WITNESS
8-19-13
GRACE---A GIFT FROM GOD
Are you living
In a state of grace
If so
Say, “thank you”
Because grace is defined
As a gift
Given freely by God
To his believers
It is
The undeserved love and salvation
Given to us freely by God
It is nothing
That we can ever earn
If you are a loving parent
Think about it
There is nothing that you would not do for your child
If it is for their own good
It is the same way
With God for us
There is nothing he would not do for us
That is---if it is for our own good
Because we are his children
And he loves us INFINITELY
In the 15th chapter
Of Saint Luke’s Gospel
Luke tells us 3 such stories about Jesus
He tells us the story
Of a shepherd with 100 sheep
One becomes lost
And the shepherd leaves the heard---the other 99
To go and find that one lost sheep
Jesus tells us,
“There will be more rejoicing
In heaven
Over one sinner that repents
Than over 99 persons
Who do not need to repent”
Luke 15:7
God loves EACH and EVERY ONE of
us
Then Jesus tells the story
Of a woman with10 coins
But she loses one
She does not worry
About the 9 that she has
But overturns the house---looking everywhere
Until she finds that one lost coin
Then she calls her friends and
neighbors
And says,
“Rejoice with me
I have found my lost coin”
Luke 15:9
It is the same way with us
Who are lost
Along life’s highway
God will look for us
Until she finds us
And he will find us---that is
Unless we don’t want to be found
Then Jesus continued with one
more story
About a lost son
And his loving father
He tells the story
About his youngest son
Who has run away from home
And squandered everything
On wine and women
And to the older son---who has
become jealous
Because, his father, receives
the younger son openly
He says,
“You are always with me
And everything I have is yours
Because this brother of yours was dead
And is alive again
He was lost and is found”
Luke 15:31 & 32
It is the same way with us
We should be happy
When one of our brothers or sisters
Comes home to God
God’s grace
A gift given freely to us by God
All we can do is be gracious
And say, “thank you”
“For it is by grace
That you have been saved
Through faith---and this not from ourselves
So that no one can boast”
Romans 2:8 & 9
We say, “thank you Lord”
For this gift of your grace
THEGREATEST GIFT THAT WE WILL
EVER RECEIVE
Robert P. Wallman
12-15-11
Ps WITNESS 8-19-13
HAS GOD'S GRACE BEEN OFFERED TO ALL MEN?
ReplyDeleteAccording to Calvinists, God has only offered grace to a select few who were individually predetermined for salvation before man was created. Is this what the Scriptures proclaim? No, they do not.
2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God..(NKJV)
The words of John Calvin are not Scripture.
The words of the apostle Paul are Scripture.(SEE: 2 Peter 3:15-16)
The apostle Paul wrote the letter to Titus. Titus is Scripture. John Calvin did not pen one single verse of Scripture. Calvin's words were not Scripture. If John Calvin's writings were inspired by God, then they should be included in the Bible.
THE BIBLE PROCLAIMS THAT GRACE IS OFFERED TO ALL MANKIND UNDER THE NEW COVENANT TERMS FOR PARDON.
Titus 2:11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. (NKJV)
Titus 2:11 For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. (New International Version)
Titus 2:11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people. (English Standard Version)
Titus 2:11 For the all saving grace of God has been revealed to all men; (Aramaic Bible in Plain English)
Titus 2:11 For the grace of God that brings salvation hath appeared to all men, (King James Bible)
The free gift of salvation has been offered to all men who will accept God's terms for pardon.
THE TERMS FOR PARDON.
1. Faith: John 3:16
2. Confession: Romans 10:9
3. Repentance: Acts 3:19
4. Water Baptism: Acts 2:38
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