Grace has no market counterpart – no trade, no barter, no equivalence. It’s Jesus’ sovereign choice to give us what we didn’t earn.
Published on: 10-05-2018
We search—in vain—for things in us that might cause God to gift us grace.
It couldn’t be our good behavior; perhaps our good intentions? Perhaps our hot/cold love for God on one day stirred Him to extend the mercy we must have?
No; no; and no. Grace has no market counterpart—no trade, no barter, no equivalence. It’s Jesus’ sovereign choice to give us what we didn’t earn, we don’t deserve, and on bad days, we even spurn.
Our only claim on Christ is on His unforced choice to love those He created; sacrificed Himself to save; and ever intercedes for. Rejoice, oh heavens! Be amazed, oh earth!
And stay in grace.
Bill Knott
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