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June 16, 2025 · 9:00 pm

Grace of God

One aspect of Christianity that separates it from virtually all other faith systems is the way God bestows His grace on us. Someone once described biblical grace as “God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense.” Such a description is applicable indeed. We receive the best that God has through the sacrifice of Christ.

Jesus paid the debt so that we could be free. Jesus paid the penalty for our sin so that we could reconciled to God. Jesus endured the horrors of separation so that we would never be separated from God. God’s grace is amazing indeed!

I pray that you will be encouraged from the Scriptures with these thoughts about God’s amazing grace.

Psalm 103:8 The LORD is compassionate and gracious, Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.

Psalm 116:5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; Yes, our God is compassionate.

John 1:14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Romans 3:24 being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus.

Romans 5:20 The Law came in so that the transgression would increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more.

Tony French

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May 12, 2025 · 9:00 am

God’s Promises To Us

7 “Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. 8 Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”

Joshua 1:7-10

Three promises from the Lord are included in this passage of Scripture:

**Strength to accomplish God’s will and purposes.

**Success to fulfill God’s plan for your life and success in remaining faithful until the end.

**Support from the Lord in every season and circumstance of life.

What wonderful promises from our Lord God Almighty.

Tony French

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January 25, 2024 · 10:00 pm

Love Your Neighbor

8 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well; 9 but if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors.10 For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all.11 For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery, but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.

James 2:8-11

The Apostle continues to preach against partiality by taking the reader back to the “royal law”—“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” (Luke 10:27)  Love for others requires the practice of justice and fairness. One cannot be a Christ-honoring Believer and practice favoritism. To do so would cause one to disobey and eschew the law of Christ.

James teaches another powerful truth in verses 10 and 11. In those stanzas, Christians are taught that breaking one commandment makes them guilty of breaking the whole law. The one, true God who commands against adultery also commands against murder. The same Law-Giver who prohibits idolatry also prohibits covetousness. Breaking one command of God’s Word makes humans guilty of ignoring all the precepts in the sight of the Almighty.

Thankfully, there was one who kept the Law of God perfectly. Christ Jesus kept the Law, fulfilled the Law, and was perfectly obedient to the Father. The Spotless Lamb died in the place of sinful humans and paid the debt of sin and the price of sin in His atoning work on the cross. He was raised to life the third day so that all who believe may be forgiven and receive the imputed righteousness of Christ. (2 Corinthians 5:21)

Believe in Jesus today. He is your only hope of salvation. (Acts 4:32) Christ saves without partiality. Call upon Him today. 

Tony French

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December 7, 2023 · 9:00 pm

Doing

But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror; for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was. But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man will be blessed in what he does.

James 1:22-25

In this Scripture, James implores us to be doers of the Word and not just hearers. We do not learn the Bible simply to know facts. We learn it to grow in our faith and learn to become obedient. Great blessing accrues to those who are obedient. So be a doer and not merely a hearer. 

The description given for someone who merely hears but does not obey the Bible is stark. James says that person is like someone who looks into a mirror and forgets what they look like. That statement seems nonsensical on its face. What is James trying to say? 

As Christians, we need to be constantly exposed to the Word of God. We need to look deeply into it by reading it, studying it, and by hearing the Bible preached and taught regularly. If we don’t practice this, we begin to forget who we truly are in Christ. We forget our true identity and what it means to be a child of God.  

So, Christian, read God’s Word. Study it deeply. Learn what the Bible says and do it. 

Tony French 

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