START YOUR DAY RIGHT DAILY DEVOTION
(KJV) John 1:17
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
GRACE AND TRUTH / JOHN 1:17
Before Jesus came to earth to die for humanity’s sins (offenses and rebellion against God), God’s people in the Old Testament had to maintain their relationship with Him based on the Old Testament law that God gave through the prophet Moses. But even before the law was given, living for God and being “right” with Him was not simply a matter of following commands and regulations. True faith in Him was still the most basic requirement. That was evident in the lives of individuals such as Enoch, Noah and Abraham (Genesis 5:24; 7:1; 15:6). Their faith and God’s promises of forgiveness (Exodus 34:6-7; Leviticus 5:17-18) were evidence of God’s grace – His undeserved favor and love – even in Old Testament times. But now, through Christ, God’s grace and truth are available to the fullest measure (Romans 5:17-21). Truth is no longer veiled or hidden behind prophetic signs and symbolic activities (such as the sacrifices). Christ, the Word (John 1:1; John 1:14), has now full revealed God’s promises, principles and purposes. “One blessing after another” (John 1:16) means that God constantly provides the benefits of His presence and power to those who have responded to His grace and accepted Christ’s forgiveness and leadership in their lives. Spiritual salvation does not come by our own imperfect efforts to keep the law, but by the Holy Spirit – the Spirit of truth (John 14:17; John 16:2). The Holy Spirit reveals God’s truth and comes into the lives of those who receive Christ, renewing their spirit and re-creating them in Christ’s image. This means that they can respond to Him, have a personal relationship with Him and start to reflect His love, as well as His other characteristics.
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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter
- THE WORD BECAME FLESH / JOHN 1:14
- BORN NOT OF … HUMAN DECISION / JOHN 1:13
- RECEIVED … BELIEVED / JOHN 1:12
- THE WORLD DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM / JOHN 1:10
- GIVES LIGHT TO EVERY MAN / JOHN 1:9
- WITH GOD IN THE BEGINNING / JOHN 1:2
- THE WORD / JOHN 1:1
- TRUTH / JOHN 4:24
- WORSHIP … IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH / JOHN 4:23-24
- SAMARITANS WORSHIP WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW / JOHN 4:22
- WATER … ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 4:14
- SAMARITAN WOMAN / JOHN 4:7
- WHOEVER REJECTS / JOHN 3:36
- LOVED DARKNESS INSTEAD OF LIGHT / JOHN 3:19
- GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD / JOHN 3:16
- KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES / JOHN 13:35
- LOVE ONE ANOTHER / JOHN 13:34
- AT A LOSS TO KNOW WHICH OF THEM HE MEANT / JOHN 13:22
- WASH ONE ANOTHER’S FEET / JOHN 13:14
- UNLESS I WASH YOU / JOHN 13:8
- WASH HIS DISCIPLES FEET /JOHN 13:5
- WILL BAPTIZE WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 1:33
- LAMB OF GOD / JOHN 1:29
- HAS GRANTED THE SON TO HAVE LIFE IN HIMSELF / JOHN 5:26
- LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS /JOHN 1:5
- LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MEN / JOHN 1:4
- TAKING FROM WHAT IS MINE / JOHN 16:14
- HE IS A LIEAR AND THE FATHER OF LIES / JOHN 8:44
- EVERYONE WHO SINS / JOHN 8:34
- HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 14:26
- I WILL ASK THE FATHER – COUNSELOR / JOHN 14:16
- JESUS HAD NOT YET BEEN GLORIFIED / JOHN 7:39
- AS THE SCRIPTURE HAS SAID – STREAMS OF LIVING WATER / JOHN 7:38
- YOU ARE GODS? / JOHN 10:34
- HE WHO DOES NOT LOVE ME / JOHN 14:24
- REMAIN IN MY LOVE / JOHN 15:9-10
- ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 17:3
- I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD / JOHN 8:12
- SANCTIFY THEM BY THE TRUTH / JOHN 17:17
- THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE / JOHN 8:32
- GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT
Thank you for taking the time to read my Daily Devotion.
Blessings,
Margarita & Stace
