Tonight we got together to discuss cheap versus costly grace again. This subject appears to be inexhaustible. At the end of the evening we felt like we had barely touched it. Trying to put down in writing what we discussed would not do it justice so I'll just hint at one or two things that came up. Do we, in the church, choose cheap grace or is it because of the fact that we grew up on a diet of it. Is it fair to label grace as cheap and costly. Is there such a thing as cheap grace? Isn't it rather abused grace. Costly grace could possibly be summed up as Total Lordship (in all areas). Grace is a beautiful gift from God that becomes cheap if we abuse it. Without grace we wouldn't be able to change. If we truly understand and value grace we should automatically go towards costly grace, Lordship. Most of us don't because we have been fed a gospel that leaves out the cost part. One just has to read the bible to see that there is a huge cost involved. Is there perhaps a danger in focussing so heavily on costly grace that we become proud and it becomes a matter of measuring who is "suffering" the most. This in turn could lead to works which robs us of relationship with our Father and with each other. We sidetracked for a short while into 1 John 3 which talks about sin. Was John saying that we could be sinless? All of these points were discussed in depth. Should we revisit this subject for a 3rd time? Some said YES and others said a very emphatic NO.
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