Bible Study August 8, 2024
Ephesians 2:8 – 9 (LSB)
“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not of works, so that no one may boast.”
We have come to a place in our society where there is an app for almost anything you want. There are food apps, then there are apps to count carbs, there are exercise apps and when my Fitbit worked I could have my steps counted. Is that to much information for one to comprehend? Are they designed to make us better or keep us aware of how good we are doing?
Technology is good (when it works) but do we rely to much on it in our everyday lives? Someone hacked my Facebook account and now I cannot us it nor can I use Mesenger. I miss it since I posted a lot of information about church on it. However, I never posted where I was eating – who cares where I eat?
Paul spoke often about being good and in one particular case to the Galatians he called some out for adding works to the gospel of grace. Paul said it is either the gospel of grace or it is no gospel at all.
How do we get around the thought of being good enough for God? I can answer that question with a simple statement – He never required us to be good enough, only asked us to be open to His voice with a willing heart to accept His gift of grace. Empty hands are asking for Him to fill them with His grace.
“I have a great need for Christ; I have a great Christ for my need.” Charles Spurgeon.
God Bless.
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