Welcome to the Daily Blade. The Word of God is described as the sword of the spirit,

the primary spiritual weapon in the Christian's armor against the forces of evil. Your hosts are

Jobi Martin and Kyle Thompson, and they stand ready to equip men for the fight. Let's sharpen up.

Grace. Mmm, how's sharpen up. Grace.

Hmm, how sweet the sound of grace.

One of my hopes and one of my passions is not only as a pastor but as a disciple of Jesus,

is that grace would not simply be an abstract,

theological word in the dusty caverns of our minds.

But the grace would be King Jesus himself.

For John 114 says, and we beheld him full of grace and truth.

Yes, it's true that grace is indeed the unearned, the unmarried, the unworked-for gift of God.

Grace is a person, and his name is Jesus. Grace is God's righteousness at Christ's expense. Grace is God and Christ being for us what we could never be

and do. Grace is not simply God saying, hey, I forgive you. Oh, it's so much more. Not only does he throw

our sins into the sea of God's forgotten memory, he takes our sins away, but then grace

gives us something to. Grace says, you are holy and blameless. Holy means sacred that you're set apart,

that the blood of Christ, that you are owned by him, that you belong to him. You are, you are

sacred, you are holy, you are his beloved. Grace says that not only you're holy and blameless, not only are you as beloved, but that you are as righteous as Jesus, that that's your position in Christ.

And grace says that as you trust me by the faith that brought you to my heart, that same faith will grow you to reflect my heart.

Grace says, you are my bride and I cherish you.

Grace says you are my temple and I indwell you.

Grace says you are my body and I empower you.

Grace says I love you and I will never not love you. On August 2nd, 1997, I had my grace

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