{"id":6529,"date":"2021-07-06T15:38:06","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T20:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/?p=6529"},"modified":"2021-07-07T09:12:44","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T14:12:44","slug":"not-beyond-gods-grace-and-mercy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/not-beyond-gods-grace-and-mercy\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Beyond God&#8217;s Grace and Mercy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/streetlightsnewtestament\/?utm_source=NLT%20Social%20Media&amp;utm_medium=Streetlights%20New%20Testament&amp;utm_campaign=Tyndale%20Bibles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Taken from the <em>Streetlights New Testament<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/SL-NT-Bible-Product-Shots_Social_2nd-Edit-51.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6461\" width=\"268\" height=\"179\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This is a trustworthy saying, and everyone should accept it: \u201cChrist Jesus came into the world to save sinners\u201d\u2014and I am the worst of them all.&nbsp;16But God had mercy on me so that Christ Jesus could use me as a prime example of his great patience with even the worst sinners. Then others will realize that they, too, can believe in him and receive eternal life.&#8221; 1 Timothy 1:15-16, NLT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of us have felt at one time or another that we are beyond God\u2019s love. Our feelings are like swings going back and forth\u2014sometimes we see ourselves as really good, and others we see ourselves as beyond hope. But God always sees us accurately. He confronts our true condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/07\/BOOK-NAME_Who-is-God__Template10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6530\" width=\"314\" height=\"314\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>He doesn\u2019t sugarcoat the fact that we desperately need grace and mercy. He knows that we\u2019re sinners\u2014each of us could say, like Paul, that we\u2019re \u201cthe worst of them all\u201d (1 Timothy 1:15). But God does not leave us in that dark place without hope. Not one of us is beyond grace. Paul says that he was shown mercy by God so that \u201cothers will realize that they, too, can believe in him and receive eternal life\u201d (1 Timothy 1:16). Perhaps pride will tell you that you\u2019re too good for God\u2019s grace, or maybe that you\u2019re too bad for it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>God counters both of those lies. We are not too good for Him to humble us and offer the grace we need for forgiveness. And we are also not too bad for Him to reach us with His mercy, show us our need for Him, and receive His gift of eternal life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:28% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/Print.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6362 size-full\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/streetlightsnewtestament\/?utm_source=NLT%20Social%20Media&amp;utm_medium=Streetlights%20New%20Testament&amp;utm_campaign=Tyndale%20Bibles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more about the Streetlights New Testament<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taken from the Streetlights New Testament &#8220;This is a trustworthy saying, and everyone should accept it: \u201cChrist Jesus came into the world to save sinners\u201d\u2014and I am the worst of them all.&nbsp;16But God had mercy on me so that Christ [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":6362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[24,4,306],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6529"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6529"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6532,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6529\/revisions\/6532"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}