Mon., 2/10/20 Devotion (Job 9:1-2)

Today's encouragement comes from Job 9:1 & 2, which says this:

"Then Job answered and said: 'Truly I know it is so, but how can a man be righteous before God?' "

Job's question here (above) is very important. After all, just *how* *can* a hu-man being, conceived in Original Sin, actually "be righteous before God"? This is a big problem, since God Himself is totally righteous and holy, and no-thing short of absolute sinless perfection will, can, or should satisfy Him.

Nothing we could ever do would give us this righteousness before God. No amount of religion, prayers, or effort will or could suffice. A sinful person gets righteous before God when he or she realizes that Jesus alone is his or her righteousness. Christ is apprehended by us by faith. Therefore, a person is "righteous before God" through faith in The Redeemer (Jesus), and in no other way. (There is your answer, Job!)

[AUGUSTINE quote of the day: “The things of earth are not merely good; they are undoubtedly gifts from God.” —from, “City of God,” Bk. 15.]