Summary:

Rules do not have grace in them and there is no earning grace.

What happens to the initial salvation where joy and love are so real?

Rules, without grace, create condemnation which are not in Christ

Show Notes:

• It is through grace that we can approach Him with boldness

• We are saved by grace, yet there is so much more

• As we grow in grace, we get grace to become and to do

References:

Hebrews 4:16 ASV

Let us therefore draw near with boldness unto the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace to help us in time of need.

Ephesians 2:8, 9 KJV

8. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

9. Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Psalms 16:8 ESV

I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.

1 John 4:16 ESV

So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him

Quotes:

• He is so willing to be graceful and give grace

• They all made mistakes, but their heart was set before the Lord

• Love and grace are interwoven

• God loved the guy just the way he was

Take Away:

Grace and love are not a one time “shot”, they are living and expand beyond our abilities to understand. They give us the means to become and do more and more as we grow in them.