What We Need

Today’s reading: Romans 3:9-31

“We are made right in God’s sight when we trust in Jesus Christ to take away our sins. And we all can be saved in this same way, no matter who we are or what we have done.” - Romans 3:22

As soon as we step into this section of Romans, we see that Paul has been preparing us for these moments. Unless we realize our need for Jesus, we cannot be saved by Jesus.

Martin Luther, commenting on this section in 1552, wrote:

“There is no greater arrogance than not to desire to be justified by faith in Christ.”

What is it that you need more than anything else? Food? Clothing? Shelter? Of course, we need these to survive, but they cannot save. What we need more than anything else is for someone to save us from...us. Our consistent poor choices present themselves as an act of defiance against God.

What we need most: a Savior.

Someone worth trusting. Someone who refused to spare their own life so that we could be set free. Someone whose blood is activated by our belief.

We.

Need.

Jesus.