A Message from Chuck: The Scandalous Beauty of God’s Favor
If I were to ask you to define the word “grace” in just a few seconds, what would you say? Most of us would probably lean on that classic Sunday School answer: “unmerited favor.” And friend, that’s exactly right. But the problem is that we’ve used the word so often—in our songs, our prayers, and our casual conversation—that we’ve sometimes lost the “shock” of it. We’ve turned a lightning bolt into a nightlight.
In this video, we are looking at Grace Defined.
Grace is the most important word in the Christian vocabulary because it is the only thing that bridges the gap between a holy God and a broken humanity. It isn’t a “helping hand” for people who are doing their best; it’s a “lifeboat” for people who are drowning. We’ll explore:
- Grace vs. Justice and Mercy: Understanding the crucial distinction between getting what we deserve (justice), not getting what we deserve (mercy), and getting what we could never earn (grace).
- The “Free” Gift that Cost Everything: Why grace is free for us only because it was infinitely expensive for the Savior.
- Living as a “Grace-Aholic”: How to move from a performance-based life to one that is fueled by the quiet, steady confidence of being loved exactly as you are.
Friend, you can’t buy grace, you can’t work for it, and you certainly can’t lose it once it’s been given. Let’s rediscover the scandalous, beautiful, and life-changing reality of what it means to be a person of grace.
