In Touch Devotional 20th January 2023 (Dr Charles Stanley)
DR CHARLES STANLEY TODAY'S DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR FRIDAY 20 JANUARY 2023
In Touch Devotional 20th January 2023 (Dr Charles Stanley)
DR CHARLES STANLEY TODAY’S DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR FRIDAY 20 JANUARY 2023
Read and Meditate on Today’s In Touch Daily Devotional for 20th January 2023, Friday Message written by Dr Charles Stanley. God bless you!
Today’s Topic: Life Before Grace
Whether pursuing sin or goodness, people are without hope apart from Christ.
Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-3
1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
In Touch Devotional 20th January 2023 (Dr Charles Stanley)
Grace is the unmerited love that God shows to sinful people. He expressed this love through the sacrificial death of His Son, and it becomes ours when we receive Jesus Christ as our Savior. Because of grace, we are forgiven by God and adopted into His family.
Today’s passage describes our life before grace—when we were dead in our trespasses and sins. This means that every one of us is born with no spiritual life, numb to the things of God. Our nature leans away from the Lord and instead toward ourselves and the ways of the world.
Before encountering grace, Saul of Tarsus (later known as the apostle Paul) was very religious but blind to God’s perspective and plan. He actively opposed those who followed Christ (Acts 26:9-11). With a goal of destroying the church, he sought to eradicate the Christian faith, which he deemed false. He continued persecuting believers until he encountered Jesus on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:3-6). There he surrendered his will to the Lord and became a true follower of Christ.
Like Paul, some people are religious and yet lack a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Does that describe you? God offers every one of us grace and salvation today through faith in Him.
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