Michael Edwards

I believe born-again believers are looking for a way out of sin, not a way into sin. However, the reality is we all do sin. When we do, we can use it to please God and for our good. (Rom 8:28)

So now you are a believer who claims it is all about Jesus. You tell others they can be saved by grace through faith and it has nothing to do with them (Eph 2:8-9). You read John 3:16 and Rom 10:9 to them. You show them the multitude of truth verses that state they can be made righteous (right with God) solely by trusting in the finished work of Jesus. You point out that in the entire Bible the only way any person was ever declared righteous by God, is by faith.

"For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God" (2 Corinthians 5:21 ESV).

…This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. Isaiah 54:17 ESV

Then comes the day you mess up and fall into sin. You’re downcast, self-condemning, depressed and doubt your salvation. You’re self-occupied and sin conscious as though you earned your righteousness before God. At that very personal moment, your faith is being tested.

It is easy to believe we are right with God when we are doing the right thing. It takes little faith to tell others they are saved by grace through faith alone. But at a personal moment of failure, it takes real authentic faith to adhere to and confess the absolute truth. The truth that we are just as righteous as we were before we fell into that sin, because our righteousness is not our own, it is a gift from God.

We have a choice when we fail,… 

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