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Ps 107:6 [Amplified]
Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, And He rescued them from their distresses.

Ps 107:41 [Amplified Classic]
Yet He raises the poor and needy from affliction and makes their families like a flock.

The God of All Grace
There is 100% consistency with any/all OT/NT scripture. Our God is a God of grace, regardless of dispensation/administration/economy. We are able to read our Bibles without being confused about WHO God is and WHY He initiates/responds the way He does.

1Co 15:10
But by the grace of God I am what I am,

The God of All Grace
There is 100% consistency with any/all OT/NT scripture. Our God is a God of grace, regardless of dispensation/administration/economy. We are able to read our Bibles without being confused about WHO God is and WHY He initiates/responds the way He does.

The God of All Grace
We are saved by grace, in every sense of the phrase. Beginning with salvation, proper, there is no movement away from sin that isn't empowered by God, personally. The only part man plays is in crying out for His mercy (ala Lk 18:13).

God Saves
It is ENTIRELY up to God to save a person. Jn 6:44 “No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day."

Assuming God’s Power to Save
The subtlety of the unrepentant arrogant professor of faith is that the POWER to save has been shifted to the individual, away from our merciful Creator. In other words, THEY are the ones calling all the shots, holding the cards (contrary to Jn 6:44).

Mercy is a grace gift.

GOD Is In Control!
Man does not control his destiny; God does. Man may suppose that he is saved, but unless God saves him, he is never saved (ala Mt 7:20-23). Man cannot control God with his own will or whimsical suppositions about God’s desire to save. God has a definite wrath reserved for those who suppose such things (Ro 9:10-24).

God’s Grace
God’s grace is not man’s. Man defines “graciousness” along the same vein as tolerance and political correctness (e.g., it’s wrong to be offensive or to make someone stumble, even if it’s over the truth). God defines grace as providing a way to salvation, regardless if it is disagreeable to human sensibilities.

Anti-Grace “Grace” Teaching
“Little children, make sure no one deceive you” (1Jn 3:7). Do not be afraid to stand up for Jesus. Never allow someone to remove His words from your lips, just so a lesser grace may be supposed. Fight for Jesus. Fight to keep Him as the Object of the Gospel He brought/taught/defended with His own life.

Jas 2:17-18
Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself. But someone may well say, “You have faith and I have works; show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works.”

Jas 2:17-18 [Amplified Classic]
So also faith, if it does not have works (deeds and actions of obedience to back it up), by itself is destitute of power (inoperative, dead). But someone will say [to you then], You [say you] have faith, and I have [good] works. Now you show me your [alleged] faith apart from any [good] works [if you can], and I by [good] works [of obedience] will show you my faith.

Obedience
God desires us to obey Him for OUR sakes; so that we might enjoy His peace, joy, and life eternal in time.

There's no better day to obey God than TODAY!