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In the last few verses of chapter 5 we read some of the most encouraging, life-changing words Paul has written. God is making all things new, old things pass away, and all this is from God who reconciled us to Himself through Christ.

That’s the key to transformation. Before, we were estranged from God and the result was emptiness of soul. If someone is empty then they start looking for love in all the wrong places, they look for life in all the wrong ways.

But we who were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ, Paul wrote in another place. We have been reconciled to God. That’s the amazing grace of God.

Having been brought near, it’s an opportunity; what will we do with it? He’s adopted us as a son or daughter; what will we do in that new relationship? In chapter 6 verse 1 Paul says, “I urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.” What does it mean to receive the grace of God in vain?

You received the grace of God when you asked Jesus into your heart as Lord and Savior. You were made new in the sense that you were given eternal life instead of eternal death, you were adopted as a son or daughter; you were given a relationship to God as your Father. He took all your sins and placed them on His own Son on the cross of Calvary; He even took the righteousness of God and placed that upon you. What wonderful grace.

But if you receive all that grace and then don’t seize the opportunity to be transformed by it, you received the grace of God in vain. If you are adopted as God’s son or daughter, but then don’t live as a son or daughter, you’re not doing anything with the opportunity you’ve been given. If you’ve been given light, the treasure of the glory of God in your earthen vessel, but don’t do something with that light, that’s a tragedy.

Many of you are perhaps too young to remember when the Dallas Cowboys were a good football team. Their coach was the famous Tom Landry, considered a genius in football strategy, who called every play. At one point they drafted Roger Staubach, an accomplished quarterback who was used to calling his own plays. Under Tom Landry he had an opportunity to learn from one of the greatest call players in the history of football, but he resisted. Finally, someone challenged him to trust his coach; and the result – four Super Bowl appearances.

“I urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain,” Paul said, “now is the acceptable time, now is the day of salvation.” In other words, seize the day, seize the opportunity God has given you. How? That’s the point of chapter 6.


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