1 hr 25 min
E20: On Grace: Maker's Hollow Conversations—Episode 6 No Mere Mortals
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- Christianity
We are talking about grace, because the Most High God, the Goodly-wise, the Maker of Heaven and Earth loved us before the earth was made. For all eternity He lived as a Father in extravagant joy with His Son, bound together in the love of His Spirit. He needed nothing - not even us. But He wanted us. He wanted to be known for His grace more than anything else, so there was an Incarnation and a Substitution and a Sacrifice and a Resurrection and an Ascension and there will be a breathtaking Celebration; and now all who are known by Him (and therefore love His Son) are His own sons and daughters. No eye has ever seen or ear has ever heard or dreamer ever imagined what He has prepared for us.
The gospel and grace of God seems to be being talked about more frequently than any time in recent history; but the common teaching and practice of Christian life and maturity seem more morbidly introspective, sin-managing, and self-preoccupied—more graceless—than ever. But God doesn’t just save us by grace alone, he grows us by grace alone - by giving us new hearts and treasures and joys and hopes and glimpses of His own wonderful self. He calls us to work at it - yes - by hungrily pursuing truth and by learning to love the best things and by wanting richer (and more permanent) things and by longing to see and know and enjoy Him more and more dearly and deeply.
www.EnjoyingGraceStoryCo.com
www.WelcometoMakersHollow.com
https://www.instagram.com/donshorey
http://www.patreon.com/nomeremortals
We are talking about grace, because the Most High God, the Goodly-wise, the Maker of Heaven and Earth loved us before the earth was made. For all eternity He lived as a Father in extravagant joy with His Son, bound together in the love of His Spirit. He needed nothing - not even us. But He wanted us. He wanted to be known for His grace more than anything else, so there was an Incarnation and a Substitution and a Sacrifice and a Resurrection and an Ascension and there will be a breathtaking Celebration; and now all who are known by Him (and therefore love His Son) are His own sons and daughters. No eye has ever seen or ear has ever heard or dreamer ever imagined what He has prepared for us.
The gospel and grace of God seems to be being talked about more frequently than any time in recent history; but the common teaching and practice of Christian life and maturity seem more morbidly introspective, sin-managing, and self-preoccupied—more graceless—than ever. But God doesn’t just save us by grace alone, he grows us by grace alone - by giving us new hearts and treasures and joys and hopes and glimpses of His own wonderful self. He calls us to work at it - yes - by hungrily pursuing truth and by learning to love the best things and by wanting richer (and more permanent) things and by longing to see and know and enjoy Him more and more dearly and deeply.
www.EnjoyingGraceStoryCo.com
www.WelcometoMakersHollow.com
https://www.instagram.com/donshorey
http://www.patreon.com/nomeremortals
1 hr 25 min