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clark
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God's grace is the best thing going.
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God's word is truth
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WildB
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Originally posted by Carol Swenson:
Amen.
When people create a false god, they make him cruel and harsh, or else they make him indulgent and they play at feel-good psychobabble.
The heart of the problem is the human heart. Because the heart of man is sinful, we have government. But laws cannot change the heart; man's heart is still selfish and can be changed only by the grace of God.
The true grace of the one true God changes us.
Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
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Carol Swenson
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Amen.
When people create a false god, they make him cruel and harsh, or else they make him indulgent and they play at feel-good psychobabble.
The heart of the problem is the human heart. Because the heart of man is sinful, we have government. But laws cannot change the heart; man's heart is still selfish and can be changed only by the grace of God.
The true grace of the one true God changes us.
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KnowHim
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What is grace? As Christians we hear so much talk about grace, but what is it exactly? Grace is God choosing to bless us rather than curse us as our sin deserves. It is His benevolence to the undeserving. God shows both mercy and grace, but they are not the same. Mercy withholds a punishment we deserve; grace gives a blessing we don't deserve. Consider this illustration: you were stopped in your old clunker for going 60 mph in a school zone. The ticket is high, and you can't pay it. You appear before the judge with nothing to say for yourself. He hears your case and then, to your surprise, he cancels your fine. That is mercy. But the judge doesn't stop there. He walks you outside and hands you the keys to a new car. That is grace.
In mercy, God chose to cancel our sin debt by sacrificing His perfect Son in our place (Titus 3:5; 2 Corinthians 5:21). But He goes even further than mercy and extends grace to His enemies (Romans 5:10). He offers us forgiveness (Hebrews 8:12; Ephesians 1:7), reconciliation (Colossians 1:19-20), abundant life (John 10:10), eternal treasure (Luke 12:33), His Holy Spirit (Luke 11:13), and a place in heaven with Him some day (John 3:16-18) when we accept His offer and place our faith in His sacrifice.
Grace is God giving the greatest treasure to the least deserving—which is every one of us.
By Matt Young
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