If Christians Are Saved by Grace Alone, Then…

How the ways of God’s kingdom are antithetical to the ways of the world.

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If Christians are saved by grace alone, then…

There are so many ways to finish that sentence.

How would you complete it?

If Christians are saved by grace alone, then ____________________.

• We should be the humblest people on earth.
• We should be the most generous.
• We should be the most forgiving.
• We should be the kindest.
• We should share the message of grace with others.
• But we should not only share grace, but we should also show (give/extend) grace to others. Not qualified grace, but unconditional grace. The same kind we have received. The kind that was given by God before we asked for it.

It is the last bullet that is on my mind today, especially as it relates to how disciples of Jesus are called to engage with enemies — in view of being saved by grace alone.

Who your enemies are may depend on your theological/ecclesiastical stripe.

Those on “the right” have their list of enemies.