Paralyzed by Grace....by Sombra Wilson

Paralyzed by Grace?

"In most churches we’re not

 only saved by grace, we’re paralyzed by it.  We’re afraid to do anything that might be a ”work.”  The funny thing is we will preach to people for an hour that they can’t do anything to be saved, and then sing to them for a half an hour trying to get them to do something…. People need to see that action is a receptacle for grace, not a substitute for it.  Grace is God acting in our lives to do things we can’t do on our own.  Grace is not opposed to effort; it’s opposed to earning.”(Dallas Willard, Interview, Leadership Magazine, Summer 2005, pge 23)

The gift of Grace is not an excuse to cease from doing – yes DOING
what we are commanded to do once we have received salvation. Grace
empowers us, sets us free so that we can step out of the ways of this
world and be God’s peculiar people, walking in His ways, not a
Christianized version of secular ways.  Read from Matthew 5 and see who
it is who is blessed. These are the righteous who are living by Torah,
and being persecuted for it. And the next part of scripture is the one
about salt not losing it’s saltyness. What is salt without flavour?
 It’s like a Christian who has no impact on this world because really,
he looks just like the world. But what about the fellow who believes in
Christ, and walks just as Christ did, as the Torah teaches us, wow oh
wow do we stand out from the world, and wow oh wow are we persecuted for
it, with words like “trying to earn your salvation” or “forsaking the
gift of grace”, persecuted for the way we look and the way we live and
what we believe and what days we keep.


No, I’m not paralyzed by grace, nor have I forsaken the gift of
grace, rather, I have been set free to keep the righteousnesss and
wisdom that is found in the Torah. Grace has set me free and I am DOING
the will of God. "



I love it when I find words from others that mirror my heart and thoughts!  Bless you Sombra!