Today's encouragement comes from Isaiah 54:17, where the prophet wrote these great words:
" 'No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the ser-vants of the LORD, and their righteousness is from Me,' says the LORD."God's servants may take great comfort from this divine promise. Satan and evil (religious) people form unholy alliances against God's ministers and churches. And though they rage, and create a fuss, they are never success-ful. The reason for all this is because of the latter part of this verse: the saints' righteousness is from God (through Jesus Christ alone). If righteousness had anything to do with us sinners, then the devil and his horde would overwhelm us. But, since our righteousness is from Christ alone, and is His gift of grace to us—all those of us who are in Jesus and His true church are safe.
Let us joyfully trust in Jesus and His gospel of grace today.
[Puritan quote of the day: "Justification is the very hinge and pillar of Christi-anity. An error about justification is dangerous, like a defect in a foundation.” —Thomas Watson, in, "A Body of Divinity"]
