Proverbs 21:3 When God Says...I Say, AMEN!

When God says...

“To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.” (Proverbs 21:3 NKJV)

This verse upholds God's pleasure on righteousness, through grace by faith in Christ Jesus our Lord. Righteousness is not by our works of self-effort to obey the law. Lord Jesus already did the sacrifice for us on the cross. Scriptures say: ".. all our righteous acts are like filthy rags" (Isaiah 64:6b). Our sacrifice, if we would try to, as many do, is not worthy. Jesus is the end of the law for us who believe in Him (Romans 10:4). When we put our faith in Jesus, His righteousness is imputed on us (2 Corinthians 5:21). Faith! We fix our eyes on Christ Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith! (Hebrews 12:2). 

Through Him, we receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, as we receive His Lordship, we are cleansed of the first Adam's sinful blood and a new blood is infused in us with the DNA of Jesus - the last Adam (2 Corinthians 15:45). Apostle Paul exhorts with these words: “For if, because of one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ. Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men. For as by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous. Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” (Romans 5:17-21 ESV)

And I say, AMEN!

Daily reflections by:
F. A. Frias
PFC Ministries

(When God says... I say, AMEN! is a provocative reflection of the Lord's holy Word. It intends to challenge every seeker of truth to dig deep into the core of the Word of Life to point every being to Christ Jesus - the author and finisher of our faith, and to draw revelations for change, for nourishment and for strength of every soul.)

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