I like the fact that he said he started reading the "red letter" version of the Bible. The Word is the truth that will bring light into your darkness. And our great God is definitely one full of great mercy and grace.
But, like MTD, I think the problem I have with this video, is that grace is perceived as something freely offered out, with nothing given in return. This is not the case, and I fear for people in most of the churches espousing this doctrine.
Grace is free, and mercy is free, but the REASON we are given the grace and the mercy of God is to TRANSFORM our lives so that we can be even as He is. We must be striving to put on HIS holiness, and not through our own fleshly works, but through his Spirit.
If only grace is preached, a huge, wide open chasm remains for those who don't realize that with grace comes a change in your life. You will never be the same again. You will not continue to wallow in your sins and fleshly nature.
The grace and mercy of God is freely given to us in order to change us from the inside out.
I fear that most Christians think that continual sinning is just fine because of God's grace and mercy covers all sin, and indeed it does cover sin, but wilful, unrepentant sin? No. Sin is only covered by the blood of Jesus in a repentant heart that turns away from that sin, and allows Jesus to transform his heart.
Indeed, His love, mercy and grace cover our sins, but we must allow that love, grace and mercy to begin to transform our lives, to where we are producing FRUIT of the spirit.
Grace, love, forgiveness, mercy are all free.... but because of the great debt of appreciaton in our hearts, we must live each day allowing the spirit of Jesus to transform our sinful nature to be like Him.
Titus 3:4-8
4But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,
5Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
6Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
7That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
8This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.
The good works we must maintain are that of producing fruit of the spirit, which ONLY can be produced by the spirit of Jesus indwelling us, not by our fleshly works.
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