to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.

And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,

And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,

in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

And where these have been forgiven, an offering for sin is no longer needed.

Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

God always offers us a second chance in life.

We know for certain that we are not made right with God by our good works. We are saved only by grace through faith. And while we're not saved by good works, we are saved for good works.

If you ask me, the church needs a whole lot more grace addicts because grace has a name, and the name is Jesus.

Sin is what was done to you, or sometimes it's what you did, but sin is not who you are.

God's answer for our shortcomings is the gift of salvation through His gift of grace, a gift that cannot be earned (Rom. 4:4). Many in the church understand this. Yet we have failed to emphasize the power of grace not only to redeem us but also to grant us its ability to live our lives in a totally different manner.