THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST II

"Our worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God's grace. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God's grace." - Jerry Bridges

Grace

Jack Wellman said remarkably at the conclusion of a sermon, "Preach grace as often as you can, as much as you can, for as much of the glory of God as you can because that’s what grace is. It is unmerited favour at Christ’s expense. It’s what He gives us that we do not deserve, nor can ever deserve, or can ever earn. That’s why grace is so amazing."

The story was once told of Henry Moorhouse. He made several trips to America to preach in the late 1800s. On one of these occasions, he was taking a walk through a poor section of the city when he noticed a small boy coming out of a store with a pitcher of milk. Just then, the boy slipped and fell, breaking the pitcher and spilling the milk all over the sidewalk. Moorhouse rushed to the youngster’s side and found him unhurt but terrified.

"My mamma’ll whip me!" he cried.

THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST I

"Costly grace...is the kingly rule of Christ, for whose sake a man will pluck out the eye which causes him to stumble, it is the call of Jesus Christ at which the disciple leaves his nets and follows him." - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Grace I

Today is the first day of fifth month of the year 2015, our year of triple grace. It is therefore in the direction of that all-important subject matter to which we must turn. When we say the benediction, many times we declare, "THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST…rest and abide with us now and for evermore, Amen." Yet folks know next to nothing by experience about that grace, not a few.

D.L. Moody once told a story, "Once, I preached about grace and when I got through I asked anyone who would like to hear more about grace - who had any interest in it, to remain. I expected some would have stayed, but to my amazement, the whole congregation rose up and went away. They hadn't any interest in grace; they didn't want to learn anything about grace. I put my coat and hat on and was going out of the hall, when I saw a poor fellow at the back of the furnace crying. "I want to hear about the grace of God," said he. "You're the man I want, then," said I. "Yes," the poor fellow said, "you said in your sermon that it was free, and I want you to tell me something about it." Well, I got to talking to him, and he told me a pitiful story. He had drank away twenty