Comments on: Who needs grace?

By: LisaNotes

LisaNotes — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 22:58:40 +0000

In reply to Natalie.

I’m with you, Natalie–I do better when I can “see” illustrations of grace. Then the more I watch for it, the more I see it.

By: Natalie

Natalie — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 22:05:04 +0000

I’ve enjoyed your quotes on grace, Lisa. It’s a hard concept for me to grasp. Thanks for painting a picture of it with words from so many sources.

By: LisaNotes

LisaNotes — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 13:59:04 +0000

In reply to Jerralea. You're right on top of it, Jerralea. We know intrinsically that we're not worth his grace, so we keep trying to earn it. We are silly creatures, yes? ha. Definitely a mystery of the ages! He IS love. That's what I just cannot fathom but am so thankful for.

By: Jerralea

Jerralea — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 13:20:03 +0000

I’m loving this discussion! The sentence that really leaped out at me was “We know we are saved by grace, but we think we must live by our spiritual ‘sweat.’” Amen, that’s been me so often. What is it with we humans that we want to earn “brownie points” with God? I guess it is because deep down we know we aren’t worthy of grace, we just aren’t lovable, so why would God love us, But He does! That is the greatest mystery of the ages …

By: LisaNotes

LisaNotes — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 22:16:43 +0000

In reply to Dianna. I'm glad you love this book as much as I do, Dianna! You make a good point: when we're working for points ourselves, we're likely to be demanding them from others too. But when we're accepting grace, we're more likely to be giving it as well.

By: LisaNotes

LisaNotes — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 22:14:41 +0000

In reply to Michelle. I read it on my Kindle too. It's one I will return to because it is so good! I'm a big Jerry Bridges fan. :)

By: LisaNotes

LisaNotes — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 22:10:15 +0000

In reply to Barbara H.. I like the currency analogy too because I can relate to it so easily. It's hard to break out of that mentality sometimes, but I'm glad it's not about what we can pay!

By: Dianna

Dianna — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 22:46:30 +0000

One of my MOST FAVORITE reads of the year, so far, Lisa! I am also learning that generally speaking when I find that I am “working” as if my living out my salvation depended on it, that I am not extending grace to those around me either. Those are the times I find myself being the most critical/judgmental.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 19:42:54 +0000

Thank you for this post.
I have this book on my Kindle.

Have a great weekend!

By: Barbara H.

Barbara H. — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 18:09:34 +0000

Amen. Good works out of love and appreciation and even obedience to God are one thing, but they can never work as “currency” (I like that application) to merit salvation or grace. And we can’t do them without grace – kind of like a child buying a present for her father with money she first had to ask the father for.