http://www.someguyandhismac.com/2008/07/25/grace/ My rambling of thoughts. Sat, 05 Jun 2010 09:45:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.someguyandhismac.com/2008/07/25/grace/comment-page-1/#comment-330 Isaac Woelfel Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:02:00 +0000 http://www.someguyandhismac.com/2008/07/25/grace/#comment-330 Yes, it has. But not in the sense that it has rejected the truth of grace. I think what the church has grasped is a few ideas about grace and what lives lived in the light of grace should look like. Then when it fails to be lived out in that way, that's when condemnation, judgement, gossiping, and backstabbing start to corrode these ideas of grace and unbelievers and believers alike get burned by the substitute of life changing grace. The reason "grace" has failed in the church is because the church has lost its focus on the sustainer of that grace... Jesus Christ. Until the church sets aside its programs and "sure-fire" methods, the church will continue to rip off its own with its packaged deals to save your soul and to set you on the straight and narrow... with ultimately benefits both the receiver with "salvation" or "renewal" and the church with a little bit more pocket money for the materials the the receiver needs to live a more dedicated life for the Lord. I believe that the early church would look at the way we pitch "grace" with disgust and ask, "When will you just set your sights on Christ and let his example lead your life?" You want to know what grace looks like? Grace is Christ, God humbling himself to take on human flesh, living our life, and then dying and rising again to give us freedom to live life freely in light of his example. An example that the world so desperately needs to see on a day-to-day basis. Yes, it has. But not in the sense that it has rejected the truth of grace. I think what the church has grasped is a few ideas about grace and what lives lived in the light of grace should look like. Then when it fails to be lived out in that way, that's when condemnation, judgement, gossiping, and backstabbing start to corrode these ideas of grace and unbelievers and believers alike get burned by the substitute of life changing grace. The reason "grace" has failed in the church is because the church has lost its focus on the sustainer of that grace… Jesus Christ. Until the church sets aside its programs and "sure-fire" methods, the church will continue to rip off its own with its packaged deals to save your soul and to set you on the straight and narrow… with ultimately benefits both the receiver with "salvation" or "renewal" and the church with a little bit more pocket money for the materials the the receiver needs to live a more dedicated life for the Lord. I believe that the early church would look at the way we pitch "grace" with disgust and ask, "When will you just set your sights on Christ and let his example lead your life?" You want to know what grace looks like? Grace is Christ, God humbling himself to take on human flesh, living our life, and then dying and rising again to give us freedom to live life freely in light of his example. An example that the world so desperately needs to see on a day-to-day basis.

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