CHAPLAIN’S CORNER

“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” 2 Timothy 4:7

You all have heard the words “mercy and grace”. We hear them yet we may not know what they mean or the differences between them. Regarding our

CHAPLAIN’S

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mess ups and missinful nature, the only takes (our sin), mercy thing we deserve is is not giving us what eternal separation (hell) we deserve. from a Holy and perImagine standing before a judge after being Yet Jesus paid the senconvicted of a seritence for us by taking ous crime. The judge our sins to the cross issues a severe senand dying for us that tence then shows you we may live. He proved mercy by immediately He is the Son of God pardoning you. You by rising from the dead deserved the sentence; three days later. The the judge showed same promise that mercy by not handing awaits those who beit down. lieve in Him (John 3:16)

When you accept Jesus as your Savior, this is exactly what happens. Because of our fect God. Grace is what He gives those who believe in Him. Grace is giving us what we don’t deserve. We don’t deserve the love, friendship, guidance, strength and blessings given to us from Jesus. Because He loves us so much, He pours out those gifts over and over again and there is nothing we can ever do to that will change His heart. An eternal promise, His love will never end!

See you all at the banquet and at the races!

Blessings on and off the road,

Jim and Betty Edleston CMA