GospelofGrace's podcast

The Bible is clear from Beginning to Ending about how a sinful human can be justified! The trouble is, human pride does not want to believe nor receive God's simple plan. God's plan removes all human effort and works from the equation. There can be no boasting! Will you receive this FREE GIFT from God? If not, BEWARE and wonder and PERISH, says the Lord, for He does a work through His Son in our day that some will not believe though it is declared to them.

There is so much talk about the devil, about how busy he is, about how powerful and sly he is. Why isn't the Church talking only about Jesus, about how He has FINISHED the work, about His OMNIPOTENCE, about His Wisdom and Omniscience! And ALL Power and Authority has been given to Jesus, and He has given power and authority to the Church in His name! The Gates of Hell will not prevail against the Church, Jesus said. So when do we say, "No more" to the devil? When do we use the authority of the name of Jesus against this defeated enemy?

In Mark 16 we are told that those who believe will speak with new tongues. Let's look at what a new tongue should really be as Jesus Christ saves us by His grace and indwells us by His Spirit.

Many offenses and obstacles present themselves to us almost daily. Do we become angry and upset, or do we see that everything that touches our lives had to pass God first, and everyting--EVERYTHING--is for our good. God wants the best for us and uses circumstances to block our ways or to alter our paths to be in line with His. These are opportunities for us to reflect the Grace of God to others.

Conspicuously missing from so many Christian Bible Studies, conversations, and overall theology is the Finished Work of Jesus Christ. Long discourses about behavior (erroneously termed "holiness"), obedience, and human striving, accompanied by God's anger and disappointment, His judgment, and blotting out our names (loss of salvation), are prevalent. These Christians are perpetually striving under guilt, failure, and hopelessness, and begging for forgiveness, or else they are declaring their own righteousness (which is filthy rags in God's sight). The book of Hebrews unequivocally shows that our sins are forgiven, Christ's righteousness is now ours, and we are eternally saved.

Do you feel alone and disheartened? Are you overwhelmed with grief or worry? The Lord FEELS your pain! He is with you and loving you in your deepest pit of griep, sorrow, guilt, shame, or despair!