GLORIOUS
GRACE
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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. Romans 3:23-26 (NIV)
1 Therefore,
since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our
Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through
whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And
we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Romans 5:1-2 (NIV)
4 But
because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even
when we were dead in transgressions--it is by grace you have been saved. 6 And God raised us up with
Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7 in order that in the coming
ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his
kindness to us in Christ Jesus. 8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through
faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-- 9 not by works, so that no one
can boast. Ephesians 2:4-9 (NIV)
16 May
our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace
gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, 17 encourage your hearts and
strengthen you in every good deed and word. 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 (NIV)
10 But by
the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect.
No, I worked harder than all of them--yet not I, but the grace of God that was
with me. 1 Corinthians 15:10 (NIV)
1 As
God's fellow workers we urge you not to receive God's grace in vain. 2 For he says,
“In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” I tell you, now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation. 2 Corinthians 6:1-2 (NIV)
“In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” I tell you, now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation. 2 Corinthians 6:1-2 (NIV)
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“It
is well to be poor, when the knowledge of our poverty serves but to unfold to
us the exhaustless riches of divine grace. That grace can never suffer any one
to go away empty. It can never tell anyone that he is too poor. It can meet the
very deepest human need; and not only so, but it is glorified in meeting it.
This holds good in every case. It is true of every individual sinner…Grace is
the grand and only resource for us all.
It is the basis of our salvation; the basis of a life of practical
godliness; and the basis of those imperishable hopes which animate us amid the
trials and conflicts of this sin-stricken world. May we cherish a deeper sense
of grace, and more ardent desire for glory!”
C H MacIntosh
“It
is a sure mark of grace to desire more.” Robert Murray M’Cheyne
“We
should never take the forgiveness of sin, the gift of the Holy Spirit, and our
sanctification in simple faith, and then forget the enormous cost to God that
made all of this ours. Forgiveness is
the divine miracle of grace. The cost to
God was the Cross of Christ. To forgive
sin, while remaining a holy God, this price had to be paid. Never accept a view of the fatherhood of God
if it blots out the atonement. The
revealed truth of God is that without the atonement He cannot forgive – He
would contradict His nature if He did.
The only way we can be forgiven is by being brought back to God through
the atonement of the Cross. God’s
forgiveness is possible only in the supernatural realm……Once you realize all
that it cost God to forgive you, you will be held as in a vise, constrained by
the love of God.” Oswald
Chambers
“There are such difficulties in the way of our salvation as
could never be overcome but by that grace of God which is almighty. ‘What is impossible with men is possible with
God.’ His grace can work on the soul, so as to alter the bent and bias of it,
and give it a contrary leaning.” Matthew Henry
“Measure
your growth in grace by your sensitiveness to sin.” Oswald
Chambers
“Grace is totally
alien to human psychology. We want to get our house in order and then let God
love and accept us. The psychology of works-righteousness and
self-certification is foundation to the human psyche and totally at odds with
grace. The deep-seated way humans resist divine grace helps us understand
something about the fear of love. While some people fear any love, what most of
us resist in unconditional love—perfect love. The reason for this is that such
love demands surrender…I am willing to accept measured doses of love as long as
it doesn’t upset the basic framework of my world. That framework is built on
the assumption that people get what they deserve…what humans want is to earn
the love we seek. The Christian God comes to us as wholly other—so different
from the gods of my imagination, so far beyond my control…God invites us to let
him rid us for our fears and heal us by his love.” David
Benner
“The
true Christian cannot be hid, he cannot escape notice. A man truly living and functioning as a
Christian will stand out. He will be
like salt; he will be like a city set on a hill, a candle set upon a
candlestick. But we can also add this further word. The true Christian does not
even desire to hide his light. He sees
how ridiculous it is to claim to be a Christian and yet deliberately to try to
hide the fact. A man who truly realizes
what it means to be a Christian, who realizes all that the grace of God has
meant to him and done for him, and understands that, ultimately, God has done
this in order that he may influence others, is a man who cannot conceal
it. Not only that; he does not desire to
conceal it, because he argues thus, ‘Ultimately the object and purpose of it
all is that I might be functioning in this way’.” Martin
Lloyd-Jones
HEART
SAVOR
- · Apart from God’s grace I am cooked.
- · It is Divine grace which saves me and sustains me.
- · God’s grace is greater than all my sin.
