DEVO 04.04.25

DEVO. 04.04.25

“I tell you, this sinner, not the Pharisee, returned home justified before God. For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

(‭‭Luke‬ ‭18‬:‭14‬ ‭NLT‬‬)

- When you come the Lord, don’t you want to come away from that time feeling “justified”?

- Feeling clean and renewed?

- To justify is to be “declared righteous.”

- This is an act of God where He pronounces a sinner to be clean, pure and righteous because of your faith in Christ, not because of your religious activity.

- You may be guilty but you have taken that guilt and sin and turned it over to Jesus.

- You have put your sin at the foot of the cross.

- Jesus looks at that sin and says, my blood has paid for that and they are “justified”

- Jesus gives the example of 2 people who go into the temple to pray.

- One is a religious leader and the other is a known sinner.

- The known sinner came away justified but not the religious leader.

- Why?

- The key was humility!

- One went to the temple to impress man and the other went to encounter the Lord.

- Today when you come and meet with the Lord, if your goal is to experience His cleansing, then come humble.

- Strip off the pride!

- Let your prayer be Psalm 139:23; “Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.”

- Let His Spirit search you.

- Receive His correction and forgiveness.

- Walk away cleansed, and return home justified!

- Have a great weekend!