Tag: Christ’s faithfulness

This past Sunday, I gave a message at church about how we come to God, not on the basis of our faithfulness to him, but his faithfulness to us.

And that’s what Paul talks about here. He starts by talking about God’s faithfulness to the Jews. He said,

What then? If some were unfaithful, will their unfaithfulness nullify God’s faithfulness?

Absolutely not! Let God be true, even though everyone is a liar. (Romans 3:3-4)

But then Paul goes on to talk about how all of us, Jew and non-Jew are unfaithful to him (Romand 3:9-18).

And yet, God shows his faithfulness to us. How?

But now apart from the law the righteousness of God (although it is attested by the law and the prophets) has been disclosed—namely, the righteousness of God through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ for all who believe… (Romans 3:21-22, NET)

I really like this translation. Normally, verse 22 is translated “through faith in Jesus Christ.”

But it can also be translated as above, “through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ.”

For all of us who put our faith in Jesus, he proves to be a faithful God and Savior.

He proved it in that though we were unfaithful to him, he didn’t give up on us. Instead he went to the cross, taking the Father’s anger upon himself, paying the price for our sin by his blood shed on that cross.

I don’t know about you, but that kind of faithfulness makes me stand in wonder. It’s what keeps me from getting discouraged when I fail him.

Though I am unfaithful to him, he is faithful to me (2 Timothy 2:13).

So when I fall, he doesn’t say, “I’m disappointed in you, you let me down.”

Nor does he say, “Renew your broken vows to be faithful to me.”

Instead, he says to us what he said to Peter, “Do you love me? Yes? Good. Follow me.” (John 21:15-19)

Thank you Father, thank you Jesus for your incredible faithfulness to me.