This thing called "GRACE"
Have you taken time to reflect on the subject of Grace or just wrote off everyone who talks about it, or have you been made to think it is for those who seek an opportunity to sin?
Hmm, Grace is not a license to sin!
Grace is the gospel!
Sin destroys.
The Law condemns.
Grace liberates.
"...much more they which receive abundance of Grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ" Rom 5:17
It's your choice...
GRACE!
God's grace comes to us free and clear, with no strings attached. In fact, He's more tolerant and less judgmental than many of us are. We weren't worthy and didn't deserve it but because we belong to Christ, 'Out of His...(abundance) we have all received...one grace after another...spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing...favour upon favour and gift [heaped] upon gift.' John 1:16
When you truly grasp the concept of grace:
1) You will gain a fresh appreciation for God's gifts to you - things like salvation and forgiveness, the gift of life, health, laughter, music, beauty and friendship.
2) You will be less critical and less concerned with what other people do. Ever heard the saying, 'I'm okay with me. I don't need to make you wrong?' When you operate in the freedom that comes with grace, you're okay letting other people chart their own course and make decisions you may not make.
3) You will become more tolerant and less judgmental. Instead of focusing on appearance based on religious performance, you will look for AUTHENTICITY and a genuine love of/for God.
4) You will grow spiritually. David said, 'He brought me out into a spacious place...' (Psalm 18:19 NIV).
Grace expands your horizons so you can never go back to where you once were.
Hmm, Grace is not a license to sin!
Grace is the gospel!
Sin destroys.
The Law condemns.
"...much more they which receive abundance of Grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ" Rom 5:17
It's your choice...
GRACE!
God's grace comes to us free and clear, with no strings attached. In fact, He's more tolerant and less judgmental than many of us are. We weren't worthy and didn't deserve it but because we belong to Christ, 'Out of His...(abundance) we have all received...one grace after another...spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing...favour upon favour and gift [heaped] upon gift.' John 1:16
When you truly grasp the concept of grace:
1) You will gain a fresh appreciation for God's gifts to you - things like salvation and forgiveness, the gift of life, health, laughter, music, beauty and friendship.
2) You will be less critical and less concerned with what other people do. Ever heard the saying, 'I'm okay with me. I don't need to make you wrong?' When you operate in the freedom that comes with grace, you're okay letting other people chart their own course and make decisions you may not make.
3) You will become more tolerant and less judgmental. Instead of focusing on appearance based on religious performance, you will look for AUTHENTICITY and a genuine love of/for God.
4) You will grow spiritually. David said, 'He brought me out into a spacious place...' (Psalm 18:19 NIV).
Grace expands your horizons so you can never go back to where you once were.
'The moralising and legalising of God's grace is a dull heresy peddled to disappointed people who are angry because they have not received what they had no good reason to expect.' This is an aberration of the message!
You know what when you receive grace, you become more gracious even with people. Like its said in my hood, you become gracious with your words, loving in your disposition yet firm in your position!
Yes the word is taking over already as us, in us, and by us. We are living epistles!
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