Paul Ellis, whose blog is Escape to Reality, wrote a post last February titled Five Ways Jesus Revealed Grace in which he shared some of the ways Jesus showed us what grace is through His words and actions. Here is a summary of those five ways. To see what said about these five things go check out his blog.
How did Jesus reveal grace?
- By showing up!
- By proclaiming the acceptable year of the Lord
- By telling stories about grace
- By showing (and preaching!) unconditional forgiveness
- By preaching faith over flesh
Have you ever noticed that Jesus never said the word “grace”? Doesn’t this strike you as odd? After all, grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. Jesus is supposed to be Grace personified. So why didn’t He talk about it? The word “grace” appears just four times in the four gospels and not once does Jesus say it. In contrast, the word “law” appears hundreds of times, often in connection with Jesus’ preaching. Paul dedicated his life to preaching the gospel of grace, but Jesus was the greatest law preacher of all time.
To know His love is to know His grace. They are inseparable. God is gracious because He is love. Why did Jesus come? Jesus came to reveal the grace of a good God who loves us like a Father. He came to bring us good news of great joy that is for all people.
Related Links
Escape to Reality Top 12 Posts of 2012
What is Grace? Joseph R. Cook
Bono Interview: Grace Over Karma
Grace - More Than We Deserve (Video)
An Interview with Max Lucado About Grace
Photo - CC - Katie Landry, title “Merry Christmas”, flickr
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