To be an authentic follower of the way of Jesus,
a person must understand four basic spiritual realities. He or she must be
willing to acknowledge his or her individual, personal need for God’s grace and
affirm to God this need. Let’s review the third of these realities.
3. The only solution is to trust in Jesus. He is the one who has overcome the power of evil and death. He is
our only righteousness. He alone can save us. “Christ died for our sins once
for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God.” (1 Peter
3:18) “Jesus said, I am the way, the truth and the life. No man comes to the
Father, except by me.” (John 14:6) “I am found in him, not having mine own
righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ,
the righteousness which is of God.” (Philippians 3:7-9)
Jesus lived a perfect life for you. He fulfilled
the law, and when you accept Him as your Savior, you receive His perfect
righteousness. The Bible says that if you confess your sinful reality to Jesus,
He is faithful and just to cleanse you of all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9) You
need only to accept the gift of God’s grace through Christ by making a decision
to center your life on Jesus.
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