Grace: Something to Live By

De: Dr. David C. Strem

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

From Genesis to Revelation, God’s grace is prominent. We have this Book only by God’s grace. The whole Bible is about God’s gracious pursuit of sinful man. In His grace, He gave us the truth to draw us to Himself and help us avoid brokenness and devastation and tragedy in our lives. God’s grace gave us this Book. God’s grace gave us this world. Look at what God has given us in His creation; the care, the detail is astonishing. He did not just give us taste; He gave us chocolate. He did not just give us sight; He gave us color. He did not just give us sound; He gave us music. God lavished His grace upon us.

The grace of God is from eternity past to eternity future, forever. Can you begin to grasp the immensity of God’s grace? Before there could have even been Creation, God had to graciously provide a remedy for creatures that decide to go their own way. Foreknowing what would happen, the Son graciously created a world in which His grace could overcome evil, in which He could incarnate Himself, and in which He could die for those who sinned against Him, in which He could turn unbelief and hatred to faith and love. Graciousness provides a way for reconciliation. We give up in relationships. God strives for reconciliation. It is us who reject Him. It is He who pursues us for reconciliation. Only a gracious God would create at all, knowing the difficulty and heartache to come. Even if a being like Satan had the creative powers and intelligence of God, which he doesn’t, but if he did, he could not provide a Revelation 22 type world. He lacks the graciousness and love of God, as chiefly seen in Jesus Christ. If Satan attempted to create creatures with free-will, he couldn’t turn their rebellion through grace. God puts together a family. Satan forms gangs. God is gracious, Satan isn’t. Naked power without grace equals a despot. Power constrained by grace is redemptive.