Dangerous Grace
Yesterday, I talked about the grace of God in church.
My topic was "running from legalism". A "legalistic, rule bound, don't, shouldn't, can't" type of Christianity is actually a lie about the character of God. God's disposition toward us is grace. He wants to give us all good things - salvation, blessing, peace, abundance, love. Our job - believe and embrace it for our own. Nothing we can do to earn any of it.
There's something about teaching the grace of God the way it comes off in the Bible that feels a little dangerous. I have this feeling that I should hedge things a little. After all, where would people go in their brains and hearts without sufficient guard rails?
But i have to say that the grace of God makes me want to obey God. I just celebrated my 33 year spiritual birthday and I love God more than ever. And His grace continues to amaze me.