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Devotional - 16th Nov 2020

 'Who will render to every man according to his deeds' (Romans 2:6).

God knows the heart of each one of us, therefore, He is the perfect Judge. He is the One who has the authority to judge the hearts of men, and to do so according to our deeds. Jesus himself expressed that we will be judged on the basis of our behaviour or our works. He said, "For the Son of Man shall come in glory of His Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works."
(Matthew 16:27). Even though we will be judged on the basis of our deeds, we are not saved by our good deeds, but by grace, through faith in Jesus Christ. We are sinners and our only hope of salvation is through faith in Christ. We should not judge others or the same judgement will be meted out to us. It is our natural tendency to want to judge others even when we ourselves are guilty of sinning. We therefore, need to examine our lives and our motives daily and see if we have no evil ways within us; and hand them over to Jesus. Lest another any of us may boast of our good deeds, it is only by grace through faith alone in Christ, that we can be saved. However, we all will have to stand one day before the our Creator and be Judged of Him - saved and unsaved. We will be judged by the works we carried out while living on this earth; by the perfect standard of God's goodness which is found only in His Son, Jesus Christ. In order for us to do good works, we have to first believe on Christ for Salvation - for it is by grace we are saved. We through His grace must live in spirit and in truth by allowing the Holy Spirit to take full control of our lives. For it is God who is at work within us, both to will and to work for His good pleasure. Let us seek to walk in spirit and in truth and live in newness of life, submitting our lives to the work of the Holy Spirit; that when we are being judged for our works, God will render to each person according to his deed.

Have a wonderful day 🌹🌹

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