Sunday
Good Sunday Morning. I trust you are excited about today and are ready to worship our Lord in spirit and in truth.
A couple of days ago a good friend of mine told me that Bob Thomas had made a statement at Bob's funeral had continued to resonate with him. Bob said that although Bob Hudson was a really good man and every one really liked Bob, he is not in heaven because he was a good guy or because he was well liked. Bob is in heaven because at one point in his life grace met faith. What a blessed, simple picture that is; if we want to make heaven our home, somewhere, at sometime for each of us, grace must meet faith.
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”
Ephesians 2:8-10 NIV
We can do all sorts of good things, in fact, we have been called to do good things and at times, we are called to great things. But no matter how many good or great things we do these will not save us. Nothing we can do on our own is going to take care of that. Grace has to meet simple faith. Faith just like a child.
Sometimes we get so caught up in trying to be what we think we need to be and do what we need to do that we forget our righteousness is only though His grace. Like the song says...
Only by your grace we can enter
Only by your grace we can stand
Not by our human endeavor
But by the blood of the Lamb into your presence you call us
Only by grace can we enter
And now by Your grace we come to Him who sits on the throne
And unto the Lamb
Be blessing and honor
And glory and power forever
Today, in your worship of the one true God, the One who stands alone, stand amazed at his grace for us, in the face that when it met faith, it secured your eternal home.
Love you friend,
Pam
A couple of days ago a good friend of mine told me that Bob Thomas had made a statement at Bob's funeral had continued to resonate with him. Bob said that although Bob Hudson was a really good man and every one really liked Bob, he is not in heaven because he was a good guy or because he was well liked. Bob is in heaven because at one point in his life grace met faith. What a blessed, simple picture that is; if we want to make heaven our home, somewhere, at sometime for each of us, grace must meet faith.
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”
Ephesians 2:8-10 NIV
We can do all sorts of good things, in fact, we have been called to do good things and at times, we are called to great things. But no matter how many good or great things we do these will not save us. Nothing we can do on our own is going to take care of that. Grace has to meet simple faith. Faith just like a child.
Sometimes we get so caught up in trying to be what we think we need to be and do what we need to do that we forget our righteousness is only though His grace. Like the song says...
Only by your grace we can enter
Only by your grace we can stand
Not by our human endeavor
But by the blood of the Lamb into your presence you call us
Only by grace can we enter
And now by Your grace we come to Him who sits on the throne
And unto the Lamb
Be blessing and honor
And glory and power forever
Today, in your worship of the one true God, the One who stands alone, stand amazed at his grace for us, in the face that when it met faith, it secured your eternal home.
Love you friend,
Pam
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