Chasing Christ - Part 32 What Does True Saving Grace Resemble? If I tell a woman who is stranded in a desert where terrorists thrive that the only way to escape and be safe is to look out for a red bus with white number plates and a golden roof, and then board that bus but, for whatever reasons, she enters a blue bus with green number plates and silver roof, is she safe? Well, one might say that she is rather foolish, because the descriptions of the safe bus were as clear as crystal. So she probably deserves what she gets for entering the wrong bus. Again, this is a major dilemma facing the Church today: the failure to discern what the true grace that produces salvation looks like. This grave folly and delusion, which is reigning, must be checked. Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom... We must walk wisely, gaining a clear knowledge of the grace that God has sent us--not the different kinds of sugary graces being promoted by men with charm, but the true grace which brings real salvation. Titus 2:11-15 (NIV) For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. 12 It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, 13 while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, 14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good. 15 These, then, are the things you should teach. Encourage and rebuke with all authority. Do not let anyone despise you. What could be clearer than this description in the scripture above of what the true grace which leads to God’s salvation resembles? We are not only to recognize it, but to teach it, encourage Christians to grow in it and rebuke them if need be, so they dont lose their way out of this grace. Continues...
Posted on: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 10:20:08 +0000
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