Amen JGIG! Nice post with beautiful verses! I was thinking of this very thing this morning while getting up and having coffee. A message on grace was on the tv and it was just so wonderful and lovely to be reminded yet again the way Jesus did it all for us. So sad the way humans think they can do any of it. Since Jesus went to the cross and got us out of the mess Adam dunked the human race in. And then seeing the refinement of sin over the years has gotten more ugly.
How come people believe Adam's sin could totally doooom the whole human race from generation to generation by his and Eve's rebellion and sin... Sin with it's associated counter part - death..and it came upon us all with the rest of the ugly mess; illness, misery, confusion, fear, weakness, deformity, distortion, hatred., ugliness.....etc... But people will NOT believe that JESUS by HIS perfect and holy power and authority could completely reverse and SAVE us from that doom?? Is Adam's sin stronger than God's love and Jesus blood?? NO WAY!
God in His grace devised the plan of salvation. Now all in Christ are 100% saved from the horrible fate of sin with it's accompanying horrors. Why do believers even resist the truth of God's power in His love in grace for us. Why not accept the fact that Jesus' love and sacrifice is stronger than Adam's sin? It's all there for us to see in the Bible if we move aside and look.
I think when Christians keep hearing about the grace of God that brings salvation AND hear it A LOT,they will be set free. From the time we get up to the time we go back to sleep to get His Word in our minds, it is then we can step over that barrier that causes us to look at our selves and not Jesus.
To release that fear that they might be mistaken that grace is just too good to be true. That the Holy Spirit will demolish that strong hold of religion.,cast down those human imaginations of doubt and fear. That is what it took for me to finally see the full and free grace of God.
Desperation to be rescued from self. Then we are actually supposed to "REST" !! That just sounds shocking that God wants us to rest!? But as you posted here JGIG that is what we are to do!! One of the things this preacher said this morning was that the greatest thing we can do as believers is to REST IN Christ. That brings honor to Him because it shows we are no longer striving in ourselves but resting IN Christ's ability to save us completely.
Then the works come as a natural fruit of being filled to overflowing. Only God could make up a plan like that. "Love goes where law cannot" Amen. You do sound like one who is JoyfullyGrowingInGrace
How come people believe Adam's sin could totally doooom the whole human race from generation to generation by his and Eve's rebellion and sin... Sin with it's associated counter part - death..and it came upon us all with the rest of the ugly mess; illness, misery, confusion, fear, weakness, deformity, distortion, hatred., ugliness.....etc... But people will NOT believe that JESUS by HIS perfect and holy power and authority could completely reverse and SAVE us from that doom?? Is Adam's sin stronger than God's love and Jesus blood?? NO WAY!
God in His grace devised the plan of salvation. Now all in Christ are 100% saved from the horrible fate of sin with it's accompanying horrors. Why do believers even resist the truth of God's power in His love in grace for us. Why not accept the fact that Jesus' love and sacrifice is stronger than Adam's sin? It's all there for us to see in the Bible if we move aside and look.
I think when Christians keep hearing about the grace of God that brings salvation AND hear it A LOT,they will be set free. From the time we get up to the time we go back to sleep to get His Word in our minds, it is then we can step over that barrier that causes us to look at our selves and not Jesus.
To release that fear that they might be mistaken that grace is just too good to be true. That the Holy Spirit will demolish that strong hold of religion.,cast down those human imaginations of doubt and fear. That is what it took for me to finally see the full and free grace of God.
Desperation to be rescued from self. Then we are actually supposed to "REST" !! That just sounds shocking that God wants us to rest!? But as you posted here JGIG that is what we are to do!! One of the things this preacher said this morning was that the greatest thing we can do as believers is to REST IN Christ. That brings honor to Him because it shows we are no longer striving in ourselves but resting IN Christ's ability to save us completely.
Then the works come as a natural fruit of being filled to overflowing. Only God could make up a plan like that. "Love goes where law cannot" Amen. You do sound like one who is JoyfullyGrowingInGrace
And thank you for your refreshing affirmation of Grace this morning \o/!
-JoyfullyGrowingInGrace