Romans 3:31

I have often wondered about the thinking of someone who tries to make a quick counterfeit dollar bill and the attempt to pass it off as genuine. Since the dollar represents the integrity of the United States, there are many safeguards built into the currency to prevent easy invalidation of the integrity of the symbol. All these safeguards, from the cloth on which it is printed, to the unique ink, to the watermarks, to the denominational threads, to the placement of images on the front and back, all these uphold the integrity of the bill. When one of these is missing, the bill is not genuine currency. It “isn’t worth the paper it is printed on.” Our faith validates what is written in the Scriptures. Or should I say, our faith is integral to the message of the Old Testament. Faith is everywhere stated both openly and by implication. When someone tries to say that the God of the Old Testament is a God of judgment and the God of the New Testament is one of faith, they have missed the point. They have invalidated their own understanding of the Scriptures and of their teaching. Grace and faith are the central messages of both testaments. That is Paul’s message in this section of Romans. The ‘big men’ on God’s campus exercised trust / faith in the God who spoke to them. Are we trusting the One who is speaking today through the Scriptures? Are we listening and obeying.