​Undeserved Love | Intimacy With Christ | Richard Wafford

Romans 5:17: “For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.”
 
Many people fall in love with their best friend. No one ever gets married based on someone’s merit. “Prove to me you are a good person, and I’ll marry you” doesn’t happen. So why would you wrongly believe that God would be the same way? 

People worldwide would laugh at such a ridiculous way to marry someone. Everyone falls in love out of affection, a bond with your best friend, or two spirits coming together in unison. Affection means loving someone for who they are, not for what they can do for you. 

However, many view the love of God as something you need to earn to have a relationship with the God of heaven, rather than as something based solely on His affection and love for you.  Notice that God says, “Those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness.” Ephesians 2:8–9: “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.”
~ Richard
 
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Many of these lessons are in my new devotional book, “Warrior of the Cross, 40 Day Discipleship Challenge & Journal.”