Knowing grace beyond my ability

Romans 4:1-8

What, then, are we to say about Abraham, our human ancestor? For if Abraham was justified by actions, he would have had something to boast about-though not before God. For what does the Scripture say? "Abra ham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness." Now to someone who works, wages are not considered a gift but an obligation. However, to someone who does not work, but simply believes in the one who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness.

Likewise, David also speaks of the blessedness of the person whom God regards as righteous apart from actions:

"How blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven
and whose sins are covered!
How blessed is the person whose sins
the Lord will never charge against him!"

I'm so interested in this idea of grace. What the Law showed was impossible through your own ability and action, God does in His goodness without any requirements other than, "Follow Me".
I think sometimes that we in our struggle to explain grace add a measure of Law to someone that has come to Jesus. In an attempt to disciple people, we Set up regulations and requirements to follow to see positive external results and then wonder why we don't see internal results. This scripture talks of a man who internally believed and therefore given credit in the form of righteousness. Did we see this man live a perfect life? No.... But we see a man internally following God on credit. In moments of failure, God reached into the bank account of credit (grace) and covered him.
Do we try so hard to see external fruit and neglect the internal and eternal fruit of the spirit? Grace makes way for the inner Kingdom to show in our external life and kingdom. Not reverse.
Don't get me wrong. God has called us to a pure life, but we must check the way we approach His kingdom and how HE approaches our salvation moment by moment.......

2 Corinthians 3:18
But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.



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