Volumes have been written on what is supposedly wrong with the church. Many believe that the solution is harder work, decreased apathy, and more surrender to God. Yet, Paul seemed to have a different solution in mind:
“For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus, who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.” Titus 2:11-14
What does grace teach us to do? Deny ungodliness and live righteously. I’m convinced that the real problem with the church is that we do not understand how good we have it in Christ. We are not good at letting grace be grace. Bible teachers who use anything other than grace to encourage their congregations to live righteously actually set them up for failure! It’s grace that is the answer. Everything else is second rate.
- Andy Nelson
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