{"id":3491,"date":"2012-08-09T17:27:12","date_gmt":"2012-08-09T21:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/church\/?p=3491"},"modified":"2014-07-21T10:12:06","modified_gmt":"2014-07-21T14:12:06","slug":"to-really-offend-someone-preach-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/church\/to-really-offend-someone-preach-grace\/","title":{"rendered":"To really offend someone, preach grace."},"content":{"rendered":"

My wife and I were recently listening to a sermon by Pastor Tullian Tchividjian and ever since \u00a0I\u00a0have\u00a0been\u00a0trying\u00a0to\u00a0pronounce\u00a0his name with little success. We decided to just call him “T Squared”.<\/p>\n

He was preaching through\u00a0Galatians\u00a0in a sermon series entitled Free at Last<\/a>. There was a quote that really stuck out to me and I wanted to share it will you.<\/p>\n

Pastor Tullian said, “\u201cThe law offends us because it tells us what to do; grace offends us even more because it tells us we can\u2019t do anything!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe law offends us because it tells us what to do; grace offends us even more because it tells us we can\u2019t do anything!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Not many people like\u00a0being\u00a0told what to do…we have our own internal desires that usually yell louder than external direction. The law indicates what God expects of man, and we bristle at even our creator commanding us.<\/p>\n

I thought it was so\u00a0telling\u00a0that the only thing that would reveal our pride further than what I should do was the idea that I can’t do it!<\/p>\n

It made me think of the\u00a0premise\u00a0of a feel good sports movie if I have ever heard of one…someone\u00a0telling\u00a0a young student that they can’t do it, and then that person is angry or motivated to prove them wrong. No one likes\u00a0being\u00a0told what to do, and no one likes being told that something is beyond their capabilities.<\/p>\n

Pastor Viars has been repeatedly\u00a0talking\u00a0about focusing on the Gospel and not\u00a0legalism in Faith’s Sunday morning services<\/a>. A church that doesn’t place a whole bunch of man made rules on people is a welcoming place.<\/p>\n

We want to be welcoming and we don’t want to offend anyone with our man made rules or our preferences. We also want to be aware of the offensive nature of Grace in that it offends our pride, destroys any good works with think we can bring before a holy God, and directs us to rely solely on\u00a0the\u00a0person and work of Jesus Christ to reconcile our\u00a0rebellious\u00a0relationship with our creator.<\/p>\n

That offense\u00a0against\u00a0our pride should result in a humble reliance, and also allow us to be\u00a0more\u00a0welcoming, since we are focused on grace and not our prideful preferences.<\/p>\n

The offense of Grace isn’t just for initial salvation, it also addresses ongoing sanctification.<\/p>\n

Gal 3:3 says, Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Spirit reminds us of God’s sufficient grace, and\u00a0that\u00a0is a constant attack on our pride which is a key aspect of stunted growth in the Christian life.<\/p>\n

Pastor Tullian also said,\u201cMortification begins with the part of you that resists grace.\u201d

\u201cMortification begins with the part of you that resists grace.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div> So in other words, we need to identify the prideful tendancies of our desires and the resistance to God’s grace that we struggle with. We need to put to death the deeds of the flesh, or the desires we have to exult ourselves, and grace is exactly what is needed for that\u00a0ongoing\u00a0struggle.<\/p>\n

As God’s beautiful, glorious grace shown in the person and work of His son bears against us to break down those prideful walls we are reminded that we are easily offended by our creators love, mercy and grace.<\/p>\n

Nothing gets to the human heart like Grace. I hope you get a little offended today… but that it quickly leads to an\u00a0appreciate for\u00a0the gracious nature of God’s plan to save and\u00a0sanctify\u00a0sinful people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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