Part 3: God's Acceptance (familiarity series)

The third battle of familiarity to combat? I believe God’s acceptance is something most Christians take for granted as well. We have the expectancy that no matter what we do God will always take us back. Though that may be somewhat true, this is a ridiculous and horrible way of thought! Taking advantage of God’s grace? Does this sound like you? My cheeks burn red with shame as I accept the reality that I have, indeed, taken advantage of God’s grace. It seems to happen every day, we take advantage of the ability to step off the path and run back to God for his grace. But –oh! What needless pain we bear! Not only do we take for granted his grace, but we forget that taking advantage of his grace comes at no small cost. We can’t exasperate God’s grace, which indeed is a phenomenon in and of itself; however, we still pay a huge cost. We will experience trials, tribulations, needless pain, and beyond any trial we may experience as punishment of our straying from the path of God, we experience a cut in the relationship between us and Christ. Every sincerely un-repented sin is a fresh spring of future sin that flows on forever until sincere and broken-hearted repentance occurs. You might think that abuse of God’s grace comes at low to no cost, but I guarantee you, there will always be problems that arise from this abuse.