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June 30
Monday


LASSA FAVER

READ:
Romans 3:19-26
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Much more then
having now been
justified by His blood,
we shall be saved from
wrath through Him.
__Romans 5:9
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When Lily Pinneo, a missionary nurse, was in West Africa, she contracted a deadly disease called Lassa fever. After Lily was flown to New York for medical treatment, her temperature soared to 107 degrees F. To reduce the fever, doctors packed her in ice and fed her intravenously. The fever subsided. After 9 weeks, she had lost 28 pounds and most of her hair. Yet somehow, she survived.

In a laboratory, Dr. Casals carefully isolated and analyzed the Lassa virus. But he too fell ill from his exposure to the disease. At the time, no known treatment was effective. Fortunately, Nurse Pinneo was convalescing and had built up antibodies to the dreaded disease. She donated blood plasma to Dr. Casals and he recovered too. Her blood saved his life.

All of us are infected with the fatal disease of sin (Rom. 6:23). There is only one cure. It resides in the cleansing power of Jesus Christ's shed blood. Paul wrote, "Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him" (Rom. 5:9). The righteous wrath of God against transgression has been fully satisfied through Jesus' death in our place. All we need do is repent, recognize Him as Savior, and receive the spiritual cure for sin. Have you made that decision? __Dennis Fisher
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`````````````````Redeemed__How I love to proclaim it!````````````
``````````````````Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb;````````````
```````````````````Redeemed through His infinite mercy```````````
```````````````````His child, and foreever, I am. __Crosby`````````
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The price of our freedom from sin
was paid by Jesus' blood.

**************Today's Bible Reading __ Romans 3:19-26************

19 Now we know that
whatever the law says, it
says to those who are under
the law, that every mouth
may be stopped, and all the
world may become guilty
before God. 20 Therefore by
the deeds of the law no
flesh will be justified in His
sight, for by the law is the
knowledge of sin.

21 But now the
righteousness of God apart
from the law is revealed,
being witnessed by the Law
and the Prophets, 22 even
the righteousness of God,
through faith in Jesus
Christ, to all and on all who
believe. For there is no
difference; 23 for all have
sinned and fall short of the
glory of God. 24 being
justified freely by His grace
through the redemption that
is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom
God set forth as a
propitiation by His blood,
through faith, to
demonstrate His
righteousness, because in
His forbearance God had
passed over the sins that
were previously committed

26 to demonstrate at the
present time His
righteousness, that He
might be just and the
justifier of the one who has
faith in Jesus.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Paul had already proven that all people are sinners in need of
salvation (Rom. 1:18__3:18). Now he explains how sinners are saved
not by obeying the law but by God's act of justifying the sinner
through faith in Jesus (vv.22,26). Justification is the legal act by
which God declares the sinner righteous. It occurs only through
Christ's propitiatory (atoning) death on the cross (v.25), imputing
(crediting) Christ's righteousness to our record while placing man's
sinfulness on Christ (2 Cor. 5:21). __Sim Kay Tee