All Have, So He Did

DEVOTION
ROMANS
ALL HAVE, SO HE DID
Rom 3:21-26

21 But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. 22 This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. 25 God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished— 26 he did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.
NIV
Without question I must count myself in that small, yet so completely inclusive word, all. Yes I have failed him in the past, and as sad as it seems I cannot successfully complete all of the laws of God in the present or have much hope of doing so in the future. Of course this is not so God can show his great love for me. No, not at all, I dare say I do not fail him so he can be glorified. Should I continue to sin simply so his grace may abound? God forbid! I am totally convinced of this, yet I must also understand who I am, a man who has been declared right in God’s sight because of Jesus and what he did, not because of me and what I did, am doing or will do. I know I must yield my spirit to the Holy Spirit and he will give me the strength to overcome temptation and with his help I can live a life pleasing to God. But what does that look like? It is an image of a perfect sinless being, walking in one hundred percent obedience to God’s word? How can I do that? The self within me calls out to do otherwise. I know I have been make a new creature, the old is gone, the new in here, yet how come the old keeps haunting me? Will I ever become perfect here in this life? I like the way the New Living Translation says it:
20 For no one can ever be made right in God's sight by doing what his law commands. For the more we know God's law, the clearer it becomes that we aren't obeying it. 21 But now God has shown us a different way of being right in his sight — not by obeying the law but by the way promised in the Scriptures long ago. 22 We are made right in God's sight when we trust in Jesus Christ to take away our sins. And we all can be saved in this same way, no matter who we are or what we have done.
Praise God! I already have been made right in God’s sight