Grace

The enemy of our life is constantly searching for ways to separate us from the Lord. His number one tactic is to divide and conquer! If he can not steal our soul then his goal is to keep us from being a spokesperson for God. Once you are saved the only ploy he has against us it to keep us from sharing the Gospel of Christ. One of the more common techniques he will use our failure against us. So many Christians and Christian churches help out the enemy by placing so much guilt and condemnation on anyone that experiences failure that we spend the rest of our life ashamed. The devil knows that if he can make you feel incredibly guilty then more than likely you will not be a bold advocate for Jesus. If he cant steal your soul he wants to put a gag on your spirit. In many modern Christian environments there is little, if any, authentic grace offered. Think about this for a second, if someone had experienced any kind of failure in their life and yet at the same time was shown the power of the new covenant and knew that they were already forgiven, they would become an incredible spokesperson for the love of Jesus and the real reason and significance of his death on the cross. The truth that through his blood ALL our sins have been forgiven. Past present and future. That we are guaranteed eternal life in Heaven regardless of what happens in our lives. If we knew that this kind of grace would be extended by our Lord and by the people we love it is very likely that through that deep level of love and respect we would honor him by making better decisions in our lives. All he wants is a relationship. He does not expect obedience he just craves our love and communication. Gods love for us is not performance based. Gods way is not about what we do but its about what's already been done by our Lord who took the cross to wash all our sins. If Jesus could utter in some of his final words "forgive them father for they know not what they do.", then shoudn't we attempt to do that with all or christian brothers and sisters. If we can help people restore their love and faith quicker then they can be used by God more profoundly. So we should all be healers and restores! It may take some time to restore them in their name and form but their confidence in christ should start immediately.