Welcome to Hank’s Place – Fear GRACE? Embrace GRACE!
So many Christians become anxious at the mention of the word, GRACE. Perhaps you are one of them. Grace is no cause for alarm my friend, but for rejoicing. If you think about it you’ll realize John 1:16 says Jesus is God’s hyper-grace personified, for of His fullness which we have all received, and it is grace upon grace.
Many a preacher is scared about life without rules. “You need the Law,” they say. “You need rules for living, boundaries, like river banks—to keep a person in line,” they preach. “Beware greasy-grace – doing whatever you feel like. It’s having a license to sin.”
Time out! First of all, no one needs a license to sin: it comes naturally! I’ve done many Hank’s Place videos pointing out the Law, that is, rule-keeping, or trying to, is designed to point us toward Jesus, our Savior. He saves us, not on the basis of works, but by His grace, It is His unmerited favor toward us!
Consider: Ro 3:24 say, “being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus.” In Acts 20:32 Paul commends the Ephesians to ‘God and to the word of His grace,” which is able to build them up and give them the inheritance among all those who are sanctified. Ro 5:2 tells us it’s God’s grace in which we now stand. 5:15 says the gift of salvation that has come to us by the grace of Jesus Christ.
Eph 2:8 says, “For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God” See? It’s not about you, it’s all about JESUS!
Best of all is Titus 2:11-12 “For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age.”
Yes, the more you realize the grace of God, receive the grace of God, walk in the grace of God, WITHOUT a thought about RULES, the more you’ll be denying ungodliness, worldly unholy desires, and more sensibly, righteously and godly you’ll be living! Fear grace no longer! Embrace grace—and COME ALIVE!
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