Wednesday, February 23
Jeremiah 3:6-18, Romans 1:(26-27) 28-2:11, John 5:1-18
Q. 36. What are the benefits which in this life do accompany or flow from justification, adoption, and sanctification?
A. The benefits which in this life do accompany or flow from justification, adoption, and sanctification are: assurance of God’s love, peace of conscience, joy in the Holy Ghost, increase of grace, and perseverance therein to the end.
Prayer: Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me. Do not cast me away from your presence, and do not take your holy spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and sustain in me a willing spirit. Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you. (Psalm 51:10-13)
Reflection: God loves us and forgives us even in our sinfulness. When we sin it makes God made and sorrowful. But, because He loves us, he forgives us freely. This gift is God’s grace.
Ref: Westminster Shorter Catechism (255k).
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