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Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
Dec 26, 2006, 5:50:22 AM12/26/06
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rhuff163 wrote:
> Devotional Guide
> For the week of December 24, 2006
>
> JESUS: GOD¹S GRACE IN HUMAN FORM
>
> Law vs. Grace
>
> To read the Bible in one year, today read: Esther 7-8
>
> To Know:
>
> ³For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus
> Christ.² (John 1:17)
>
> The law was given, but grace and truth came. Law depends on law keepers.
> Grace depends on the gracious. Law is given, but grace and truth came in
> human form. Moses gave, but Jesus came. That is John¹s distinction.
>
> History would be very different if we were really willing and able to keep
> God¹s law. The generation gap would never happen. Murder would be unknown.
> Divorces would be unheard of. Surveillance cameras would disappear from a
> world without thievery. Lying, coveting, and cursing would be outside human
> experience.
>
> The law was given after it was already too late. Sin was already in the
> world and had spread to all of us, because all sinned. (See. Rm. 5:12) What
> if I had received World Series tickets for my 7th birthday. In 1946 Boston
> met St. Louis and lost in the fall classic. The games were played in
> September, but my birthday was in November. Like the law, I could have done
> nothing with the tickets.
>
> Grace is never too late. All the law can do is prove that we are lawless.
> ³Sin is lawlessness.² When the law is given, it shines light on the
> lawlessness within us. We all stand condemned in the presence of the law of
> God that Moses gave us. Were grace and truth merely given to us; we would
> have been no better off than we were under law. Jesus is grace and truth in
> human form. He came as an act of grace to live the truth on behalf of
> sinners. Jesus did not come to give us his teaching, so much as to be our
> redeemer. He came to be received. Whoever receives Jesus Christ receives the
> grace of God.
>
> 12266$-12266
>
> <{{{><
> Devotional Guide
> For the week of December 24, 2006
>
> JESUS: GOD¹S GRACE IN HUMAN FORM
>
> Law vs. Grace
>
> To read the Bible in one year, today read: Esther 7-8
>
> To Know:
>
> ³For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus
> Christ.² (John 1:17)
>
> The law was given, but grace and truth came. Law depends on law keepers.
> Grace depends on the gracious. Law is given, but grace and truth came in
> human form. Moses gave, but Jesus came. That is John¹s distinction.
>
> History would be very different if we were really willing and able to keep
> God¹s law. The generation gap would never happen. Murder would be unknown.
> Divorces would be unheard of. Surveillance cameras would disappear from a
> world without thievery. Lying, coveting, and cursing would be outside human
> experience.
>
> The law was given after it was already too late. Sin was already in the
> world and had spread to all of us, because all sinned. (See. Rm. 5:12) What
> if I had received World Series tickets for my 7th birthday. In 1946 Boston
> met St. Louis and lost in the fall classic. The games were played in
> September, but my birthday was in November. Like the law, I could have done
> nothing with the tickets.
>
> Grace is never too late. All the law can do is prove that we are lawless.
> ³Sin is lawlessness.² When the law is given, it shines light on the
> lawlessness within us. We all stand condemned in the presence of the law of
> God that Moses gave us. Were grace and truth merely given to us; we would
> have been no better off than we were under law. Jesus is grace and truth in
> human form. He came as an act of grace to live the truth on behalf of
> sinners. Jesus did not come to give us his teaching, so much as to be our
> redeemer. He came to be received. Whoever receives Jesus Christ receives the
> grace of God.
>
> 12266$-12266
>
> <{{{><
Amen and amen !
May GOD continue to bless the writing and discussing of HIS Word here
in these usenet newsgroups in Jesus' most precious and holy name.
Prayerfully in Christ's amazing love,
Andrew <><
--
Andrew B. Chung
Cardiologist, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
http://HeartMDPhD.com/HolySpirit
As for knowing who are the very elect, these you will know by the
unconditional love they have for everyone including their enemies
(Matthew 5:44-45, 1 Corinthians 13:3, James 2:14-17).
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