Unveiling Jesus Grace Nuggets

The conviction of the Holy Spirit. If God is not angry with us, then what does the Holy Spirit convict us of? Isn’t His job to tell us that God is not pleased with us? We talk about the Holy Spirit convicting us of our sins, but what does the Bible say? And what sins…

When bad things happen to us or when we do bad things, we need to hang on to the truth that God is not mad at us. God has made an enduring covenant with us and wants us to rest in His presence and in His love. He will never be angry with us —…

In the context of the detailed description of Jesus’ work on our behalf in Isaiah 53, in the very next chapter of Isaiah, God swore that because of that great act of intercession, He will never be angry with us again. With a little wrath, I hid My face from you for a moment; but…

He became a curse for us. Galatians 3:13 tells us that Jesus became a curse for us when He became sin on the cross. He didn’t have to ask for the curse to come on Him; He became the curse that we deserved because He became our sin. The curse was simply attracted to our…

At one time we darkened in our understanding, alienated from the life of God. For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die, yet perhaps for a good man, someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own…

God Demonstrated His Love. At one time every single one of us was a sinner, darkened in our understanding, and alienated from the life of God. For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die, yet perhaps for a good…

In Matthew 8 we see the beautiful story of Jesus touching a leper and healing him. Jesus was coming down the mountain after preaching the Sermon on the Mount, and the leper stopped Him and worshipped Him.  And behold, a leper came and worshiped Him saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me…

When my son was a little boy, I walked in on him watching a television program that would fall in the category of what we referred to as a “bad show.” It was a “teenager” show where the kids were disrespectful, and the adults were portrayed as fools. As I approached my son, the screen…

“I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.” (John 8:12)1 Before the cross, Jesus implored the people to follow Him to the cross where He would die their death, and then they would enter into His resurrection life. Since the cross,…

There is no more beautiful story of the amazing grace of Jesus than the account of the woman caught in adultery. The story began as Jesus was confronted by the Pharisees who threw this adulteress at Him in the temple courtyard. They used the occasion to test Him as to whether or not He would…

Today nobody in the church preaches pure law. What they preach is a mixture, and it goes something like this: “Try to be as kind and loving and patient and faithful and disciplined as you can, but if you fail, remember that God still loves you. Now get back up and do better. Here are…

Religion is the same thing as self-righteousness: it’s man’s pursuit to make himself right before God. Religion operates through guilt and fear. Dependency on guilt is what keeps religion alive and well, like a drug dealer giving an addict a small dose of the drug to keep him coming back for more. Even those who…