- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Monarch Books (9 Jun 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0825460530
- ISBN-13: 978-0825460531
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 695,622 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Ever had a week like this:
Sunday- go to church, sing joyful songs of praise, hear an encouraging and challenging sermon about fighting sin, leave with renewed resolution to obey God and beat temptation.
Monday- make time to read the Bible and pray, fight with sin going well, feel close to God.
Tuesday- managed to scan over a Bible passage before running for the bus, feel flustered but still trying to live whole-heartedly for God.
Wednesday- busy day, no time to pray, feeling weak.
Thursday- give in to temptation, feel like a rubbish Christian.
And so it goes on.
In this commentary, the person constantly measures their spiritual success by their own achievements or failures. If they made time to pray, they feel good about where they stand with God. If they mess up, they feel ashamed. To them, the way God sees them fluctuates like a spiritual barometer. When they're doing well, He's smiling. When they're not, He's angry.
Terry Virgo's book 'God's Lavish Grace' is a fantastic smash-down to this way of thinking, which ensnares so many Christians today.
Virgo's main point is that Jesus has obtained a place for us to stand in grace, a place of total acceptance and security. He goes through the book of Romans to demonstrate that
'they which receive abundance of grace... shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.' Rom 5:17
Therefore your daily walk with God is not about your spirituality or performance, but about your position in Christ.
Christ's unchanging righteousness is yours every day and is not in the least dependent on your feelings or your performance!
God has not called us to a life of slavery but one of overcoming. We need to KNOW that the blood of Christ is sufficient to cleanse us from every sin (past, present and future); the cross is ENOUGH for us to be forgiven. We can't earn God's approval by our 'good deeds'. On the cross, Jesus said, 'It is finished.' (John 19:30) He dealt with our sin completely. All that is left for us to do is to rejoice in the fact that we are totally accepted by God through Jesus, and then live a life liberated to serve Him, with the empowering help of the Spirit to fight sin.
Virgo's conversational style is engaging and uplifting as he opens up the life-changing truth of God's Word in this book. He shows us how susceptible we are to rely on our own amazingness rather than God's amazingness. He calls us to stop making excuses about human nature and start beating sin out of our lives, because Jesus has given us the freedom NOT to sin. As Christians, we have to believe in that freedom. We can't be fatalistic. We need to sort out sin so that we can properly live up to our status as God's children, and get out there to spread the message of God's lavish grace to a world that desperately needs to hear it.
Sunday- go to church, sing joyful songs of praise, hear an encouraging and challenging sermon about fighting sin, leave with renewed resolution to obey God and beat temptation.
Monday- make time to read the Bible and pray, fight with sin going well, feel close to God.
Tuesday- managed to scan over a Bible passage before running for the bus, feel flustered but still trying to live whole-heartedly for God.
Wednesday- busy day, no time to pray, feeling weak.
Thursday- give in to temptation, feel like a rubbish Christian.
And so it goes on.
In this commentary, the person constantly measures their spiritual success by their own achievements or failures. If they made time to pray, they feel good about where they stand with God. If they mess up, they feel ashamed. To them, the way God sees them fluctuates like a spiritual barometer. When they're doing well, He's smiling. When they're not, He's angry.
Terry Virgo's book 'God's Lavish Grace' is a fantastic smash-down to this way of thinking, which ensnares so many Christians today.
Virgo's main point is that Jesus has obtained a place for us to stand in grace, a place of total acceptance and security. He goes through the book of Romans to demonstrate that
'they which receive abundance of grace... shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.' Rom 5:17
Therefore your daily walk with God is not about your spirituality or performance, but about your position in Christ.
Christ's unchanging righteousness is yours every day and is not in the least dependent on your feelings or your performance!
God has not called us to a life of slavery but one of overcoming. We need to KNOW that the blood of Christ is sufficient to cleanse us from every sin (past, present and future); the cross is ENOUGH for us to be forgiven. We can't earn God's approval by our 'good deeds'. On the cross, Jesus said, 'It is finished.' (John 19:30) He dealt with our sin completely. All that is left for us to do is to rejoice in the fact that we are totally accepted by God through Jesus, and then live a life liberated to serve Him, with the empowering help of the Spirit to fight sin.
Virgo's conversational style is engaging and uplifting as he opens up the life-changing truth of God's Word in this book. He shows us how susceptible we are to rely on our own amazingness rather than God's amazingness. He calls us to stop making excuses about human nature and start beating sin out of our lives, because Jesus has given us the freedom NOT to sin. As Christians, we have to believe in that freedom. We can't be fatalistic. We need to sort out sin so that we can properly live up to our status as God's children, and get out there to spread the message of God's lavish grace to a world that desperately needs to hear it.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
A Balanced View of God's grace from a mature teacher
7 Feb 2007
Format:Paperback
I would HIGHLY recommend this book for anyone wanting to get a balanced look at God's grace. It has been such a great blessing to me that I have now sent up to a dozen copies to friends around the world. Terry does an excellent job of laying out the reasons why Christians should NOT be wrestling with issues of "the law," but living in such gratitude to Jesus for His sacrifice that their heart's one desire is to please Him. After all, Jesus came to set us free from the law of sin and death. Yet, Terry balances his teaching of grace by pointing out that grace is not a license to sin, but a freedom to enter into dynamic relationship with our merciful God. It is God's intention to free us to live a life guided by His Spirit, eager to follow Christ wherever He calls us. This book is a "must read" for every serious believer!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
A Life-Changing Message!
2 July 2008
Format:Paperback
When I first heard Terry Virgo speak on grace, it changed my life. Over time this truth began to transform how I thought & lived. This book captures this wonderful message in a way that teaches & stirs you. It truly is a "too good to be true" message! I particularly liked his approach to living the Christian life founded upon the truth that we "reign in life" because of His love and not one's own works. He also addresses how grace teaches us to live obediently out of grace rather than out of the Law, guilt and the "have-to" mentality so prevalent today. If you're looking to learn to live more fully out of freedom and God's choice to love you...take up and read!
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
HOW GREAT A SALVATION
9 Oct 2005
Format:Paperback
Great book. You'll return to it again and again for hope, encouragement and to treasure the great doctrines of our awesome God and Saviour Jesus Christ. This book makes a great gift and might help a non believer see and savor Christ as Lord and Saviour.
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