God’s will is to be gracious to every person who turns to him in faith. And that’s really what repentance is, it’s a turning to God, away from our sins. God is for repentant sinners. But don’t assume that you can live in unrepentant rejecting the gospel and that you’re going to meet a gracious Father in God.

I think it’s really important that we understand that grace doesn’t mean just letting people get away with sin. That’s really not great at all. The Bible teaches that God doesn’t let us get away with sin precisely because He loves us. Hebrews 13:6 “For the Lord disciplines, the one he loves and chastises every son whom he receives.”

God didn’t let us get away with sin, but instead, he paid the debt we owe. A helpful acronym that I’ve heard before to define grace, if you want to know what grace is, think about it like this: G. R. A. C. E. It stands for “God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense. You get the blessing Jesus took what you deserve, death. You sometimes hear people say that grace is God’s unmerited favor. But it’s even more than that,it isn’t just that we haven’t earned God’s favor, it is that we deserve the opposite. We deserve death, we de-merited the grace of God, and yet he’s still lavished it upon us.

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