Grace in proper perspective changes everything… Because of the very common and incorrect teachings that I heard early in my walk with the Lord, I was under an indirect pressure to live up to something that only the one who redeemed me could live up to. I was told the gift of Grace was free but quickly found out that the manmade spin on Grace was no freedom at all, it was a bondage that rivaled the bondage that sin once had on me. Humans have twisted the good news of grace into a free gift that we must maintain by our works. Its wrong teaching and will mess people up. You see, too many preach a mix of the Law and Grace but Grace with no intertwined teaching of Law is the only thing that can give us fullness of Life. The bondage came with my trying to follow the direction of humans who had a heart for the Lord and for people but had a twisted understanding of Grace. It is better than weve been told, I promise you!!!! See what great Love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! 1 John 3:1 The Good News of the Gospel is Grace. (The Finished work of Jesus Christ) brings Freedom. Any effort by us in keeping any part of the Law to ratify our Salvation shows our lack in understanding and experience of the depth of Grace given to us. Gods New Covenant (better than the Old one) was made between the Father and the Son on our behalf. While every other covenant is conditional and breakable the New Covenant of Love is not because the two who made it are perfect. Even if there were conditions we would have no part in the conditions because our part is only to receive the benefit of the Covenant. We have been given a new heart with the New Covenant. His Spirit doesnt come and go with our inconsistencies, His Spirit stays by His Consistency. Separation from the Father through sin is no longer an issue to us because the eternal effects were taken away by the Finished Work of Jesus Christ. In Christ we are a new creation and a new creation has no past. We are not judged by the Old Covenant because along with Christ we have died to it. Judgment for us who are in Christ comes from the New Covenant of Love and that can only produce Life not death. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 The Gospel is always Good News of Grace. If what you are hearing about the Gospel is not focused on the Finished Work of Christ the ones bringing the news arent speaking the Fathers language. Jesus Loves You Cody Custer
Posted on: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 13:56:59 +0000
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