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All We Need To Know

Read: Romans 7:18-25

For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells. Romans 7:18

Bible in a Year:
Psalms 66-67; Romans 7

In a Fernando Ortega rendition of Just As I Am, Billy Grahams voice can be heard faintly in the background. Dr. Graham is reminiscing about an illness during which he believed he was dying. As he mused on his past, he realized what a great sinner he was and how much he continues to need God's daily forgiveness.

Billy Graham was putting an end to the notion that apart from God weâre okay. We can feel good about ourselves, but that confidence must come from the knowledge that we're greatly loved of God (John 3:16), not that we're very good Rom. 7.18.

The first step in becoming a truly good person as a follower of Christ is to stop pretending that we're good on our own and to ask God to make us as good as we can be. We will fail many times, but He will keep growing us and changing us. God is faithful andâin His time and in His way He'll do it.

In his final years, the writer of Amazing Grace, John Newton, suffered from dementia and lamented the loss of his memory. Yet he confided, I do remember two things: I am a great sinner, and Jesus is a great Savior. When it comes to faith, those are the only things anyone needs to know.
The Lord has promised good to me,
His word my hope secures;
He will my shield and portion be
As long as life endures.

Gods grace accepted is Gods peace experienced.