In a few days I plan to preach a message on the incomparable subject of God's grace (unmerited favor; unearned blessing; mercy/love).  In researching for that sermon I came across some excellent information on the subject in a Bible study book written by Nancy Leigh Demoss and Tim Grissom called Seeking Him.

I feel the few paragraphs from the book which I quote below are so excellent that I could not summarize or paraphrase them any better than they were originally written by those authors.  Here are their comments from pp.87-88; I hope you're as blessed by these words of encouragement as I am:

"Humankind's sinful condition was more than an annoyance to God.  Sin was not something we could apologize for, thereby patching up the relationship as if we'd simply had a disagreement with God.  We were children of wrath - guilty and condemned.  Not a pleasant thought, is it - that our eternal soul sat on death row?  But where there is God there is grace, and where there is grace there is pardon.  By His grace God did for us what we could not do for ourselves: He gave us life for death and pardon for condemnation.  At the cross, God satisfied His own vengeance, met His own demands of justice, extended mercy, and then added the surprise of His grace.  Having punished sin, God forgave sinners; then He went on to adopt all who would believe, making them fellow heirs with His only Son.  Such is the extravagant love and grace of God...God's grace is always a gift given to the undeserving.  That's what makes it so amazing...If you have received God's saving grace, have you come to take it for granted or lost a sense of the wonder of what God has done for you? Take a few minutes to pray, thanking God for giving you life and saving your soul."

John Newton said it well, "Amazing grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me..." -- indeed!

Love,

Pastor Bomey

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