sin and grace
Samuel Acevedo(Audio: Spanish)
Let's go to first John, the first letter of John, Chapter 2 and we're going to read that first verse. Second Chapter of the First Epistle of the Apostle John, verse 1. My brothers, if there is a key truth in the Gospel of Jesus Christ it is the truth, the theology so to speak, of grace. And my request tonight is that tonight we go out knowing what grace truly is in the eyes of the Lord. In order to reach it, explore it, dream about it, that we abide in his grace in our prayers. Frankly my purpose in the name of Jesus is to clear the target, our target must be to achieve the grace of the Lord. On that depends the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It is a Gospel of grace. But what is that?
Interesting, you know, throughout the epistle of John in First John, throughout this epistle, the word grace does not even appear, how interesting. But for me this verse defines it. All the elements of grace are here and scattered throughout this epistle and we are going to explore it in Jesus name. First John, Chapter 2, verse 1: