Our relationship with Jesus is not a bunch of chores to do. It is about resting in what He has already done.
God love us with an undeserving favor and His love for us in unconditional. Once we realize the our life is a gift, we can begin to honor Him for His love.
At the very center and core of the whole Bible is the doctrine of the grace of God. Grace is the most important concept in the Bible. Grace is the love of God shown to the unlovely; the peace of God given to the restless which is the unmerited favor of God.
Grace I’d free sovereign favor to the i’ll deserving.
Grace is God reaching downward to people who are in rebellion against Him.
Grace is unconditional love toward a person who does not deserve it.
Grace is the most needed and best understood in the midst of sin, suffering, and brokenness. We live in a world of earning, deserving and merit and these always result in judgement. Everyone needs grace because judgement kills, and Grace makes us alive.
Grace is the opposite of karma, which is all about getting what you don’t deserve (reaping what you sow). Grace is getting what you don’t deserve, and not getting what you deserve.
Grace is not about us. Grace is fundamental word about God and His un-coerced initiative and pervasive demonstrations of care and favor. Grace gives nothing less than God Himself.
For God is working for you, giving you the desire and power to do what pleases Him (Philippians 2:13).
Grace brings many great benefits to our lives.
- We are saved by grace
The only way to heaven is through the doorway of grace. We cannot earn it, we can’t work for it, and we can’t buy it. (Ephesians 2:8-9).
- We are forgiven by grace
Though we don’t deserve it. God wipes our slate clean by His grace (Isaiah 43:25).
- We are sustained by grace
God will never ask us to do anything He doesn’t give us ability and power to do. That power and ability is called grace (Philippians 2:13).
- We are healed by grace
God heals our broken hearts and binds up or wounds even though we don’t deserve it (Psalm 147:3).
- We are liberated by grace
Our relationship with Jesus is not a bunch of chosen to do, instead it’s about resting in what the Lord had already done. If your life is not a life of resting in Jesus, then you’re moving into legalism (Matthew 11:28-30).
- We are given talents by grace
God had given each of us the ability to do something well, and we are to use those talents to do God’s will (Romans 12:6).
- We are used by grace
God uses us to fulfill His purposes in this world, not because of anything we’ve done but simply through His grace (Ephesians 3:7).
- We are transformed by grace
Through His grace, God makes us new through the renewing of our minds (Romans 12:3).
- We are matured by grace
God’s works on making us more like Jesus happens not because we have earned it or by our own effort but by the grace of God (2 Peter 3:18).
While the law was given through Moses, but God’s unfailing love and faithfulness came through His Son Jesus Christ. (John 1:17).
From Pity to Praise 