Jesus is grace incarnate…

and the flesh… 

(read that as “trust in man’s abilities”)… 

is so offended by the free gift.

Grace offends religion… 

because it sounds its death knell.

It signals the end… 

of man’s dependence upon himself… 

and his abilities… 

and his complete dependence… 

upon Jesus…

and the finished work of the cross.

I think each of us has an inner Pharisee…

who is secretly hoping… 

that surely there is something we can do…

that we can add something, 

some small part to our own salvation.

I have a great compassion for the Pharisees, 

the law-lovers, 

the performance-oriented among us…

because I still find my inner Pharisee…

my flesh…

my self-sufficient…

pull-myself-up-by-my-bootstraps…

“I can do it…just give me another chance..”

independent self…

rearing his ugly head from time to time.

But when I do…

I just remind him of the cross… 

and the fact that he died there…

and now Jesus IS my life!

Ty Cobb

Ty Cobb

Gifted author, Ty Cobb of Amarillo, Texas, had a grace encounter in 2009 while reading a Joseph Prince book in the mountains of Colorado. Since then his passion was to share the hilarious almost-too-good-to-be-true news of the gospel of grace with everyone he met. Though he has worn many titles in his life, his favorites were husband to Charla, father to Nikki, and Son of God.

Ty's writings are CAPTIVATING, and uniquely express the truths of amazing grace!