Every aspect of Grace is marvelous and wonderful. Think on these words... marvelous and wonderful.
Synonyms: amazing, astonishing, astounding, awesome, awful, eye-opening, fabulous, miraculous, portentous, prodigious, staggering, stunning, stupendous, sublime, surprising, wonderful, wondrous.
Grace is all of the above and so much more. The one aspect of Grace meaning that to me is priceless is, flip-flop! Grace is the total flip-flop from the Old Testament. Grace is the message of the New Testament. We are graciously forgiven and walk under the banner or canopy of righteousness by believing, i.e. our faith.
One can discover this truth by understanding many of the prophetic teachings in the Old Testament. One in specific that I just read is in Isaiah chapter 40: 1-5 "
1 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins.
3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
5 And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it."
The epitome of my flip-flop poin is made in Isaiah 40:4
We are not living under the judgement of the law, but the righteousness of Jesus! This is best described as flip-flop.
In the Old Testament people died and were stoned for sins. Jesus has his hand outstretched to adulteress people, even idolators today. We have all been given space to repent and some are slower learners than others. God takes under consideration all the elements involved with each individual in how they progress
into a mature, full blown Christian. He considers all circumstances such as environment and heredity.
This gives me great hope for those who have missed the mark so many times. Our patience runs very thin awaiting the turning of some of our loved ones that have such great effects on our personal life. But God has great patience waiting on precious seed to root and spring forth.
Praise the Lord for his ability to perform his word and keep his promises.
Flip-Flop Synonyms: about-turn [British], reversal, turnabout, turnaround, U-turn, volte-face
Writing is my podium... per-chance someone will hear!
FLIP-FLOP