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Gracious Glory

  “ for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God ,” Romans‬ ‭3:23‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ Even in human assessment, there are grades and levels with glories. And unfortunately, the ongoing instability, invasion, and insecurity at the world stage have everything to do with human discontentment about self-serving assessment of glories in superpower or superiority. However, there is a glory reserved for those whose sins have been forgiven and whose iniquities have been cleansed. It is the attainment of righteousness at the expense of a worthy someone, freely sacrificed by God Himself; and not through the forceful dispossession of others’ privileges and rights. The gracious glory of God in a man’s life sets him apart not just as a shiny light; but as a service light for others who are still groping in darkness. Like the religious people in the days of Apostle Paul, the indispensability of the gracious glory today is demonstrated in the revealed truth “ for all have sinned and fall short of ...

Sin Stature

  “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,” ‭‭Romans‬ ‭ 3:23 ‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/114/rom.3.23.nkjv It is literally convenient for anyone to establish the difference between a sinner and a saint on the evidence of sin. Whereas, no one is a sinner because he sins; everyone sins because he is a sinner. Unfortunately, the consequences of sin is often being treated as the outcome of shortage in our protein diets. If a short stature is hereditary, no level of richness in the protein diet can transform the stature from short to average. Therefore, when the scriptures affirmed that “ for all have sinned ”, it does revealed the sin stature in all men. And all our righteousness will always fall short of the glory of God, even if they are able to buy the credit of favour, reputation, privileges and recommendations from fellow man. Since the sin stature was inherited, only the freely-given grace and the fully-paid salvation by the Son of God can deliver the soul of ...