Let’s Stop Stop Adding ‘Yeah, But’ to Simple Declarations of Grace

When we tell people God loves them, ‘but’ they’re sinners, what they hear is ‘God will only love me if I get my act together.’ Yes, we are sinners. That reality should never be ignored or underplayed. But qualifying every statement about love and grace with a ‘yeah, but’ about sin is like interrupting a team’s victory parade to remind everyone that they lost some games during the season, too. Sometimes grace needs to take an uninterrupted victory lap through our lives.

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When we tell people God loves them, ‘but’ they’re sinners, what they hear is ‘God will only love me if I get my act together.’

Yes, we are sinners. That reality should never be ignored or underplayed. But qualifying every statement about love and grace with a ‘yeah, but’ about sin is like interrupting a team’s victory parade to remind everyone that they lost some games during the season, too.

Sometimes grace needs to take an uninterrupted victory lap through our lives.

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