Grace - Much more than we expected

Just as the "prodigal" son returning to his father could only imagine being received as a hired servant and never in his wildest dreams would have believed his father would fully restore his sonship, so most Christians have believed something less than the truly good news.  We've been told that we can't be fully restored, fully righteous, nor fully and always in perfect fellowship with a loving Father.

I imagine that the "prodigal" son had difficulty at first believing the loving actions of his Father--that it was too good to be true.  But that is how our thinking must change about ourselves and God as well--the Gospel of Grace truly does seem too good to be true, but that's the point.  This amazement, this overwhelming love is the inspiration that every person needs and how the Christian life is to be lived.

Show me a bored Christian or a "nominal" Christian, and you'll have shown me someone whose mind has not yet truly experienced the life-changing effect of a grace that is so over the top, so packed with goodness, that one needs the gift of faith from God just to believe it.

After all, it is His great kindness that leads us to change the way we think (repentance).

Grace=Peace,

Jeremy