Category: Living By Faith

Romans 1:16-17 (NKJV) 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.”

The just shall live by faith.

What does that mean, exactly?

First, what is the word, “just”, referring to?

Just is typically used to indicate someone is justified. Justification comes by way of the blood of Christ.

We are redeemed and justified, made clean and whole by the blood of Christ.

To be justified implies that we can stand before God, unashamed, knowing that the blood of Christ has washed us.

Therefore, we are justified in standing before God without fear of retribution because of our washed condition. Our sins have been removed by our faith in Christ and His shed blood.

So, if we have put our faith in Christ, we are just (justified).

And how shall we, the just, live?

By faith.

Our lives are not to be conducted by fleshly, intellectual means.

We are to live and walk by faith.

We do not rely on earthly ways or earthly understanding.

We do not walk in the ways of the world.

We live, breathe, and understand by the leading of the Holy Spirit.

This way of life can take some getting used to. It flies in the face of conventional thinking. But then so does just about everything else that God does.

So, let us not wrestle with God as He guides us and orders our steps.

We may not always understand everything right away. But if we give Him preference, and we trust His leading, we will find ourselves walking a path that’s very different than the path of the world.

And we will grow to love this way of life as we see Him moving in our lives on a regular basis.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
49 N Lamplighters Walk 
Hampstead, NC 28443 

401-439-3780