FALLING INTO OR OUT OF GRACE?

We all fall short of what God wants of us. The real question is not “If?” but “What now?”

Samson failed many times, but not the last time. While taking a little creative license, this clip drives home a crucial point: God longs to use us if we will trust the LORD will pardon, cleanse, and strengthen us for the good of the Kingdom.

 


 

As John wrote struggling believers centuries ago, so it is still true today:

This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all. So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness; we are not practicing the truth. But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.

If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth. But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness. If we claim we have not sinned, we are calling God a liar and showing that his word has no place in our hearts.

My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate who pleads our case before the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the one who is truly righteous. He himself is the sacrifice that atones for our sins—and not only our sins but the sins of all the world(1 John 1:5-2:2 NLT).

Written by phil

March 19th, 2013

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