{"id":833,"date":"2016-04-14T02:25:50","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T02:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/takingeverythoughtcaptivetoobeychrist.wordpress.com\/?p=833"},"modified":"2016-04-14T02:25:50","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T02:25:50","slug":"grace-only","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/joshuajenkins\/grace-only\/","title":{"rendered":"Grace Only"},"content":{"rendered":"

“But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ – by grace you have been saved…” + Ephesians 2v4&5<\/em><\/p>\n

Is grace enough?<\/p>\n

If you are a Christian it is because God has saved you by grace alone, according to His wealth of mercy. There are no good works necessary for you to add. There are no good deeds that assist in such a great salvation. There is no earning or paying allowed. Jesus has paid it all.<\/p>\n

Yet much of our time is spent draining ourselves of effort and energy in trying to earn the very thing that was given to us. We put in so much grit and grind into trying to pay off what Jesus paid in full. We so often act as if grace is not enough.<\/p>\n

It is wrong and sinful to believe and act as if we have some part in justifying ourselves. But it is our natural tendency for our law driven fleshly nature. It is precisely because our natural selves are sinful, and sinfully driven that we need the precious gift of salvation by grace alone – apart from our good deeds.<\/p>\n

The only remedy for putting to bed our thoughts and efforts of grace plus works is grace and grace alone. What we need is not works, but repentance of our works, and the slinging of ourselves on to the person of Jesus. He stands, pierced hands open wide, ready to give and give and give, grace upon grace. But don’t you dare come to Jesus with your spiritual resume – for that He will not accepted. His hands our not open to receiving your sinful efforts at self justification. He only gives. He wants our repentance. He wants our hearts. He wants just us, not the things we do.<\/p>\n

Is this grace enough?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ – by grace you have been saved…” + Ephesians 2v4&5 Is grace enough? If you are a Christian it is because God has saved you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":685,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[442,557,567,678,679,699,814,890,1080],"class_list":{"0":"post-833","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-gospel","7":"tag-ephesians","8":"tag-god","9":"tag-grace","10":"tag-jenkins","11":"tag-jesus","12":"tag-joshua","13":"tag-mercy","14":"tag-only","15":"tag-salvation","16":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":436,"url":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/joshuajenkins\/a-doctrine-of-grace\/","url_meta":{"origin":833,"position":0},"title":"A Doctrine of Grace","author":"Joshua Jenkins","date":"June 23, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I recently had to write a short paper on the doctrine of predestination for my pastor training. I have decided to post a shorter version of my paper here on my blog. We hold to the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith, so if I reference \"our confession\", that is what\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2093,"url":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/joshuajenkins\/a-walk-through-titus-3v3-7\/","url_meta":{"origin":833,"position":1},"title":"A Walk Through Titus 3v3-7","author":"Joshua Jenkins","date":"June 13, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\"For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "theology"","block_context":{"text":"theology","link":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/joshuajenkins\/category\/theology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/themajestysmen.com\/joshuajenkins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2017\/06\/fly-fishing-missouri_82110_600x450.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/themajestysmen.com\/joshuajenkins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2017\/06\/fly-fishing-missouri_82110_600x450.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/themajestysmen.com\/joshuajenkins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2017\/06\/fly-fishing-missouri_82110_600x450.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":425,"url":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/joshuajenkins\/god-is-for-god\/","url_meta":{"origin":833,"position":2},"title":"God is for God","author":"Joshua Jenkins","date":"April 6, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"\"to the praise of His glorious grace, with which He has blessed us in the Beloved.\" + Ephesians 1:6 In my previous blog (Sons, Through the Son) I talked about verse five in Ephesians chapter one. I\u00a0discussed\u00a0two driving forces of God's purpose for adopting us into His family - His\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Faith"","block_context":{"text":"Faith","link":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/joshuajenkins\/category\/faith\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3734,"url":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/joshuajenkins\/how-gods-children-are-born-john-113\/","url_meta":{"origin":833,"position":3},"title":"How God’s Children Are Born: John 1:13","author":"Joshua Jenkins","date":"April 1, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 13\u00a0who\u00a0were born,\u00a0not of blood\u00a0nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. John 1:13 Introduction \u00a0 As we narrow in on verse 13 this afternoon, I want us to consider how God\u2019s children are born. Now, on the one hand it is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Commentary"","block_context":{"text":"Commentary","link":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/joshuajenkins\/category\/commentary\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/themajestysmen.com\/joshuajenkins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2019\/04\/lomo-wallpaper-7.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/themajestysmen.com\/joshuajenkins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2019\/04\/lomo-wallpaper-7.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/themajestysmen.com\/joshuajenkins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2019\/04\/lomo-wallpaper-7.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/themajestysmen.com\/joshuajenkins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2019\/04\/lomo-wallpaper-7.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/themajestysmen.com\/joshuajenkins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2019\/04\/lomo-wallpaper-7.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/themajestysmen.com\/joshuajenkins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2019\/04\/lomo-wallpaper-7.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2337,"url":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/joshuajenkins\/come-thou-fount-part-1\/","url_meta":{"origin":833,"position":4},"title":"Come Thou Fount Part 1","author":"Joshua Jenkins","date":"June 29, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Come, thou Fount of every blessing, tune my heart to sing they grace; streams of mercy , never ceasing, call for songs of loudest praise. Teach me some melodious sonnet, sung by flaming tongues above. Praise the mount - I'm fixed upon it -\u00a0mount of God's redeeming love.\" Come Thou\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Music"","block_context":{"text":"Music","link":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/joshuajenkins\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/themajestysmen.com\/joshuajenkins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2017\/06\/large_come-thou-fount-of-every-blessing-usxmcczc.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/themajestysmen.com\/joshuajenkins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2017\/06\/large_come-thou-fount-of-every-blessing-usxmcczc.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/themajestysmen.com\/joshuajenkins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2017\/06\/large_come-thou-fount-of-every-blessing-usxmcczc.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/themajestysmen.com\/joshuajenkins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2017\/06\/large_come-thou-fount-of-every-blessing-usxmcczc.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/themajestysmen.com\/joshuajenkins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2017\/06\/large_come-thou-fount-of-every-blessing-usxmcczc.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/themajestysmen.com\/joshuajenkins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2017\/06\/large_come-thou-fount-of-every-blessing-usxmcczc.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6701,"url":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/joshuajenkins\/contend-for-the-faith\/","url_meta":{"origin":833,"position":5},"title":"Contend for the Faith","author":"Joshua Jenkins","date":"September 9, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Click HERE for sermon audio 1\u00a0Jude, a servant[a]\u00a0of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called,\u00a0beloved in God the Father and\u00a0kept for[b]\u00a0Jesus Christ: 2\u00a0May\u00a0mercy,\u00a0peace, and love be multiplied to you. 3\u00a0Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our\u00a0common salvation, I found it necessary\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Sermon"","block_context":{"text":"Sermon","link":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/joshuajenkins\/category\/sermon\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/themajestysmen.com\/joshuajenkins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/09\/0619jude.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/joshuajenkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/joshuajenkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/joshuajenkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/joshuajenkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/685"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/joshuajenkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/joshuajenkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/joshuajenkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/joshuajenkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/joshuajenkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}