Today is my Dad’s Birthday, so I am using one of his favorite texts in this message.

Paul writes to the Galatians in Galatians 2:20 “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”

Paul was telling the folks there that the rules and “law” that the Jews relied on as their path to God was replaced by Jesus’ sacrifice and resurrection. As a result, we don’t follow rules to be saved, we have Christ in us. We live by faith, and as written in Hebrews 12:2, “Jesus is the author and perfecter of our faith.”

What a blessing to know that “God saved us, through Jesus.”

Happy Birthday Dad for leading our family to Jesus and His salvation.

Dear Lord, thank you for my father and bless him. We are grateful for all you have done for him, and all he has done for us. What a blessing it is to know that we don’t have to follow the rules well enough to be saved, Jesus Christ in us is our Salvation. In His name we pray. Amen.