“Christ Has Regarded My Helpless Estate” Rom. 5.1-8
As the classic hymn It is Well With My Soul affirms, those who are justified by faith now have peace with God through the Lord Jesus Christ. While we were still sinners, Christ died for the ungodly, regarding our helpless estate, and reconciling us to God, who loves us in spite of what we’ve done. (5.1-8)
Our Focus Today
While we were still weak and sinful, Christ died for the ungodly. (5.6)
Invocation
Thank you Lord, for Christ did not die for those who have neither need of or desire for salvation. When we were weak, he died for the ungodly, for us. What a glorious Gospel message you have granted us to believe and to share with our family, friends, and neighbors. Amen.
Gloria Patri
Glory be to the Father,
And to the Son and to the Holy Spirit:
As it was in the beginning,
Is now, and ever shall be,
World without end. Amen, amen.
Thursday: Mic. 6-7; 2 Chron. 32.1-8; 2 Kings 18.13-37; Isa. 36
While we were weak, Christ died for the ungodly.
Reflection
At the right time, the apostle declares, while we were still weak, Christ died for the ungodly. He came to seek and to save that which was lost—our very own selves and lives! Hallelujah, what a Savior!
Benediction
Enable us, holy Father, to accept the undeserved love and grace of Jesus Christ for our own personal salvation. He died for the ungodly your servant Paul declared, even for me! Give me strength to accept this love and grace, though I do not deserve it and will never be able to earn it. Move in my heart today. Amen.
Doxology
Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him all creatures here below;
Praise Him above ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen.
Scripture Memory
Joel 2:28–29 (ESV)
28 “And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. 29 Even on the male and female servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit.
Book Reading and Reflection
Deuteronomy 6:5 says, “Love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength” (NKJV). Jesus repeated this command three times in the New Testament (Matt. 22:37, Mark 12:30, Luke 10:27). Why? Because it’s what we were made for—to love God. And if we are in love with Him, we will naturally want to worship Him (shachah). He’s done so much for you and me that it only seems right to fall down before Him (cagad), to throw up our hands in surrender (yadah), to sing His praises (zamar)—to worship Him.
~ Vernon Whaley, Called to Worship: The Biblical Foundations of Our Response to God’s Call.
Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 2009. Electronic Edition, Page/Location: 158
Let God Arise! Focus
“God in Three Persons, Blessed Trinity,” Isaiah 6
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