Friday, February 4, 2011

Do you ever really think about grace?

I wan to share with you a note from a longtime friend and mentor or mine, Jerry Webb. He is a pastor in the Detroit, MI area. He writes:

Do you ever really think about grace?

Grace is experienced all of the time. Someone is forgiven for an unkind word spoken in anger. The supervisor chooses to overlook a costly error. A child forgives a parent who fails to keep a promise. You get the idea.


Grace is initially a God concept. It is His unwavering desire to forgive our sin. He revealed grace through Jesus Christ. We find the fullest expression of grace when we accept the forgiveness God offers by the sacrificial death and resurrection of Jesus.


Let these scriptures sink deeply into your thinking:


"The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love." (Psalm 145:8)


"Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you." Isaiah 30:18


"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this is not from yourselves, it is a gift of God - not by works, so that no one can boast." Ephesians 2:8-9


"For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 6:23, NLT


"The law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ." John 1:17, NCV


"[Don't] treat the grace of God as meaningless. For if keeping the law could make us right with God, then there was no need for Christ to die." Galatians 2:21, NLT


We all need grace.


Several months ago Linda and I were able to watch a sneak preview of the new movie The Grace Card. We found it to be a good presentation of the real meaning of grace. We encourage you to go see it when it opens in local theatres February 25th.


Why not invite a friend to see The Grace Card with you? It will be an easy way to open a conversation with them about their need for grace. You can find out more at
http://www.thegracecardmovie.com.

3 comments:

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  2. Grace from God was hard for him. He paid the ultimate price for it. Grace from man is sometimes impossible, even when they are Christians; then, we pay the price to forgive, but it will never be as high as the price Jesus paid to offer us grace.

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