Friday, September 11, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
2 Corinthians 12:9 "And he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you.."
Pastor James spoke this week continuing with his series on trials. This week the passage covered was from 2 Corinthians 12. When he got to verse 9 he began talking about grace. He said that they literal translation of that phrase God says to Paul is "Sufficient for you is the grace of Me." That thought really stuck with me. He talked about the typical definition given for grace as being "unmerited favor". He says that is pretty accurate but its only part of it. Without grace we can't do anything. Can't walk. Can't talk. Can't breathe. Can't think. Can't love. We essentially don't exist apart from God. The illustration that stuck out to me was that Jesus doesn't just give us grace, but He IS grace. He doesn't hand it out and walk away but He is it and He is there with you. Does that make sense? How does that change your view of grace?
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