Heb_12:15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled
We've discussed this before, but with all things spiritual they need discussing over and over because they are our life, our future eternity.
We can FAIL of the grace of God.
The grace of God is NOT forced upon anyone.
God HAS made His grace available, but will NOT coerce a single person into accepting His grace. Not a single trace of force will be used on anyone to accept Jesus Christ as their Savior.
There are a lot of religions which advocate force. In fact, in the Old Testament we can read of vengeance of God against those who turn from His and follow other gods. We know that in the New Testament the 'wrath of God' is a very real thing that will be poured out upon all the ungodly, all those who do not choose God. They aren't being FORCED to accept God's salvation, even in the Old Testament they are not forced. It's a choice you make and consequences you face as a result.
Sin cannot be allowed to survive.
Those who choose to refuse the grace of God are in essence desiring sin to live on. It's true.
God is love.
When you refuse the grace of God, you refuse love and all it means.
Believe otherwise at your own risk.
We can fail of the grace of God. It's offered to all, but the very bottom line is not ALL will accept it- not TRUTHFULLY. What I mean by that is many make a pretense of accepting God's grace, some even to the point of believing in their own pretenses, but very few truly accept the grace that is offered. Very few accept the truth of the submission that is necessary in obtaining God's grace. Very few believe they can do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to earn salvation.
It's true.
Others believe that they can't do anything, and so they live their lives as if all they do has very little consequence. Where Paul asks if we should sin because we are no longer under the law, and the answer is …
Rom_6:15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
GOD FORBID!
Our Savior told those He healed to 'Go and sin no more.' Why would He say those words if sinning didn't matter?
Sin will ALWAYS separate us from God and when we willfully sin we are willfully separating ourselves from God. To willfully separate ourselves from God is truly something we can say these words to- 'God forbid.'
We sin not willfully enough, we can't choose to separate ourselves from God and think it's is perfectly fine because we have grace.
Our Savior HAS grace to give us because He was SINLESS!
And it's HIS SINLESSNESS that saves us THROUGH HIS GRACE. He never CONDONED sin, never! He showed compassion for the one caught in sin and healed them, telling them to stop sinning.
We have to constantly go to our SAVIOR seeking forgiveness for our sinning, but we cannot laugh in the face of God and sin happily, believing sin is something good. SIN SEPARATES us from GOD. As we happily sin we are happily separating ourselves from God. How contrary is that to our desire to be one with God?
We can fail of the grace of God.
God forbid we do that!
Please LORD, help us truly accept YOUR grace knowing this--
Eph_2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God
The gift of grace, is the gift of God.
Bless us sweet Savior! Bless us, keep us, save us!
We've discussed this before, but with all things spiritual they need discussing over and over because they are our life, our future eternity.
We can FAIL of the grace of God.
The grace of God is NOT forced upon anyone.
God HAS made His grace available, but will NOT coerce a single person into accepting His grace. Not a single trace of force will be used on anyone to accept Jesus Christ as their Savior.
There are a lot of religions which advocate force. In fact, in the Old Testament we can read of vengeance of God against those who turn from His and follow other gods. We know that in the New Testament the 'wrath of God' is a very real thing that will be poured out upon all the ungodly, all those who do not choose God. They aren't being FORCED to accept God's salvation, even in the Old Testament they are not forced. It's a choice you make and consequences you face as a result.
Sin cannot be allowed to survive.
Those who choose to refuse the grace of God are in essence desiring sin to live on. It's true.
God is love.
When you refuse the grace of God, you refuse love and all it means.
Believe otherwise at your own risk.
We can fail of the grace of God. It's offered to all, but the very bottom line is not ALL will accept it- not TRUTHFULLY. What I mean by that is many make a pretense of accepting God's grace, some even to the point of believing in their own pretenses, but very few truly accept the grace that is offered. Very few accept the truth of the submission that is necessary in obtaining God's grace. Very few believe they can do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to earn salvation.
It's true.
Others believe that they can't do anything, and so they live their lives as if all they do has very little consequence. Where Paul asks if we should sin because we are no longer under the law, and the answer is …
Rom_6:15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
GOD FORBID!
Our Savior told those He healed to 'Go and sin no more.' Why would He say those words if sinning didn't matter?
Sin will ALWAYS separate us from God and when we willfully sin we are willfully separating ourselves from God. To willfully separate ourselves from God is truly something we can say these words to- 'God forbid.'
We sin not willfully enough, we can't choose to separate ourselves from God and think it's is perfectly fine because we have grace.
Our Savior HAS grace to give us because He was SINLESS!
And it's HIS SINLESSNESS that saves us THROUGH HIS GRACE. He never CONDONED sin, never! He showed compassion for the one caught in sin and healed them, telling them to stop sinning.
We have to constantly go to our SAVIOR seeking forgiveness for our sinning, but we cannot laugh in the face of God and sin happily, believing sin is something good. SIN SEPARATES us from GOD. As we happily sin we are happily separating ourselves from God. How contrary is that to our desire to be one with God?
We can fail of the grace of God.
God forbid we do that!
Please LORD, help us truly accept YOUR grace knowing this--
Eph_2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God
The gift of grace, is the gift of God.
Bless us sweet Savior! Bless us, keep us, save us!
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