JESUS SHOWS US THE HEART OF GOD

"In Jesus Christ, God reveals himself as the Judge who possesses life-and-death power, but who is ready, even eager, to forgive those who repent. He is the Father who waits with fresh robe, ring and fattened calf for his wandering children's return. He is the Physician who heals because he cares and loves. Jesus shows us God the Almighty who becomes a human infant, weak and dispossessed, to save those who have no strength themselves. He reveals God as the offended deity who, incarnate in the Messiah, embraces the offenders' guilt, then personally accepts, absorbs and annuls sin's horrible consequences until his own body is broken and his own blood poured out on a Cross."

"Grace" is not just a theory, a concept or a doctrine. It is God-in-Christ-for-sinners. Nothing we do can earn it, create it, or make it happen. We can only receive it with the empty hands of faith, trusting God and relying on his promise that he has forgiven our sins and has accepted us for Jesus' sake. Until we do that, all our rules, requirements, conditions and obligations only miss the point and waste our time. But when we do trust the gospel promise that God receives sinners, we may happily entrust ourselves to such a God -- eager to seek and to know what pleases him, confident of his goodness and of his love."

from Edward Fudge Ministries

http://www.edwardfudge.com/gracemail/today.html

I read the above on Edward Fudge's website and thought it was so good that I wanted to share it for Spiritual Sundays.

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