Dear friends:

In these last days, before it is too late, God in His mercy is reaching out to millions with His love, mercy, and grace.  He wants to maximize the population of heaven, not minimize it.  God is extending the fence, not shrinking it, as some would prefer.  We know that love is the essence of His being. 

He has chosen certain vessels to do this, vessels with a very broad outreach, to reach the maximum number of people in the least amount of time,  These include Pastor Joseph Prince of Singapore, TBN (the network, not individual preachers), Creflo Dollar, Andrew Womack, and others.

But yet there are your typical nay-sayers on the sideline who are critical of this wonderful revelation of God's grace.  They make disparaging remarks about it, even referring to it as "hyper-grace" preaching.

Concerning them, I say, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees" (Luke 12:1).  Jesus went on to call this "hypocrisy."

It represents the age-old conflict between law and grace.  Grace is, in fact, a hyper concept.  How can a mere human dare suggest that he can earn anything from a holy God, much less total forgiveness and salvation.  He cannot earn even .00000001 percent.  If he could earn 00000001. percent, that grace would be corrupt, with leaven.  It would be total hypocrisy.  Man's pride tells him he can earn God's grace, at least a small part,  He cannot accept the fact that no part of grace can be earned. 

Sadly, even the respected Charisma Christian magazine has joined in the chorus, sharply criticizing the teaching of grace,  I am disappointed, but not surprised at this frontal attack upon one of God's greatest truths.  Beware. 

To satisfy some of you, let me add that no one is talking about "license to sin.''

For one thing, no one needs a "license" to sin.  It's part of our old nature.

For another thing, grace provides the solution to our sin.  The more we understand the depth of God's love and grace, the more we want to please Him and overcome sin.

Pastor/author Colin Dye says, "We must have a revelation of this grace, because without it we are helpless and we reduce the gospel to a doctrine of self effort. But when this revelation comes, our service is transformed. It is no longer mere duty, but a delight. It ceases to be obligation but the outworking of love. We don’t interpret calls to commitment as burdensome demands upon our lives but we respond with a willing heart that is born of the Spirit."

Jesus said, "For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.  He who believes in Him is not condemned..." (John 3:17-18).

Grace is a gift, and this gift is His Son Jesus Christ.  He did it all.   

Jim