THE SUFFICIENCY OF GRACE (2 OF 4)
by William Wyne
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:9-10
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The Sufficiency of Grace (2 of 4)
Series: Snapshots of God's Grace
William Wyne
2 Corinthians 12:9-10
On last week, I preached to you about surprise by grace (Gen. 3:21). Adam and Eve perhaps received the surprise of their lives by having God make for them coats of skin. What a surprise that was I think to Adam and Eve. They should have received justice, punishment, and the wrath of God. But they were surprised by grace.
Grace when truly understood at a practical and personal level, grace is a surprising experience. If you took a close and honest look at your life, every day your life is surprised by the grace of God. They were surprised that God cared for them, even after they messed up, they should have been surprised that God clothed them, even after willfully disobeying him, and surprise that God covered them.
In his book defining moments, Rick Ezell writes, about a church that was named Grace Church. They ordered new stained-glass windows for their sanctuary. All the windows arrived except for the largest panel that was going in the front entrance of the foyer that led into the sanctuary. The congregation anxiously waited for these panels to be delivered. When the largest piece arrived, they found the glass had been broken in transit. The people were dismayed. But then a skilled person who was an artist and owned a window repair business in the church, asked if he could take the pieces and try to make a suitable and sufficient replacement window. In a short while he unveiled the window that he had fashioned and re-made. When he presented the piece to the church, he said he hoped that they would be satisfied. The entire congregation gasped at the refinished work. He had inserted new panes and color and had place a more radiant trim to the frame. Some said that the he had made the panel a masterpiece.
But he had inscribed on the window this phrase, ''welcome to grace''. What was broken was remade into something spectacular. What was seen us ...
Series: Snapshots of God's Grace
William Wyne
2 Corinthians 12:9-10
On last week, I preached to you about surprise by grace (Gen. 3:21). Adam and Eve perhaps received the surprise of their lives by having God make for them coats of skin. What a surprise that was I think to Adam and Eve. They should have received justice, punishment, and the wrath of God. But they were surprised by grace.
Grace when truly understood at a practical and personal level, grace is a surprising experience. If you took a close and honest look at your life, every day your life is surprised by the grace of God. They were surprised that God cared for them, even after they messed up, they should have been surprised that God clothed them, even after willfully disobeying him, and surprise that God covered them.
In his book defining moments, Rick Ezell writes, about a church that was named Grace Church. They ordered new stained-glass windows for their sanctuary. All the windows arrived except for the largest panel that was going in the front entrance of the foyer that led into the sanctuary. The congregation anxiously waited for these panels to be delivered. When the largest piece arrived, they found the glass had been broken in transit. The people were dismayed. But then a skilled person who was an artist and owned a window repair business in the church, asked if he could take the pieces and try to make a suitable and sufficient replacement window. In a short while he unveiled the window that he had fashioned and re-made. When he presented the piece to the church, he said he hoped that they would be satisfied. The entire congregation gasped at the refinished work. He had inserted new panes and color and had place a more radiant trim to the frame. Some said that the he had made the panel a masterpiece.
But he had inscribed on the window this phrase, ''welcome to grace''. What was broken was remade into something spectacular. What was seen us ...
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