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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
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GRACE - THE FREE, UNMERITED LOVE AND FAVOR OF GOD
GRACE - THE FREE, UNMERITED LOVE AND FAVOR OF GOD
I LOVE STUDYING ABOUT GRACE. YOU CAN HARDLY READ A BOOK OF THE BIBLE WITHOUT FINDING THE WORD GRACE, ESPECIALLY IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. IN FACT THERE ARE ONLY FOUR BOOKS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT THAT DO NOT HAVE THE WORD "GRACE" IN THEM AND THEY ARE MATTHEW, MARK, 1ST AND 3RD JOHN. I CAN SORT OF UNDERSTAND IT NOT BEING FOUND IN 1ST AND 3RD JOHN BECAUSE THEY ARE SO SHORT BUT FOR MATTHEW AND MARK, THEY ARE ALL ABOUT JESUS
ABOUT THE BEST DEFINITION I HAVE FOUND FOR GRACE IS "THE FREE UNMERITED LOVE AND FAVOR OF GOD." ONLY WHEN JESUS CAME INTO THE WORLD WAS THERE TRUE GRACE. JOHN 1:17 SAID "For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ." ACTS 15:11 PUTS IT ANOTHER WAY "But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they." I WILL GIVE YOU ONE MORE, "ROMANS 3:24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.?
THE GRACE OF JESUS IS SEEN IN EVERYTHING HE HAS DONE FOR US. WHEN I SAY "US", I USUALLY AM TALKING ABOUT BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIANS. HOWEVER, IN THIS INSTANCE, I MEAN ALL OF US, BELIEVERS AND NON-BELIEVERS. YOU MIGHT ASK HOW I CAN SAY THIS, WELL, HE DIED FOR YOU AND ME BEFORE WE WERE BELIEVERS. WHEN HE WENT TO THE CROSS, HE DIED FOR ALL SIN (1ST JOHN 2:2). NOW THAT IS WHAT I CALL "THE FREE UNMERITED LOVE AND FAVOR OF GOD".
THE GREAT THING ABOUT SALVATION IS THAT IT IS FREE. THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN ADD TO IT BECAUSE JESUS DID IT ALL. FOR JESUS TO COME TO THIS EARTH AND DIE FOR THIS SINFUL WORLD, NOW THAT IS UNMERITED LOVE AND GRACE. WE DO HAVE AN AWESOME SAVIOR. LET'S PRAISE AND WORSHIP HIM AT ALL TIMES.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
