{"id":36376,"date":"2014-08-13T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/?p=36376"},"modified":"2017-06-09T18:27:36","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T01:27:36","slug":"grace-absolutely-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/grace-absolutely-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Grace is absolutely free! No, REALLY!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"freeOne way that some people limit grace is when they try to differentiate between \u201ccheap grace\u201d and \u201ccostly grace,\u201d or start trying to limit the application of God\u2019s grace by using theological terms like \u201cprevenient grace\u201d or \u201cefficacious grace.\u201d<\/p>\n

The truth is that grace ceases to be grace whenever we seek to modify or limit its application, extent, or effectiveness. You cannot cheapen grace; but you can misunderstand it. <\/p>\n

Similarly, grace is always costly to the one who extends it, but absolutely free to the one who receives it. There is no other kind of grace. <\/p>\n

If one must ask for it, work to deserve it, obey to keep it, or live in a way that proves they are worthy of it, then it is not grace. Grace is extended freely to all, with no strings attached before, during, or after the reception of grace. <\/p>\n

Since we can do nothing to earn grace, we can do nothing to lose it.<\/strong> <\/p>\n

Grace, when it is truly given, expects nothing in return and demands nothing by way of thanks.<\/p>\n

Below, as only he can say such thigns, are some quotes from Robert Farrar Capon\u2019s excellent book about grace, The Mystery of Christ \u2026 & Why We Don\u2019t Get It.<\/a><\/em> (If you haven’t read this book, you need to.)<\/p>\n

\u2026 the mysterious, reconciling grace that was revealed in Jesus is not something that got its act in gear for the first time in Jesus; rather, it is a feature of the very constitution of the universe\u2014a feature that was there all along, for everybody and everything.<\/p>\n

[Our] promises to God … are not capable of getting us either accepted by God or damned by God. Acceptance, according to the Gospel, is a free gift bestowed on a world full of four flushers. And it\u2019s given to them despite their four flushing, right in the midst of their four flushing. It is not a reward for hotshot behavior in the promise-keeping department. And damnation is not a punishment for breaking promises to God\u2014or even for breaking the commandments of God himself; it\u2019s a consequence of stupidly throwing away the free gift of acceptance.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

God\u2019s love and forgiveness toward us knows no bounds. He loves us completely, infinitely, and without restriction. It is extravagant, outrageous grace which shocks all sense of propriety. God is shameless in His love for us, so that even when we say and do things that would chase off any human being, God sticks with us and by us. <\/p>\n

\"grace\"<\/p>\n

As soon as we seek to limit God\u2019s grace or restrict to a holy few, we have stopped believing in grace, and have plunged headlong into the hell of religion. Grace is free! Absolutely free. <\/p>\n

Grace has no limits, borders, restrictions, or conditions. Grace is freely given and freely received, and as such, can never be rescinded or revoked.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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