Member-only story
Are You Ungodly Enough for Grace?
If so, here are your next steps.
Grace is Better Than That
One of my favorite books is Transforming Grace, by Jerry Bridges.
It is a simple, but profound and deeply helpful exploration into what it means to live by faith in the justifying, adopting and sanctifying grace of God.
One statement that I find particularly insightful is when he writes, “The Bible never speaks of God’s grace as simply making up our deficiencies.”
No. Grace is so much better than that.
It’s not that I try my best and God fills in the gap with grace. I do not co-build the bridge that reconciles me to the Father. The gospel is not that I do my part and Jesus does his part in my salvation.
In the words of Charles Spurgeon, our salvation is “all of grace.” We contribute nothing but our sin to the equation. Jesus supplies all the grace.
But we know this. Theologically, right?
Why Am I Not Staggered?
Then why am I not more staggered by grace?
Maybe because I haven’t really, REALLY come to grips with the mission of Jesus and what it says about me.
