Wednesday, September 22, 2004
some things I've learned about grace
Going through some of my old writings, I found this that I had posted a couple of years ago in the previous message board at Revolution Atlanta:
Grace steps in when we have a heart after God, regardless of how we have "sinned" (missed the mark) against him. What I understand is that it is a matter of the heart when it comes to grace. We fall, we sin, we stumble, but his grace is sufficient for us. I do believe, however, that being unrepentant (not wanting to change when you know you're in the wrong, or rather doing wrong purposefully) is a way of refusing grace. Therein, how do we expect God to be able to give us grace when we refuse to have anything to do with him? Grace is not an excuse to sin, it is a hand that helps to pull you out of sin. As author Jeff VanVonderen points out, how can you give someone a license to sin when their going to sin with or without a license? As you may already know though, it isn't a license to sin, it's the hope that we may have fallen but we can do better the next time around.
