Behold
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If they only knew that our eternal security motivates us in christ to do the good works because of secure love for us by Jesus!! It would set them free to soar in good deeds! Love is always a greater motivator than fear.
Amen.
The Harlot who was "forgiven much", didnt run back to the whorehouse.
She crawled to the Lord's FEET, as her heart was so THANKFUL... that her Tears fell from JOY.
Joy Filled TEARS.. that is the effect of God's Grace when you have it as your FAITH.
So, it is even moreso for the born again, who are forgiven, always and for all time.
This does not cause us to want to betray the Giver of Eternal Forgiveness......this causes us to want to LOVE HIM MORE and Serve Him MORE and MORE.
The beautiful verse says....that the mercies of God are fresh, new, every morning, and that is so true regarding knowing that God has given us a Gift that is eternally ours, as it comes from His Lovng Heart through His eternal Son's Sacrifice.
People who live in doubt of of Jesus's finished work on the Cross, .who believe they can lose God's Salvation..... there is no Grace found there.
Grace is found when we know we believe that God who saved us, through Christ, "will Himself be faithful to complete our salvation, this Grace that God began in us".