YES, mercy and grace are necessary if my sign will point the unsaved, the lost, the sick, or even other believers to Christ. For a long time, I heard the words and used the words, yet had no true understanding of them. Recently, they have become real words with real meaning and I can now connect them to many, many specific times in my life when I received them. I can truly say that I have received what I did not deserve and that I did not receive what I have deserved.
I know that Christ has given me the salvation which I did nothing to earn also, I know that I will never receive the wrath of God that I do deserve. This alone is beyond all I could ask or imagine, but God is so good that he continues to show me mercy and grace in a day to day basis.
Now, what I am freely given, I must give freely. I need to pray that the Lord would add this to me as an expression of His love for me. I pray that those who the Lord brings into my life may see mercy and grace in me so that I may have the opportunity to tell them of the awesome mercy and grace of God.
Ephesians 2:4-5
"But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions - it is by grace you have bee saved."
I need to think of it in this way:
Rose, because of his great love for you, God, who does not give you what you deserve, made you alive in Christ even when you were dead in transgressions - it is by receiving what you do not deserve that you have been saved.
Thank you Lord!!!
