https://thebiblespeakstoyou.com/you-deserve-gods-grace-and-love/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=you-deserve-gods-grace-and-love Think, Pray, Love like Jesus Mon, 25 Jul 2022 14:17:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://thebiblespeakstoyou.com/you-deserve-gods-grace-and-love/comment-page-1/#comment-6865 Mon, 25 Jul 2022 14:17:18 +0000 http://thebiblespeakstoyou.com/?p=883#comment-6865 […] If that is not scaring people into heaven, I don’t know what is. Chapter two contains not a single reference to imago dei, that we are image-bearers of God, not a single mention that we are beloved by him. In Luke 12:6-7, Jesus tells his disciples not to be afraid, that they are more valuable to God than the sparrows that He cares for. Divorcing verses 4 and 5 from verses 6 and 7 paints a false picture of God’s love. Do we deserve that love? The answer is both yes and no: we are fallen sinners who have wandered far from God, and yet God has said we are precious and worth the sacrifice of his son, therefore by his decree we are worthy. […]

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