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Grace is getting what you don't deserve (an unwarranted gift while mercy is not getting what you do deserve (judgment and wrath).
We’re living in the “information age,” but we certainly aren’t living in the “age of wisdom.”
Wiersbe, Warren W. 1996. Be Skillful. “Be” Commentary Series. Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.
Grace is getting what you don't deserve (an unwarranted gift while mercy is not getting what you do deserve (judgment and wrath).
The British theologian P. T. Forsythe wrote, “The first duty of every soul is to find not its freedom but its Master.”
Wiersbe, Warren W. 2004. Be Worshipful. 1st ed. “Be” Commentary Series. Colorado Springs, CO: Cook Communications Ministries.
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
PHILIPPIANS 4:6 NIV
Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. (Hebrews 11:1, NIV)
British statesman James Callaghan said, “A lie can be halfway around the world before the truth has got its boots on.” There’s something in the heart of mankind that enjoys feeding on lies.
Wiersbe, Warren W. 2004. Be Worshipful. 1st ed. “Be” Commentary Series. Colorado Springs, CO: Cook Communications Ministries.
Rabbi Abraham Heschel writes, “Six days a week we wrestle with the world, wringing profit from the earth; on the Sabbath, we especially care for the seed of eternity planted in the soul.”*
You are more sinful than you ever dared imagine. Yet you are more loved than you ever dared believe.
Tim Keller