Was the gift of Grace a sudden 'Road to Damascus' life changing experience for you... or perhaps it has had a more subtle effect .......whatever your story please join us on Friday to share your experiences and communion.
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Whoops..wrong town. Could have been worse, I could have put Amarillo.
Did you put "Emmaus" before? I can't remember. If you did - it's not necessarily a mistake. It was on the road to Emmaus that the two disciples had the gospel explained to them (from the Old Testament!) and then they had that stunning moment at the inn when they realised who they were with.
(Look up Caravaggio & Emmaus on Google for an illustration)
A thought about grace .... we sometimes ask God to be gracious to us but we established last Friday that grace has always been there although possibly less obvious prior to Jesus ministry and death an resurrection. Regret I can not recall the verses that Richard found for us to support that view.
Thus should we rather appropriate or claim the grace already there: it is free. Is that not good?
I think you are right, grace has always been there, but do we always recognise it ? and as the bible verses we read on Friday said (1Peter5:5 was one of them I think) we have to be humble. In Babettes Feast the 'church' gave the outward appearance of humility, but the General,vain by his own admission, was the first one to recognise the true worth of what he was being given. I think sometimes we hear about grace all the time in church and its easy to take it for granted - yes its there, its free....but do we REALLY know and live it?
The other comment about grace - writing this now as unlikely to be able to be present this evening , - is that on a human level we often feel we have to "repay" any act of kindness, a sense of indebtedness or obligation.
Yet God's grace to us is on such a lavish scale (none of the villager's could have paid even their share of the meal in Babette's Feast , although possibly the General might have been able) that we can never repay what God has done for each one of us. Perhaps I should echo the more pentecostal viallager and say Hallelujah!
Grace is a wonderful thing. We should all receive it with willing hearts, but we need to be humble. Or should we be greedy and want more and more. Is that being greedy?
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Whoops..wrong town. Could have been worse, I could have put Amarillo.
Heheheheh
Did you put "Emmaus" before? I can't remember. If you did - it's not necessarily a mistake. It was on the road to Emmaus that the two disciples had the gospel explained to them (from the Old Testament!) and then they had that stunning moment at the inn when they realised who they were with.
(Look up Caravaggio & Emmaus on Google for an illustration)
Love to everyone.
Shouldn't you be on sabbatical. Why are you writing
A thought about grace .... we sometimes ask God to be gracious to us but we established last Friday that grace has always been there although possibly less obvious prior to Jesus ministry and death an resurrection. Regret I can not recall the verses that Richard found for us to support that view.
Thus should we rather appropriate or claim the grace already there: it is free. Is that not good?
I think you are right, grace has always been there, but do we always recognise it ? and as the bible verses we read on Friday said (1Peter5:5 was one of them I think) we have to be humble.
In Babettes Feast the 'church' gave the outward appearance of humility, but the General,vain by his own admission, was the first one to recognise the true worth of what he was being given. I think sometimes we hear about grace all the time in church and its easy to take it for granted - yes its there, its free....but do we REALLY know and live it?
The other comment about grace - writing this now as unlikely to be able to be present this evening , - is that on a human level we often feel we have to "repay" any act of kindness, a sense of indebtedness or obligation.
Yet God's grace to us is on such a lavish scale (none of the villager's could have paid even their share of the meal in Babette's Feast , although possibly the General might have been able) that we can never repay what God has done for each one of us. Perhaps I should echo the more pentecostal viallager and say Hallelujah!
Grace is a wonderful thing. We should all receive it with willing hearts, but we need to be humble. Or should we be greedy and want more and more. Is that being greedy?
I wonder if we look at grace the other way - as from God then he gives what we need: thus no sense of greed should follow.
However we all need more grace in our lives, and God's supply is limitless.
Hope you all had a good session yesterday on Friday - missed being with you
I wonder if we look at grace the other way - as from God then he gives what we need: thus no sense of greed should follow.
However we all need more grace in our lives, and God's supply is limitless.
Hope you all had a good session yesterday on Friday - missed being with you
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