Luke 5:17-26
JESUS IS A FRIEND TO SINNERS.
Remember, grace is getting what you don’t deserve and mercy is not getting what you deserve.
Acts 10:38-39
Ephesians 1:3-10
- “WHO AMONG US, UPON LOOKING BACK AT HIS PAST LIFE, WOULD DARE TO SAY THAT HE DESERVES SALVATION? NEITHER ARE SAVED ON ACCOUNT OF ANY WORKS FORESEEN WHICH ARE YET TO BE PERFORMED BY US.”
- “THE LORD’S MERCY IS A SEA WHICH CANNOT BE FILLED, THOUGH MOUNTAINS OF SIN BE CAST INTO ITS MIDST; IT IS LIKE NOAH’S FLOOD, WHICH COVERS ALL AND DROWNS EVEN THE MOUNTAIN-TOPS OF HEAVEN-DEFYING SINS.”
John 8:39-47
Galatians 5:22-23
“I am nothings without Jesus. He saved me. Not because of what I did, but because of what He did 2,000 years ago on a Roman cross…That is a greater joy than any accolade I’ll ever get.”