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Grace
The world thinks of grace as something
that gets extended to persons who are
undeserving. The prevailing view is that
“God” extends “grace” to us lowly and
undeserving humans by his being
magnanimous and accepting us “as is,” all
faults included. This approximate view seems
to be supported in general by some of the
prominent dictionaries. Our sense of
“grace” is quite different. As far as we
are concerned, “grace” is something
God established as a means to keep
his children close to him no matter what
they did or thought or believed. In other
words nothing we can do can adversely
affect our relationship with our Father,
period. That is how he made everything in
the beginning and we cannot change it
because it is his will and no one is capable of
thwarting the will of God. To us “Grace” is
the guarantee that we will always be in our
Father’s love.
that gets extended to persons who are
undeserving. The prevailing view is that
“God” extends “grace” to us lowly and
undeserving humans by his being
magnanimous and accepting us “as is,” all
faults included. This approximate view seems
to be supported in general by some of the
prominent dictionaries. Our sense of
“grace” is quite different. As far as we
are concerned, “grace” is something
God established as a means to keep
his children close to him no matter what
they did or thought or believed. In other
words nothing we can do can adversely
affect our relationship with our Father,
period. That is how he made everything in
the beginning and we cannot change it
because it is his will and no one is capable of
thwarting the will of God. To us “Grace” is
the guarantee that we will always be in our
Father’s love.
Since it is not possible for any one of us to
fall out of God’s grace by any thought, word
or deed, the only real question where grace
is concerned is “when we will chose to
acknowledge that it is ours.” Taking this view
requires a willingness to not see ourselves
as “sinful.” The problem seems to be that we
have persisted in believing we are these
bodies and they make mistakes and error.
Quoting from Quantum Prodigal Son, page
284: “We have become confused about
the meaning of grace because the
false mind has constructed gods that
can be approached only after we’ve
cleansed or purified ourselves, and
there is no absolute method for doing
so or measure to use to know when we’
ve achieved the correct state. This trick
is intended to rob us of our innate
worthiness and convince us we’ll never reach
the point where we can safely approach our
Father. The supposed need for
atonement and sacrifice drowns us in a
cesspool of guilt few manage to
escape. How could we ever be certain
we’ve become pure enough?” But we
can refuse to buy into this false perspective
of who we are. We realize this view goes
against the grain of the thinking of most of
the world’s religions, and will not be well
received by religious leaders the world over.
Nevertheless the burden of proof really lies
with them to establish our guilt and sin.
fall out of God’s grace by any thought, word
or deed, the only real question where grace
is concerned is “when we will chose to
acknowledge that it is ours.” Taking this view
requires a willingness to not see ourselves
as “sinful.” The problem seems to be that we
have persisted in believing we are these
bodies and they make mistakes and error.
Quoting from Quantum Prodigal Son, page
284: “We have become confused about
the meaning of grace because the
false mind has constructed gods that
can be approached only after we’ve
cleansed or purified ourselves, and
there is no absolute method for doing
so or measure to use to know when we’
ve achieved the correct state. This trick
is intended to rob us of our innate
worthiness and convince us we’ll never reach
the point where we can safely approach our
Father. The supposed need for
atonement and sacrifice drowns us in a
cesspool of guilt few manage to
escape. How could we ever be certain
we’ve become pure enough?” But we
can refuse to buy into this false perspective
of who we are. We realize this view goes
against the grain of the thinking of most of
the world’s religions, and will not be well
received by religious leaders the world over.
Nevertheless the burden of proof really lies
with them to establish our guilt and sin.
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