Monday, May 4, 2015

8 things the Atonement is not...

The Atonement is not just a reward for the righteous but the source of righteousness.
Grace is the divine help and enabling power that is available throughout the entire perfecting process.  Christ stands ready to forgive, but also ready to mentor, strengthen, and empower us.
These gifts are not a reward waiting for us once we get our acts together, break all our bad habits, and become worthy of His help.  They are an unearned and undeserved gift throughout our quest.  We must be careful not to see Christ's grace as somehow supplementing our works or our works as somehow supplementing Christ's grace, as if we have to meet some sort of minimum height requirement to get into heaven.  It is not about height.,  It is about growth. 
We do not reach heaven by supplementing but by covenanting.  A covenant represents a warm relationship between two friends who are working together toward the same end.  Instead of speaking of His part and my part, I try to speak more of His heart and my heart loving and reflecting one another.

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