Grace (The Controversy) Part-1 / #37

Summary:

Grace is a subject where quite a bit of controversy can exist. This podcast helps to bring clarity concerning this subject. Those people who oppose grace think that grace people use their liberty to go out and do what they want. If you really start experiencing grace, and come into a revelation of true grace, you will start sinning less, never more. That’s because with true grace comes a love and acceptance from the Father, which makes you want stay close to Him, where sin separates you from Him.

Show Notes:

• Most people’s definition of grace is “God’s unearned, unmerited favor”, but every time you really experience grace, your definition seems to change. It starts to become much deeper for you.

• There are some that are yelling “cheap grace”, and others who are saying that it is all about grace. What we need to do is sit down at the table together and communicate, and have some productive dialog about it. That would be so much better than making accusations back and forth. This controversy needs to be settled.

• One thing is for sure; those preaching a mixture of law and grace are not really preaching grace at all, because law and grace don’t mix. It’s like trying to mix oil and water.

Quotes:

• Grace is actually sustaining us at this very second. It’s keeping us alive. It’s holding us up. It’s that simple, but it’s extremely complex at the same time.

• Grace must be experienced before you can even start to understand it.

• The argument is not among the saved and the lost. It’s among the saved and the saved, and among the people who are proponents of grace and others who believe that grace is being misused and miss-communicated.

• God forgives us of all our sins, but with sin comes consequences. God loves you too much to not discipline you over those things.

References:

Matthew 6:9-13

Matthew 6:33

Romans 6:23

Takeaways:

People who have really, truly experienced God’s grace are much less prone to go out and sin, contrary to the opinions of so many Christians who feel differently about it. True grace draws you closer to the Father and helps you to have a close relationship with Him, where you don’t want to sin or offend Him in any way.