A weekday morning devotional series written by Aaron Marcarelli and hosted by Chad McBeam
“Therefore, whoever nullifies one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. “For I say to you that unless your righteousness far surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.”
Matthew 5:19-20 NASB2020
We as followers of Christ have our righteousness based upon faith in Christ, which enables us to live righteously! This is the only way that we may enter the kingdom of God.
Our faith in Christ is that His death and resurrection gave us the forgiveness of sin and eternal life with Him in heaven. This is the gospel message! We must live it, proclaim it and believe it. This is the reason why we must know His commandments, we must know His Holy Word through reading, study discussion, contemplation and prayer.
If we truly want to be His followers, His hands and feet, His salt and light, then we must seek Him daily, and know His word. We must stop using the excuse, I don’t have time because I’m too busy. God is the God of every single thing and that includes time. When we truly spend time with Him, He will exponentially give that time back to us.
Therefore, let us seek to love and serve the King of Kings and Lord of Lords and His righteousness so that all these things will be added unto us!
Lord, we thank you for your many blessings. Most of all we thank you for the gift of eternal life with You through Christ’s death on the cross and His subsequent resurrection and ascension. Help us Lord to seek you first each and every day. Help us to not only read your word, but meditate on it and learn from it daily. Help us to seek to serve others each and every day so that we can be your hands and feet and salt and light. We pray all these things in Jesus Name Amen…
Shalom Blessings and Press In and Press On!