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The difference between Grace and the performance gospel: I imagine a 2 year old interrupting a court room, running past the docket and dodging the bailiff. He runs right up and jumps on his dads lap and gives him a hug. The father is the judge. This behavior by any other in the courtroom would result in contempt and possibly assault. The lawyers, in their scratchy suits are befuddled by this they cannot understand. They worked hard to be where they are at, years of school, tests, the bar but no amount of hard work will make them the judges child. We are children of God by Grace through faith. Wearing the right things, going to the best places, doing all the right steps will never make us a child of God. We can say da-da, while all others address him as Sir or Your Honor. Those who work hard to justify themselves cannot grasp Grace. How that unruly, snot nosed 2 year old can sit in the judges lap is the object of their condemnation. They will criticize, talk down about, call names but they cannot become the child of the judge. They cannot approach the judge like the child can. The approach is only made possible by Grace through faith.
Posted on: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 23:34:41 +0000

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