Day 57
“The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the father, full of grace and truth.” John 1:14
Truth, by itself, is quick to post warning signs and guardrails at the top of the cliff. Yet it fails to empower people to drive safely – and neglects to help them when they crash.
Grace, by itself, is quick to post ambulances and paramedics at the bottom of the cliff. But it fails to post warning signs and build guardrails. In so doing, it encourages the very self-destruction it attempts to heal.
Truth without grace degenerates into judgmental legalism. Grace without truth degenerates into deceitful tolerance of sin.
BOTTOM LINE:
Christ’s heart is equally grieved by grace-suppression and truth-suppression, by grace-twisting and truth-twisting. Grace and truth are both necessary. Neither by itself is sufficient.
FOR FURTHER REFLECTION:
If needed for your quick reference during the next days to fully comprehend & apply truth & grace, take a picture of this post on your phone. Consider our use of our Father’s gifts of truth & grace when we’re struggling with gravity near our life’s cliffs…. Actually, gravity is God’s gift to us also, for in this example, it too is a merely a symptom of the fact we’ve gotten off His path for us… and therefore, gravity is His gift to interject the reality of His love into our sin shattered lives.
Thanks to Randy Alcorns Truth: A Bigger View of God’s Word Day 57