Memory Verse Day 14: Boast, no. Praise, yes.
(Efesios 2:9 NBLH)
"not a result of works, so that no one may boast."
(Ephesians 2:9 ESV)
I’m continuing to catch up on the verses from the weekend. This is the last part of a two-parter that we started in the last post.
In the Bible we can see that God is very anxious to take all the credit for our salvation – and let’s face it, He deserves it.
The prophet Isaiah spoke of the coming Redeemer in Isaiah 59:16-17:
He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no one to intercede; then his own arm brought him salvation, and his righteousness upheld him. He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head; he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and wrapped himself in zeal as a cloak.
No one else could have saved – no one else was righteous. No wonder the elders sing to the Lamb in Revelation 5:9-10:
Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation, and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth.
No one can boast – but we can praise!