Generosity

"Justified, a gift, by his grace through the redemption in Christ Jesus," Romans 3:24.
So which is it? Do we get right by doing right, or, by believing right? Or is it a little bit of this, a little bit of that? Get some works, throw in a dash of faith, mix a little good intent, and there you have a good man? (or woman, boy, girl, person?). What says Scripture? God's generosity makes a person right as an outright gift. Why? because every day of his life Jesus did the good that humans were created to do. Because that one man's life (and death) redeems the rest of us. Because Jesus represents us before God. (Jesus is our man in heaven!) And, wonder of wonders, in receiving him, God receives us. In raising him, he raises us. In seating him at his right side, he seats us at his right side.
Marvel at the God who, designating Jesus as his son, makes you thus his child! Touch bases with a brother or sister over the next couple of days, and wonder together bowing knees before this God.