Notes of Faith March 14, 2025
Never-Ending Grace
But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 5:20-21
Those who have stood in the face of the mighty Niagara Falls have been in awe of the sheer volume of water that flows over it. Yet Niagara is only the seventh largest waterfall in the world by volume of flow. Right now, as you read these words, water is pouring over the world’s mightiest waterfalls—seemingly without end.
The never-ending water over waterfalls, like the constant light from the sun, pales in comparison to the never-ending supply of the grace of God. Just as we stand in the light of the sun on a summer day, so we stand in the grace of God. That means our life is the gift of God, as is our salvation by faith. We stand forgiven and justified because of the grace of God. And that grace is never-ending.
Grace is not something we work for or earn. Rather, it is the gift of God that surrounds us and empowers us every moment of our life. Thank God today for His grace that allows you to stand before Him.
Measure your growth in grace by your sensitiveness to sin.
Oswald Chambers
1 Marvelous grace of our loving Lord,
Grace that exceeds our sin and our guilt!
Yonder on Calvary's mount out-poured–
There where the blood of the Lamb was spilt.
Refrain:
Grace, grace, God's grace,
Grace that will pardon and cleanse within;
Grace, grace, God's grace,
Grace that is greater than all our sin!
2 Sin and despair, like the sea-waves cold,
Threaten the soul with infinite loss;
Grace that is greater– yes, grace untold–
Points to the Refuge, the mighty Cross. [Refrain]
3 Marvelous, infinite, matchless grace,
Freely bestowed on all who believe!
All who are longing to see His face,
Will you this moment His grace receive? [Refrain]
I am so glad that Jesus is my Savior! I need His infinite grace. Though I try not to sin, I am more like the Apostle Paul in Romans 7.
15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do, but what I hate, I do… For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19 For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.
24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? 25 Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!
Were it not for the mercy and grace of God through the work of Jesus Christ we would all suffer condemnation and judgment in eternal hell, but we who believe in Jesus will be resurrected to a life of glory and eternal joy with God forever!
Pastor Dale