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1 | Why Could He Not Do Many Miracles? | Luke 9:42 | azurelaw | 207164 | ||
Dear Imm, I am reluctant to call God's saving grace a "gift" as we (sinner) definitely need His grace due to our un-deserving and horrible condition, inability of self-help. Do you think it (Mat 18:21-27) grace or gift? Yes, when someone gives us a gift, we "stretch" our hands to take it and we are "pleased" by the giver. But does God need to please us? When we understand what we need is grace, our heart and mentality will be different. Just my 2 cents. Shalom Azure |
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2 | Why Could He Not Do Many Miracles? | Luke 9:42 | bowler | 207167 | ||
Azure With all due respect to you and your point the fact that it is a gift is not because "we would be pleased to accept a gift" and God does not give the "gift" to please us, but Himself. Paul - Romans 3:24 being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus. Romans 5:15-17 But the free gift is not like the transgression. For if by the transgression of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of God of the one Man Jesus Christ, abound to the many. The gift is not like that which came throught the one who sinned; for on the one hand the judgment arose from the one transgression resulting in condemnation, but on the other hand the free gift arose from many transgressions resulting in justification. For if by the transgression of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who recieve the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One Jesus Christ. The gift of the grace of God, salvation, God was pleased to give - 1 Corinthians 1:21 For since in the wisdom fo God the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well pleased throught the foolishness of the message preached to save those who beleive. Those who are repentant and seeking Christ for forgivness of sins and entrance into eternal life are receiving the free gift of God's grace - but it is not their reaching and receiving the gift that is the focus of the word "gift" as it appears in referrence to "grace" in the Bible. The focus is on what God is doing. When people humble themselves and come to Christ God will work on them through the Holy Spirit and they will come to understand the greatness of the "gift of grace" they have received. I completley agree with you that when we understand that we need grace our heart and mind will be changed. Just a worthless son. blessings abound, bowler |
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