Nahum: The Goodness of God
In Life Lines, we are considering Nahum's statement"
:The LORD is good
"
God is good because He loves. Because of His love,
He has made His grace available to man. Basically, grace means
favor. So divine grace is the unearned, unmerited, undeserved
favor of God. Putting it in different words: Divine grace is
the bestowal of divine favor where, from a human standpoint, such
favor is not deserved.
Beloved, believer, God highly favored you by His
grace when He convicted you of your sin and saved your soul.
In Ephesians 2:8-10, we read:
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that
not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest
any man should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in
Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that
we should walk in them.
You are His workmanship, so give Him all the glory
and praise.
Dear reader, if you have never experienced God's
grace in the forgiveness of sin, don't delay, for in Romans 2:4
the Holy Spirit directed Paul to write: "Or despisest thou
the riches of his goodness and forbearance and long-suffering;
not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?"
Repent and enjoy the riches of His goodness.
Life Lines is a Bible based inspirational series authored by Brother Lowell M. Barnard of Grace Baptist Church, New Castle Indiana; and Blessed Hope Baptist Church, Huber Heights, Ohio.
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