Grace

Had the chance to lead a workshop on Grace at the Aprentis Conference at the end of September and now to preach at the Methodist Church in Towanda tomorrow on the Reality of Grace.  We have so many ideas about Grace that we frequently misunderstand what Grace means in our daily living.  We have so many modern explanations that segment Grace into the chronological timeline of our lives, i.e. Grace before we know God, Grace to know God, Grace after we know God.

But biblically Grace is not referred to apart from the people of God. So Grace is essentially an element that the people of God experience.  I discuss Grace as the empowerment of God.  The Grace of God is God empowering his people to be His PEOPLE.  Grace can not be understood apart from this reality.

Another element of Grace is that it enables faithfulness.  God empowers us to trust him as his people should trust him.

So, in short, I developed a new acronym for GRACE to replace God's Redemption At Christ's Expense, an acronym that focuses Grace into a single action.  The new Acronym is
God's
Redeeming
Activity
Christologically
Experienced.

Any thoughts?