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Something To Boast About
Friday, January 27, 2012Text: Romans 2:17-29
Reflection: Paul's point in this passage is not that the law, in and of itself, is worthless or meaningless. In fact, Paul will later argue quite the opposite. For while none of us earn the right to salvation by keeping the law, the law is critical because it reveals God's character, shows us how to please God in daily life, and leads us to realize what sin is. However, Paul also argues here that what matters most in the area of making a person a child of God is not keeping the law, but placing faith in Christ. The reason for this is because no person fully keeps the law at all times. Because this is true, if keeping the law were the standard to access to God's household the home would be empty. Rather, Jesus has kept the law on our behalf. In this way, God's just requirements of the law are kept while you and I gain access to the family by faith not in our keeping of the law but in Christ who kept it for us. So, there is no room for pride or boasting unless it is in boasting about the grace of our God. Now, that is something to boast about!
