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We have all been called to live our lives imitating Jesus.

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

God's will for your life and mine is that we grow in maturity to become the people He has purposed for us to be.

charis - The Lord's favor extended to mankind, the state of kindness and favor toward someone, often with a focus on a benefit given to the object.

"The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back." -Abigail Van Buren

alētheias- truth, he body of real things, events, and facts but not merely truth as spoken; truth of idea, reality, sincerity, truth in the moral sphere, divine truth revealed to man, straightforwardness. It is the opposite of illusion.

Grace-oriented Christians love forgiveness and freedom. But sometimes they neglect Bible study and see moral standards as "legalism."

Truth-oriented Christians love studying scripture and theology. But sometimes they're quick to judge and slow to forgive.

Jesus the full embodiment of Grace and Truth, you cannot have one without the other and still have Him.

Truth is quick to post warning signs and guardrails at the top of the cliff. Yet it fails to empower people to drive safely-and neglects to help them when they crash.

Grace is quick to post ambulances and paramedics at the bottom of the cliff. But without truth, it fails to post warning signs and build guardrails. In so doing, it encourages the very self-destruction it attempts to heal.
-Randy Alcorn

The essence of grace and truth is the expression of love.

To share the grace and truth of God we must like Christ in our thinking.

To share the grace and truth of God we must like Christ in our hearts.

To share the grace and truth of God, we must place a deep value on the grace we have received.