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Here there’s no bad news in the Good News of the Gospel. Many folk subscribe to the notion of preaching hellfire and damnation. They say, “turn or burn” sermons are necessary to scare people into repentance – you know, scare the hell out of people!
Well, check out the words of Jesus in the Gospels. Jesus never preached “turn or burn.” He preached “Repent – turn to God – for God’s kingdom has come near” and you can be a part of it. Mk 1:15, Mt 4:17, 23. It is about inviting people IN, not scaring the hell out of them. And they are drawn to God by the Holy Spirit.
God does not delight in seeing people get what they deserve. God IS ABOUT SAVING US from what we deserve. Jesus has rescued us from the coming wrath. We do not live in fear of becoming unsaved or being abandoned or unadopted. “For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Ro 8:38-39.
Some say preaching on the grace of God makes people lazy. But Paul said just the opposite.“But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me.” 1 Corinthians 15:10.
Corrie Ten Boom once quoted from a poem attributed to John Bunyan. “‘Run John run’ the Law commands, but gives us neither feet nor hands. Far better news the Gospel brings, it bids us fly and gives us wings.”
Rest in the Lord. And He will begin to bear His fruit in you. The unconditional love of God inspires you to take risks and be generous with your life. You do not have to do anything for God. It is about you and He working together! In the mixed grace Gospel you will feel the pressure to perform, to get it right. But in grace – you have the freedom to be who God made you. It’s the freedom—to COME ALIVE!
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