July 29, 2008

“This time I’m writing out the plan in them, carving it on the lining of their hearts. I’ll be their God, they’ll be my people. They won’t go to school to learn about me, or buy a book called God in Five Easy Lessons.” Hebrews 8:10-11 The Message

Do you know…?

Your heart has been lined with God’s plan. Your new life is not like your old life. You belong to the One who calls you my people. The world you live in wants easy lessons to make life work. The life you’ve been forgiven is a “forever wiped clean” life. Jesus knows exactly where to find the little, the big, the small, and the great. He found you … He called you … He saved you.  You’ve been kindly forgiven … not partially forgiven … not sort of forgiven … not conditionally forgiven … not almost forgiven … not reluctantly forgiven. You’ve been absolutely … completely … cross-claimed … grave emptied … grace dancing … forgiven in Christ. This is what a follower of Jesus knows … believes … trusts in … and abides in firsthand. There are no secondhand saints in heaven. You’re a clean slated heart-lined saint … learning how to love the life that Jesus Christ is living in you today. This is the kind of men and women God calls “my people”. It only takes a moment to be grace-gripped by Jesus … the Yesterday-Today-Forever One. Do you know Him like this….? 

“They’ll all get to know me firsthand, the little and the big, the small and the great. They’ll get to know me by being kindly forgiven, with the slate of their sins forever wiped clean.” Hebrews 8:11-12 The Message

Ken Chester: Grace-Gripped is sent M-F to Firsthand Followers of Jesus and friends of Priority One (P1F.org)