In our zeal to get to the wonders awaiting us in reading through a
book of the New Testament, we often dash through the opening remarks of
greeting. Yet there is a wealth of insight available to us if we would
just pause and reflect on the words.
In Philippians 1:2 the Apostle Paul wrote: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
GRACE TO YOU – In every man made religion, “grace” stands ready to
meet you at the top of the mountain. Once you ascend the mountain of
God, His grace is waiting to meet you and to confer on you the blessings
and rewards your efforts have deserved. How different this is from the
Biblical picture where our problem is revealed to be a lot worse than we
thought, and the solution, more dramatic and amazing than our minds
could have ever conceived.
The Biblical picture is this. Man is not well, nor is He sick; He is
actually dead towards God. He needs much more than a miracle healing and
far more than a moral or religious pep talk. He needs life. He needs
resurrection. Writing to the Christians at Ephesus, the Apostle Paul
explains their former condition and what God did to remedy it: Continue at John Samson
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