever born has the sin nature of Adam, which will eventually cause us to choose wrong instead of right! At that point, we NEED a Savior! Thank God that He has provided for us! Look at
Romans 6:23:
23 For the wages which sin pays is death, but the [bountiful] free gift of God is eternal life through (in union with) Jesus Christ our Lord. AMP
8 But God commends his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. KJV
8 But God shows and clearly proves His [own] love for us by the fact that while we were still sinners, Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) died for us. 9 Therefore, since we are now justified (acquitted, made righteous, and brought into right relationship with God) by Christ's blood, how much more [certain is it that] we shall be saved by Him from the indignation and wrath of God. AMP
AMEN! Thank You, Father, for the great plan of Salvation. Thank You, Jesus, for carrying it out. Thank You, Holy Spirit, for teaching us what belongs to us as new creatures in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17), children of God the Father (Romans 8:16) and joint heirs with Jesus (Romans 8:17)! Make sure that YOU are buying up every opportunity to tell others this great Good News! One last Scripture portion I want to share with you today is the one that the Spirit of God used to assure ME of my salvation! John 20:30-31 (from our Bible Plan reading for today!):
30 There are also many other signs and miracles which Jesus performed in the presence of the disciples which are not written in this book. 31 But these are written (recorded) in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ (the Anointed One), the Son of God, and that through believing and cleaving to and trusting and relying upon Him you may have life through (in) His name [through Who He is].
Staying daily in the Word of God will keep you in a place of being aware of His presence IN you and of who you are IN HIM! Here, to further help you with that, is Kari Jobe with "Love Came Down":
Shalom in Him!
