“Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.”
Romans 3:27 KJV
Paul explains that there is no room for boasting in our works. Do our works bring God’s acceptance? Not at all! It was not our works of keeping the law but our faith in his finished work that makes us right with God. The law of faith cancels the law of works; which means there is suddenly nothing left for anyone to boast in. No one is superior to another. Through the righteousness of God we have received a faith of equal standing. The operating system of the law of works is willpower; the operating system of the law of faith is love. Love sets faith in motion. Willpower is the language of the law while love is the language of grace and it ignites faith. Willpower exhausts, love builds up. We love because He loved us first. Let our boasting be only in the Lord Jesus for His immeasurable grace that calls us to only believe. Hallelujah!
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