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Grace is
God’s goodness and kindness to those who do not deserve it and cannot earn
it. Its benefits are available to everyone. Each day God causes hearts to
beat, bodies to heal, and love to be given and received. And, it all happens
regardless of peoples’ opinions of Him.
He offers forgiveness to the rebellious, freedom to sinners, and intimacy
with Himself to all who trust Christ as Savior. Through Jesus, He offers
access to the throne of grace (Hebrews 4:16). That’s where the Savior serves
as high priest, interceding for His own. (Hebrews 7:25)
We know we can approach God confidently because there is no condemnation for
those who belong to Him. (Romans 8:1) What amazing grace! It was not always
so. Israel, God’s chosen people, lived under the Law, not under grace. They,
like us, were a disobedient people. God in His mercy established the
sacrificial system to symbolically provide a way for them to be forgiven of
their wrongdoing.
Jesus gives us permanent forgiveness because He died once for all sins.
(Hebrews 7:27) It was humanly impossible to obey every aspect of all 613
commandments God handed down through Moses. But Jesus fulfilled the Law for
us, and grace makes it count on our behalf. Because our Savior sacrificed
His life for us, we can approach God’s throne.
As believers, we stand upon the immovable foundation of God’s grace. It’s
over us like a canopy and surrounds us like a protective wall. As the truth
of it penetrates our hearts and minds, we become expressions of the Lord’s
love, kindness, and goodness to others.
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