The New Covenant
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- Jan, 30, 2017
- Richard
- Today's Musings
The New Covenant: Grace, Not Law “I will make a new covenant…not according to the covenant I made”…the gospel of the grace of God. (Jeremiah 31:31-32 and Acts 20:24) The old covenant of law was the covenant that God made with Israel “in the day that [He] took them by the hand to bring them […]
Read MoreChrist Who is Our Life
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- Jan, 16, 2017
- Richard
- Today's Musings
“Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.” Matthew 5:17)< The standard of the law of God is infinitely high and lofty: “be holy, be loving, be perfect.” This is because the law reflects the very character of God. In light […]
Read MoreGrace upon Grace
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- Jan, 02, 2017
- Richard
- Today's Musings
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father; full of grace and truth…And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for [upon] grace. (John 1:14, 16) The grace of God is found in a person, Jesus Christ. […]
Read MoreJust as the lost don't understand the Gospel, the saved rarely understand grace.
There are few activities more exhausting and less rewarding than Christians attempting to please the people around them by maintaining impossible legalistic demands. What a tragic trap, and thousands are caught in it. When will we ever learn?
Grace has set us free!
That message streamed often through the sermons and personal testimonies of the apostle Paul.
The lost need to hear how they can go from the island of debris, filled with misery and guilt, to the land of peace and forgiveness, flowing with mercy and grace. Those bridges are built when we lovingly and patiently communicate the Gospel. You don't have to have a seminary degree. You don't have to know a lot of the religious vocabulary. In your own authentic, honest, and unguarded manner, share with people what Christ has done for you. Who knows? It may not be long before you will know the joy of leading a lost sinner from the darkness of death's dungeon across the bridge to the liberating hope of new life in Christ. Once they've arrived, release them. Release them into the magnificent freedom that grace provides. Don't smother them with a bunch of rules and regulations that put them on probation and keep them in that holding tank until they "get their lives straightened out."; Making us holy is the Spirit's work. Be faithful to dispense the Gospel to the lost and Grace to the saved. Then leave the results in the Lord's hands.