GOD’S GRACE IS HIS MERCY
One of the biggest problems that I see
in
During the middle-ages Satan used the
Latin idea that grace enables us to keep the law, in order to change grace into
works – thereby making the Word of God of no effect. Today that same error is
being taught by Bill Gothard. And, those who have
been harmed by it, and found it a hindrance in coming to salvation, are so
numerous that they have a web-site. www.recoveringgrace.org
Many of the people represented on that web-site struggled for years before they
overcame the blindness caused by that one false definition. And, it could have
been avoided simply by teaching the words of Scripture rather than the words of
man.
If you wonder how the Bible explains
the word “grace”, it does so by telling us in one verse that we are, “saved by grace” while telling us in another
verse that we are saved by mercy. In
other words, God’s grace consists of mercy (Compare Eph. 2:8 with Titus 3:5).
The words, “we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace,” also
tell us that God’s grace/mercy consists of the forgiveness of sins. That is not
my opinion, it is a fact which anyone can verify
simply by looking up Ephesians 1:7.