Get Out Of the Mud of Legalism

Romans 5:2 (NKJV) ...through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Ever step into some serious mud? It's a bummer, isn't it? I remember a work day on our property some years back, when I stepped into a pile of mud that completely covered my shoes. I thought for sure they were ruined.

Standing in grace, completely covered by it, doesn't ruin you, but helps you. Once at war with God, now by faith you have peace, access, grace, and hope in Him! As you stand in His grace, it gives you a firm footing in living a life that pleases Him. Oh, it's not a life that requires your performance, but rather a life that is lived through the power of His Spirit dwelling in you.

Remember today that you are standing in God's grace. I love it, don't you, that Paul didn't write that we're standing in God's judgment, or standing in God's expectations, or standing in God's religion?

No, we stand in God's grace - His unmerited, unearned, undeserved agape love and favor. Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so!

What's you're favorite verse in the Bible and why? REPLY to this note and share it with me.

In Grace,
Pastor Ed


Response
One verse I really, really love is 1 Timothy 1:12-17. It is just amazing to me to think that God would choose me of all people, even those who once persecuted God and didn't care about Him, to be used to speak His name to others. This past Sunday I was having a rough time when the parents on a soccer sideline were yelling at me and saying the Lord's name in vain in a U14 game (I was the linesman). There was one man who just kept saying His name in vain and it made me so sad. Afterwards I was just amazed that God still loves that man, no more and no less. It just shows that we say so many bad things against God, and yet he still loves us and sent His Son to die for us so that we could have a relationship with Him. Yeah God!