I wanted to include Pastor John's Sunday morning sermons here also, so look for them to show up weekly. This is from Sunday, March 3 at First Presbyterian Church, Winnsboro, Texas.
The thing that strikes me about this message from Pastor John is how simple, yet how profound grace really is. We are saved by grace. God gave us all the merit of Christ, forgave us completely, and now views us, in a legal sense, and in a relational sense, as if we were as righteous as Christ. Then, he says to us, "Deny yourself, take up your cross, and follow me." How difficult it is to show that same grace to others! It is a very simple concept. God forgave us a mountain of sin and loved us in spite of ourselves. Now we ought to forgive others for what amounts to trifles compared with the load of guilt Jesus bore for us. And we ought to treat others with the same grace which we have received. Yet how difficult this is for us sometimes!
God give us grace-filled lives.
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