Depending on our performance to reassure ourselves that we are truly saved is fatal. And thinking we need to work hard to maintain our assurance is also dangerous. 

 

But, forgetting the price Christ paid to provide our salvation or taking it lightly leaves us vulnerable to the evil tendencies stirring in our sinful nature. If we think we will gain victory over these evil tendencies by trying harder to walk the straight and narrow path, we will be disappointed and over a period of time likely be depressed. 

 

These are some of the dangers associated with not understanding God’s grace. It is never grace plus our effort. It’s also not grace with a disregard to our being careless about the evil tendencies of our sinful nature. 

 

Now, having considered the dynamic of God’s grace and some dangers associated with it let’s consider the delight of experiencing God’s grace. Let’s begin with the salutation in Galatians 1:3-5, “Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.” 

 

Grace enables you to experience God as your Father. Jesus Christ gave Himself for our sins on the cross to rescue us from the present evil age. To be rescued in this way results in our experiencing God’s peace. That’s grace and it’s the basis for our delighting in worshiping and glorifying God.