It the prefect message for those tired of faking it and long to be real. Believe in God’s Grace and Love for you, it’s real, and really true. Hop off the performance treadmill that’s going nowhere, and know that all that needed to be done has already been done in Christ. Come and be real with your Heavenly Father, his arms are open wide, and his Love is beyond description.

“Without faith, it is impossible to please Him, for he that cometh to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.” (Hebrews 11:6)

Another important part is forgiveness. The book lists The seven keys to forgiveness are:

1. Admit something happened. We cannot forgive until we admit that we have been sinned against. This does not mean going on a fishing expedition, however. It applies only to things that we know about.
2. Forgive the consequences of the act done against you.
3. Tell God what happened to you.
4. Forgive the offender for your benefit. We must initiate the vertical transaction with God before we move into the horizontal transaction with others. “If we try to go on without forgiving the one who hurt us before God, or if we say, ‘I’m not going to repent until they repent’ we end up in bitterness, anger, resentment or jealousy. In our unwillingness to forgive before God, we become the issue.”
5. Forgive the offender when they repent, for their sake. We forgive our offender with the goal of restoring the relationship, not just resolving the conflict. This requires that he/she repent as well.
6. Distinguish between forgiving and trusting your offender. Forgiveness cancels the debt, but it does not restore the credit rating. You don’t have to trust the other person to forgive him or her. Trust is easily broken and restored very slowly.
7. Seek reconciliation and not just conflict resolution.

Another concern I have has to do with the content of Mr. Lynch’s message. We tend to like to present things in polarities – either/or. Is it that Greek mindset again? I believe it is more complex than just choosing the room of grace or the room of good intentions. As Mr. Lynch said both grace and law can lead to an attempt to take advantage of God. I believe this is where the work in “working out our salvation” is. We have to struggle to keep these things in balance. There is a lot of work, effort, etc that is involved in living a life fully surrendered to the Lord. There is a war going on. There are a whole lot of instructions about what we are to do, but we are only enabled to do them by His grace – divine enablement as we seek Him diligently and love Him with all our heart, soul, mind, and STRENGTH.

However, it is true that we cannot become so focused on our sin or what we “must do to please Him”, but on Him who is able to complete the good work He began. I don’t know about you, but it takes everything I have, but then again He said it would cost us everything. I counted the cost and in my calculations determined He is Worth it all.