RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE

Ephesians 2: 4-6, 8

But GOD, Who is rich in mercy, for His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath made us alive together with Christ by grace ye are saved, and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ JESUS... For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the GIFT OF GOD.

THE GIFT OF GRACE

There are great keys in these verses that should comfort all of us about our eternal life. Mercy is the act of the unconditional love of GOD; GOD loved us first; grace is the motivation and means of the expressed Love of GOD, Who raised us up and caused us, made us, to sit together with Christ JESUS. All this is the GIFT OF GOD, we did not deserve it or could we work for it; the Grace of GOD is free and His mercy endures forever.

As I am writing this, I am stunned by the enormous, unconditional love of GOD. It is a Love that holds no grudges nor remembers past transgressions; the Love of GOD has no negatives - ONLY LOVE. " For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another." (I John 3:11).

GOD IS LOVE