Grace & Truth, not Truth & Grace

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.  (John 1:14)

Jesus was full of grace and truth.  I believe that God was very specific when He had John write grace and truth. He uses the same pattern in John 1:17.  It’s important to realize that it’s not truth and grace.  Humanity needs both grace and truth.

Unfortunately many Christians are full of truth but low on grace.  They love the truth, or at least their version of the truth.  Our truth should always line up with the person of Jesus.  If your “truth” doesn’t line up with the nature and character of Jesus then your truth isn’t truth.  If your truth isn’t wrapped up in grace, then it’s not truth.

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Jesus Offers Overdraft Protection

American Christians today have a sin problem.  Many of you are probably thinking, “Duh!!”.  But our sin problem is not that we sin, but rather that we focus too much on our sin.  Jesus has taken care of our sin problem by dying on the cross and being raised from the dead.  He has overcome sin for us!  Our sin problem is taken care of when we place our faith in Him.  Far too many of us believers still focus on our sins and believe that God is keeping record of all of our wrong doing.  Let me give you an illustration to help you see what I am saying.

Think about having a spiritual bank account.  Many Christians believe when they do  good works that they make deposits in their bank account.  But when they sin, they believe they make withdrawals from their account.  We live this way when we base our lives on our performance.  Unfortunately, I see this in too many believers’ lives.

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