Grace | Mercy

GRACE: God giving us what we do not deserve... unmerited undeserved favor

MERCY: God not giving us what we do deserve

KEY POINT: Under the LAW (of Moses)... the FIRST COVENANT... man had to do something in order for God to do something in return... BUT... we are no longer under the LAW... we are under GRACE; no works needed (John 6:29).

MEANING: 'We The Christian' are as though back in the Garden of Eden (Immortal before the fall/sin... before there was a law to break)... or as God's children rescued from Egypt wandering 40 years under GRACE all the way to Mount Sinai before the LAW was given; with God just wanting to love, serve, and spoil His children and be their God.

John 1:17 teaches (NLT easiest for mind to process): "For the law was given through Moses, but God’s unfailing love and faithfulness (Grace & Truth) came through Jesus Christ."

When We Can Know

We can know... that the DIVINE CREATOR by INTELLIGENT DESIGN spoke the universe beyond description and understanding into being including WE THE PEOPLE, for Him and against Him with ‘Freewill’ to choose good or evil ... (Genesis 1-3)...

We can know...that the DIVINE CREATOR additionally established every tribe, nation, people and language, setting them on their way across the earth He created... (Genesis 11)... all speaking in their own tongue to discover Him with or without excuse... (Romans 1:20)...

We can know... the Protestant Holy Bible of 66 books only is God's inspired, inerrant, infallible, irrefutable and indisputable living word, as His Protestant Reformation became a global spectacle it did to separate truth from lies...

We can know... we are not to add nor take away from His living word given us - Revelation 22:18-19 | Deuteronomy 4:2 + 12:32 | Proverbs 30:6...

We can know... Jesus Christ Living God knows all things before they happen, that His living word states clearly it will accomplish all as proclaimed (Isaiah 46:10) - and knowing all our needs before we have a need (Matthew 6:8/32)...

We can know... the CEO of the universe, brother, friend, and joint-heir to every Christian (Romans 8:29 / Romans 8:17 / John 15:15) is the only God and that there is no other, never has been, never will be (Isaiah 43:10)…

We can know... that God does not nor cannot lie (Numbers 23:19 / Hebrews 6:18 / Psalm 89:35 / Titus 1:2)…

We can know... God watched us from the moment of conception, growing daily in the dark of our mothers womb (Psalm 139) with a predetermined DNA-specific plan, hope & purpose awaiting our fulfillment (Jeremiah 29:11)…

We can know... at the moment of salvation that we were predestined (Ephesians 1:5 / Romans 8:29) becoming God’s masterpiece and prized possession (Ephesians 2:10 / James 1:18), that we were not only redeemed (Hebrews 9:12) but sanctified, made holy (Hebrews 10:10) healed by His wounds (1 Peter 2:24) of all sickness & disease (Matthew 8:17) virus and plague (Psalm 91), invincible against snake and scorpion venom while given power and authority over all evil (Luke 10:19) with the ability to resist the devil amidst all attacks and temptations to live daily in victory (James 4:7)…

We can know... we can speak to any mountain (challenge) coming against us and defeat it (Matthew 17:20) knowing if God is for us nothing can be against us (Romans 8:31) because greater is He in us than he or anything that comes against us in this world (1 John 4:4)…

We can know... we are told we can pray for anything and if we believe we have received what we have prayed for, it will be ours (Mark 11:24), because anything is possible if we will just believe (Mark 9:23), while understanding also that such a gift is not some get-rich-quick scheme or crystal ball as shared with us in James 1:5-8 / James 4:3…

Therefore... 'When We Can Know' all this... why are the majority of Christians so confused and/or out of balance carrying unnecessary burdens of worry, fear, and doubt... concerned about not praying, repenting, or tithing enough... never doing enough of this or that, missing the victory and success available to them…forgetting/missing that from salvation they were given a rich & satisfying life on faith alone (John 10:10b) with no works needed (John 6:29)?

Live my dear brothers & sisters in Christ... live for the glory of Jesus Christ Living God, with John 3:30 and 2 Corinthians 12:9 on the tip of your tongue and at the center of your heart... amen and amen thank you, Jesus!