Grace
0 comments | Posted by Steven Layson on 21 Nov 2010 in From Steve's Study ::
Grace is one of the fundamental concepts of the New Testament. It is the basis for our salvation and the foundation of our eternal hope. Without it, we are lost. Grace speaks, of course, of God’s unmerited favour towards us. We were lost, dead, enemies; but God reached out to us to restore us to himself. It is through no merit of our own that we are saved, but only through the merit of His precious Son, whose lifeblood was spilt on our behalf.
I thought I’d share with you a poem I read the other day that was inspired by Grace, called “The Shepherd” by Thelma McDougall:
The shepherd has left the ninety and nine
And gone down after the one,
Into the darkness of the pit,
Away from the light of the sun.
Into the tangled wilds of sin,
Into the chill of despair,
Into the storms of unbelief
Into the night time of care.
Give praise, my soul, for his patience rare,
Give thanks for his love divine!
For I … who was once the hundredth sheep,
Am back with the ninety and nine!
God sought us and saved us, which as we shall see through today’s passage, has become the model for the way we are to treat one another. We have received Grace & so should live lives characterized by Grace.
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