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If we wish to understand and receive God’s grace, it begins with understanding His Word.

Jas 3:17
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.

Mt 12:30
Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

Jn 15:12-13
"This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lays down his life for his friends.

God's Love Is Sacrificial
Practically speaking, this means that we must be willing to sift through a lot of garbage and even pain/suffering to help a person receive God’s grace and be saved (in every sense, whether unbeliever or believer).

1Jn 4:19
We love because he first loved us.

William L. Lane on the Book of Hebrews
“[Hebrews] conveys a word from God addressed to the Church in response to the sometimes harsh reality of life encountered by Christians in a fallen and insecure world.”

William L. Lane on the Book of Hebrews
“As an integral part of the NT canon, Hebrews adds its essential witness to the decisive eschatological character of God’s action through Jesus Christ and to the urgency of unwavering commitment to Him.”

Gal 6:7
Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.

Why Me? – blog 5/19/23
Accepting inescapable truths in our lives is key to peace and happiness.

Why Me? – blog 5/19/23
“Why me?” is life in darkness. “Why not me?” is life in the Light. The prior is oppressive, tyrannical, and spiritually degrading; the latter is freeing, expressive, and inviting.

Php 1:29
For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake,

Why Me? – blog 5/19/23
If you’re going to ask, “Why me?”, the more appropriate question to ask God is why He chose to save you, of all people. Since He did choose you and predestined you to a life in Christ, instead ask, “Why not me?”, the next time you feel like complaining.

Jn 10:10
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.