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Daily E3 Mercy and Grace Part 1 of 5 ... View MoreDaily E3 Mercy and Grace Part 1 of 5 The Gospel is better than you may think. In this study, I want to take a careful look at some of the things the Bible teaches about forgiveness and salvation. Often, we may be tempted to think of forgiveness and salvation simply as our assurance that we will go to heaven when we die. That is certainly true, but there is far more good news in the Gospel message. It’s not simply a ticket to heaven. Mercy Lamentations 3:22 “It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.” The mercy of God refrains from giving us what we deserve. Grace Ephesians 2:5 “Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us (made us alive) together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)” The grace of God gives us what we do not deserve. An important key to fully understanding the Good News of Jesus Christ is found in Romans 4:25. Speaking of Jesus, that verse says, “Who was delivered for our offences and was raised again for our justification.” I found this verse confusing for many years, and it turns out that the reason was that I did not fully grasp what Jesus did for me. There are two parts of the Gospel. Two primary things Jesus accomplished in His death and resurrection. Jesus died on the cross for our sins. His blood was shed, and our sins were paid for. This is probably not a surprise to you. But Jesus also rose from the dead. In Romans 4:25 we saw that He was raised for our justification. Many people think of His death for our sins and His resurrection for our justification as one and the same, but they are not. In Romans 6:23 we read that, “the wages of sin is death.” We earn wages. We deserve our wages. In His mercy however, God overlooked the sins of the past. Acts 17:30 goes so far as to say that God winked at them! It reads, “And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent.” (KJV) Similarly, Romans 3:25 says, “Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God.” Scholars far more astute than I point out that the use of “remission” here means “passed over” rather than “forgiven” as it is most often used. The sins in view in this verse are those of the people who lived before Jesus. The work Jesus did took care of (propitiated) the sins of those who lived before He came just as surely as the sins of we who were yet unborn. Grace and peace to you. Larry LarryEiss.com

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