Their Own Way

Today’s reading: Romans 9:25-33, 10:1-13

 “For they don’t understand God’s way of making people right with himself. Instead, they are clinging to their own way of getting right with God...” - Romans 10:3 NLT

Our mantra as a society is found right in this verse. Our culture, and even our economy, is predicated on everyone getting to do things their own way. This freedom in our country is actually good. We should have the right to accept or reject any message.

But we must know that God will not save us on our own terms. We will not be a part of the new heavens and the new earth in due part to our independence. God is not impressed by our own ideas — he actually gave us the ability to think.

We will be saved by faith in Jesus Christ.

The fantastic thing about verses 9 and 10 of this chapter is that we see that the process of salvation starts deep within us (belief) and then manifests with us speaking it unashamedly (confession).

“The first step towards obtaining the righteousness of God is to renounce our own.” - John Calvin