Jesus Saves: The Story of Grace

Grace is what I desire most when my guilt is exposed. And grace is the very thing I’m hesitant to give when I’m confronted with the guilt of others. It’s this struggle that makes grace more story than doctrine. It’s this struggle that reminds us grace is bigger than compassion or forgiveness.

Grace is understood best within the context of relationship.The story of grace begins in the beginning. It is a story that traces its way through every book of the Bible.

Matthew 11:25-30

Inherently we want to make the creator into our image. We formulate our ideas on how God should interact with us. Sometimes we go so far as to build our doctrine and dogma around these conceptions. Like it or not we start to manufacture a box that our god is to reside in. When God doesn’t do what we thought He should do we usually have a negative reaction. In Matthew chapter 11, we find just such negative responses to Christ.

Matthew 11:20-24

Inherently we want to make the creator into our image. We formulate our ideas on how God should interact with us. Sometimes we go so far as to build our doctrine and dogma around these conceptions. Like it or not we start to manufacture a box that our god is to reside in. When God doesn’t do what we thought He should do we usually have a negative reaction. In Matthew chapter 11, we find just such negative responses to Christ.

Matthew 11:11-18
Inherently we want to make the creator into our image. We formulate our ideas on how God should interact with us. Sometimes we go so far as to build our doctrine and dogma around these conceptions. Like it or not we start to manufacture a box that our god is to reside in. When God doesn’t do what we thought He should do we usually have a negative reaction. In Matthew chapter 11, we find just such negative responses to Christ.