Honest Advent

Introduction

CHAPTER 24 Need The Child continued to grow and become strong, increasing in wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him. LUKE 2:40 NASB

He became human so we would know He had nothing to hide. He lived in a complicated world so He could relate to the complexity of being in our world. His name is God-with-Us so we would know we are prized and in that feeling of being prized would come to a deeper prizing of ourselves.

But the rub of revelation is that it’s a transformation you’re not in charge of.

CHAPTER 8 Breath

Which leads us to grace. Grace is theologically defined as “the freely given unmerited favor and love of God,” which as a definition is beyond fantastic.

To see Jesus as full of grace means there wasn’t any perfection checklist that was met to deserve His presence. His arrival stands against the idea that if you do it right, you get access to His presence. His presence was freely given. He never withheld it. Grace is presence not withheld.

CHAPTER 12 Seen

Second, personal preference always sneaks into perspective as well.