Examples of grace in the Bible(the record)
As I ponder this subject of grace…God’s grace I cannot help but think of those examples in the Bible
Examples like David and consider him and some of the gross sins in his life. And then I think …are we any better…am I any better than he? Maybe I have never committed adultery in a physical relation with another woman but have I in my heart?
Jesus said that if we looked at another with lust in our hearts..we have done so….I have never murdered anyone but if I have hated my brother? What was it He said? That I’ve done so in my heart? He did say that didn’t He?
So David actually did the deed…is that worse? He lusted in his heart and then committed the act. He had Uriah murdered in a way did he not? A despicable act indeed. But is it any worse in God’s sight than if I ruin the character of a fellow Christian through gossip? Is that not just as bad? Slander his name. In some parts of the world, in some cultures the saints have wine at the dinner table....and we condemn them, but are we doing worse with our condemnation (and I'm not condoning that) but it's their culture and it was the culture of Paul's day as well....a little wine for the stomach's sake? Oh, but you say that was not fermented wine....why call it wine then? Jesus said in Matthew's gospel ch.15 vs.10,11 "Hear and understand: Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man."
Elvis said “you can slander my name all over the place, but don’t you step on my blue suede shoes….Some people would rather talk about another person….they have no problem hurting another…..but if you step on their toes up rises the old righteous indignation…they can get holier than thou awfully quick. I think of David….King of Israel ….dignity, grace, stature…a man after God’s own heart…but he failed …oh how he failed….oh how he failed. And then I look in the mirror and I say oh how you have failed! That guy in the mirror is not one iota better than the old king was. And yet he cried out to God in Psalm 51 starting at verse 4, “Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: “ Some of us might have an argument with David there but while he said those words
just previous to that he said “I acknowledge my transgressions
And my sin is ever before me.”It woud be good for us to read and reread that psalm, a prayer really, a wonderful example of true repentance. In verse 9 he cries out to God, “Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.” And God will do that, praise His name!
Hezekiah in Isaiah ch.38, “verse 17 says, “Behold, for peace I had great bitterness; but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.” Isn’t that a wonderful example of truth. Grace and Truth comes from the Lord Jesus Christ! (Jn.1:17)
Had it not been for a hill called Mt. Calvary…had it not been for an old rugged cross….had it not been for a Man called Jesus…..then forever my soul would be lost. Grace…. I need His grace today......I need the blood applied......I need to die to the flesh again this day....I need His grace
And He gives it free of charge , unmerited, unearned, matchless grace....Praise God forevermore
As I ponder this subject of grace…God’s grace I cannot help but think of those examples in the Bible
Examples like David and consider him and some of the gross sins in his life. And then I think …are we any better…am I any better than he? Maybe I have never committed adultery in a physical relation with another woman but have I in my heart?
Jesus said that if we looked at another with lust in our hearts..we have done so….I have never murdered anyone but if I have hated my brother? What was it He said? That I’ve done so in my heart? He did say that didn’t He?
So David actually did the deed…is that worse? He lusted in his heart and then committed the act. He had Uriah murdered in a way did he not? A despicable act indeed. But is it any worse in God’s sight than if I ruin the character of a fellow Christian through gossip? Is that not just as bad? Slander his name. In some parts of the world, in some cultures the saints have wine at the dinner table....and we condemn them, but are we doing worse with our condemnation (and I'm not condoning that) but it's their culture and it was the culture of Paul's day as well....a little wine for the stomach's sake? Oh, but you say that was not fermented wine....why call it wine then? Jesus said in Matthew's gospel ch.15 vs.10,11 "Hear and understand: Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man."
Elvis said “you can slander my name all over the place, but don’t you step on my blue suede shoes….Some people would rather talk about another person….they have no problem hurting another…..but if you step on their toes up rises the old righteous indignation…they can get holier than thou awfully quick. I think of David….King of Israel ….dignity, grace, stature…a man after God’s own heart…but he failed …oh how he failed….oh how he failed. And then I look in the mirror and I say oh how you have failed! That guy in the mirror is not one iota better than the old king was. And yet he cried out to God in Psalm 51 starting at verse 4, “Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: “ Some of us might have an argument with David there but while he said those words
just previous to that he said “I acknowledge my transgressions
And my sin is ever before me.”It woud be good for us to read and reread that psalm, a prayer really, a wonderful example of true repentance. In verse 9 he cries out to God, “Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.” And God will do that, praise His name!
Hezekiah in Isaiah ch.38, “verse 17 says, “Behold, for peace I had great bitterness; but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.” Isn’t that a wonderful example of truth. Grace and Truth comes from the Lord Jesus Christ! (Jn.1:17)
Had it not been for a hill called Mt. Calvary…had it not been for an old rugged cross….had it not been for a Man called Jesus…..then forever my soul would be lost. Grace…. I need His grace today......I need the blood applied......I need to die to the flesh again this day....I need His grace
And He gives it free of charge , unmerited, unearned, matchless grace....Praise God forevermore
posted by Randall | 6:05 a.m.
2 Comments:
Enjoy this very much and have a new slant on Grace. Keep up the good work. You are in our Prayers.
Bob and Guelda
armando says:
Matthew 7:3 " And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother´s eye, but considerest not the beam that it is in thine own eye?
Whenever somebody is too much concern about everybody else´s mote, is because there is a beam in his own eye.
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