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The Gospel Of Grace Nullifies Our Adulation Of Televangelists, Charismatic Superstars, And Local Church Heroes. It Obliterates The Two-class Citizenship Theory Operative In Many American Churches. For Grace Proclaims The Awesome Truth That All Is Gift. All That Is Good Is Ours, Not By Right, But By The Sheer Bounty Of A Gracious God.

The Sinners To Whom Jesus Directed His Messianic Ministry Were Not Those Who Skipped Morning Devotions Or Sunday Church. His Ministry Was To Those Whom Society Considered Real Sinners. They Had Done Nothing To Merit Salvation. Yet They Opened Themselves To The Gift That Was Offered Them. On The Other Hand, The Self-righteous Placed Their Trust In The Works Of The Law And Closed Their Hearts To The Message Of Grace.

Tragedy Is That Our Attention Centers On What People Are Not, Rather Than On What They Are And Who They Might Become.

When Absolute Control And Rigid Obedience Pose As Love Within The Family And The Local Faith-community , We Produce Trained Cowards Rather Than Christian Persons.

The Life Of Jesus Suggests That To Be Like Abba Is To Show Compassion. Donald Gray Expresses This: "jesus Reveals In An Exceptionally Human Life What It Is To Live A Divine Life, A Compassionate Life.