Hey there, did my title kinda grab your attention??
If so, GREAT! If not, ponder it for a moment…
To saints and sinners alike, it’s an aberration,
Because linking those two words seems …kinda errant.
We love to sing the song, Amazing Grace,
Especially during tough times and tragedies.
But not so much, when good times we embrace.
I guess that’s just one of our human oddities.
Let’s ponder how that must look and sound in Heaven,
From where every Grace we receive originates.
In The Bible, The Spirit of Grace is twice mentioned.
Both times, they refers to folks who …are reprobates! 1
This Spirit, we either appreciate …or insult!
To Him, satan assigns his devilish counterparts, 2
Heaven-sent Grace for us, they work to defer and thwart!
Thus, it clear, insulting The Spirit of Grace …ain’t smart!!!
Many folks devoid Grace, of The Giver of Grace we receive,
Then we devoid thankfulness, of The Object of our thanks. 3
About such things, don’t think The Lord of Heaven may not be peeved!
So about The Spirit of Grace, let’s take some time to be frank.
Our insults may be in the masks we put on Grace.
One mask we all love is that Grace is free.
There's one that it’s limitless, and can’t be erased.
The worst is, for sin, there’s no penalty!!! 4
In His Grace, The Spirit of Grace never removes,
The masks in our lives, we force Him to wear.
Thus we conclude, ‘Our various masks, He approves!’
He knows Truths about which we are unaware!
Our masks turn the kindness of God into things un-intended.
They draw us away from, not toward Godly repentance,
Increasingly to sinful lifestyles, devils recommended,
And of our ‘earned judgments’, diminishing our prescience.
Removing these masks, these three Truths we will then clearly see:
-God takes no pleasure in our wickedness, or in His judgments!
-Thus, He extends Grace for us to repent, convincingly!
-When we don’t, we’ll be ‘excuse-less’ when we stand in His presence!
Friend, which of the above masks are prominent in your life?
Or have you others, hidden in your life’s secret place?
Whichever the case may be, please accept this advice:
Toss all such masks, and stop insulting God’s Spirit of Grace.
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1 Millennial Reign (5th age) Prophecy: The Spirit of Grace will convict and convince
Jewish remnants of the apocalypse, that Jesus is The Messiah:
“I [Jesus, The Lord God] will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem The Spirit of Grace and supplication; then they will look on Me [The Jewish Messiah] Whom they [their ancestors] pierced. Yes, they will mourn … as one mourns for his only son, and grieve … as one grieves for a firstborn.” (Zechariah 12:10)
Message to Apostates: To Christians who backslide in this (3rd) age:
“For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation... Anyone who rejected Moses’ law, died without mercy, on the testimony of two or three witnesses. Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he [anyone Christian who becomes apostate] be thought worthy, who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he […ditto] was sanctified, a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of Grace? For we know Him Who said, ‘Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,’ says The Lord. And again, ‘The Lord will judge His people.’ It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.” (Hebrews 10:26-31)
2 Demon spirits who work to ensure we will receive the same judgment The Lord pronounced upon them for their failed rebellion in Heaven, namely, eternally alive in the lake of fire, on the promised eternal Earth (possibly in humanoid form). See: The Lake of Fire: A Preview (Series).
3 Have you noticed how often folks express a general, vague thankfulness, but never identify to whom they are thankful?? Some insult The Spirit of Grace by expressing thankfulness to ‘the universe’!
4 This is because Grace allows us to escape immediate judgment(s) for our sins. Nevertheless, The Lord promises, without sincere repentance and lifestyle changes, a day of reckoning is appointed.
