Learning to Love God's Grace

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Eze 36:25 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.
Eze 36:26 And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
Eze 36:27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.
Eze 36:28 You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and you shall be my people, and I will be your God
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Eze 36:31 Then you will remember your evil ways, and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and your abominations.

Like the hymn-writer said, "Amazing grace, how sweet the sound/That saved a wretch like me!" Today, I lament the fact that the Gospel of God's grace has been watered down, washed down for the sake of not offending unbelievers. I only remember what the Apostle Paul said that the Gospel is FOOLISHNESS to the Gentile and a STUMBLING BLOCK to the Jews. But to those, like me, a wretch like me, who are being saved...IT IS THE POWER OF GOD! I will not be ashamed of the scandal of the Cross of Jesus Christ. Many will shout: hypocrite! judgmental! mean-spirited! But to those who will hear and listen, let them repent and be saved unto the glory of God.