11/08/22 CONSIDER SAVING GRACE

11/08/22 CONSIDER SAVING GRACE

CONSIDER SAVING GRACE 

Have you ever noticed that Gods grace (for most Christians) is sufficient to keep them from terrorism and serial killing, but not sufficient to keep them from deceit, anger, hatred, lusting, greed, gossip, selfishness, pride, covetousness?

Funny how that works, er... uh, doesn't work.
Or maybe it is the long arm of the law, rather than God's grace that keeps them from sins, which are also crimes.
Or maybe they are "saved enough" to resist the "big stuff" (like murder and rape) but the "small stuff" like love, mercy, kindness, self denial, honesty, are not covered or provided by God's grace.
Or maybe the "small stuff" doesn't matter to God, so why sweat the small stuff?

For whatever "reason," it appears that there are actually only a few real sinners in our society, such as Bundy, Dahmer, Gacy, Berkowitz. After all, they are the ones who don't have enough grace to refrain from heinous actions. Even Hitler supposedly liked dogs and children.

Of course, there are people who daily break God's "commandments," such as adultery, murder, stealing, lying, coveting, but then again, those folks are only human and God either does not care whether they do those piddling things or He is unable to keep them from doing such heinous sins or He is unwilling to save from the common sins of the flesh and spirit, or He actually WILLS SIN (as is taught by sinning religion).

OR HOW ABOUT THIS:
God can save and cleanse us from all sin,
Keep us from all temptation,
Save us from the guttermost to the uttermost,
Purify us as a distinctive people,
Conform us to the image of Christ,
Make us more than conquerors,
Always lead us in triumph in Christ,
Lead us in light,
Deliver us from the evil one.

These are just a few things I read somewhere, but I thought the source was trustworthy.

Anyway,
I actually do praise the Lord that He saves from the truly,
abominable sins of the totally incorrigible and,
I praise the Lord that He saves from all sinful thoughts, words and actions, every day, all day long, as we look to Him as the Author and Finisher of our faith and bring every thought captive to the obedience of Christ and walk in His light, which is the work of God and His grace in us.
I praise Him that His grace is greater than all our sin and that His salvation does not leave us in bondage to sin.
I praise Him for His Grace, the Blood, His Spirit, His Word, which makes us holy, keeps us clean, leads us in truth and righteousness.

Without Him and all of His provision I would be hopelessly lost in sin, I would be powerless to trust, obey, follow Him.

My salvation is not in me, but Christ in me, the hope of glory.