My behavior does not influence or change God's love, grace and mercy for me but His love, grace and mercy for me should change my behavior and affections.
I still struggle with this. A part of me still thinks that if I do better today than I did yesterday that God is more pleased with me now...that I now merit more of His favor...that I am somehow more justified before Him.
What a load of crap. What a lie from Satan. What a fabrication that devalues Christ's work on the cross and somehow makes God's unconditional grace in my life about me.
By the power of the Holy Spirit, I will continue to recognize and fight against this lie in my life and in the lives of others.
Jesus saves me. I don't save myself. End of story.
"God's opinion of me doesn't change because his opinion of Christ doesn't change, and I am in Christ." - Stephen Altrogge
"Christianity is not a religion about a moral code to keep. It's about a God who saves people that can't keep the moral code." - Pastor Tullian
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