{"id":1558,"date":"2018-09-10T20:00:07","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T12:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/decibel.one\/?p=1558"},"modified":"2019-06-10T17:54:03","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T09:54:03","slug":"is-grace-too-good-to-be-true","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/decibel.one\/watch\/is-grace-too-good-to-be-true\/","title":{"rendered":"God\u2019s grace\u2014too good to be true?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-parallax-none nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.9);background-image: url(&quot;https:\/\/decibel.one\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/gods-grace-too-good-to-be-true_1.jpg&quot;);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;background-blend-mode: overlay;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-three-fifth fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:60%;width:calc(60% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.6 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><h3 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;color:#ffffff;\">God\u2019s grace\u2014too good to be true?<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1 caption\"><p>Video | 1:11 min<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:800px;max-height:450px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0KUbomjFk-0?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:30px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2 videotext\"><p>Grace\u2014God\u2019s freely-given favour that we neither earned nor deserved\u2014is it too good to be true? There must be some hidden clause to it, right?<\/p>\n<p>Press play and see how God\u2019s grace is BOTH good AND true. It isn\u2019t dependent on our merits, nor on how well we \u201cChristian\u201d. And although it came to us free, it cost God everything.<\/p>\n<p>When we receive grace, it doesn\u2019t cause us to live flippantly but like what Paul says in 1 Corinthians 15:10 (TLB), \u201c\u2026whatever I am now it is all because God poured out such kindness and grace upon me.\u201d He adds that he\u2019s worked harder than all the other apostles, but it was really God working in him, to bless him.<\/p>\n<p><em>This clip is from Receive God&#8217;s Supply For All Of Life&#8217;s Demands (13 Oct 2013)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This video is part of our series, The<em>\u00a0Case For Grace<\/em>\u2014discover why grace isn&#8217;t #basic at all. 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style=\"margin:-15px;\"><article id=\"portfolio-1-post-1551\" class=\"fusion-portfolio-post finished-work grace rest right-believing right-standing-with-god self-effort the-case-for-grace fusion-col-spacing post-1551\"><div class=\"fusion-portfolio-content-wrapper\" style=\"border:none;\"><span class=\"vcard rich-snippet-hidden\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"\" title=\"Posts by Sarah G\" rel=\"author\">Sarah G<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated rich-snippet-hidden\">2019-06-10T18:04:41+08:00<\/span><div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-video\" style=\"max-width:100%;\"><iframe width=\"1152\" height=\"649\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J8W_y6CGK4k\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"fusion-portfolio-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title fusion-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/decibel.one\/watch\/tired-of-trying-so-hard-to-be-good\/\">Tired of trying so hard to be good?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content\"><p>See how what your good works couldn\u2019t do, God\u2019s grace has done for you.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><article id=\"portfolio-1-post-1571\" class=\"fusion-portfolio-post blessings finished-work forgiveness grace identity right-standing-with-god sin the-case-for-grace fusion-col-spacing post-1571\"><div class=\"fusion-portfolio-content-wrapper\" style=\"border:none;\"><span class=\"vcard rich-snippet-hidden\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"\" title=\"Posts by Sarah G\" rel=\"author\">Sarah G<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated rich-snippet-hidden\">2019-06-10T17:06:35+08:00<\/span><div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-video\" style=\"max-width:100%;\"><iframe width=\"1152\" height=\"649\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eN0UnaFaz4g\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"fusion-portfolio-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title fusion-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/decibel.one\/watch\/identity-switch-the-innocent-is-counted-guilty-so-the-guilty-could-walk-free\/\">Identity switch: The innocent is counted guilty, so the guilty could walk free<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content\"><p>Through the cross, Jesus bridged the gap between us and God for all time, enabling us to call God our Father.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><article id=\"portfolio-1-post-1548\" class=\"fusion-portfolio-post blessings finished-work grace guilt-shame right-standing-with-god the-case-for-grace fusion-col-spacing post-1548\"><div class=\"fusion-portfolio-content-wrapper\" style=\"border:none;\"><span class=\"vcard rich-snippet-hidden\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"\" title=\"Posts by Sarah G\" rel=\"author\">Sarah G<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated rich-snippet-hidden\">2019-06-10T18:01:06+08:00<\/span><div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-video\" style=\"max-width:100%;\"><iframe width=\"1152\" height=\"649\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W0Rb_4J70h0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"fusion-portfolio-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title fusion-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/decibel.one\/watch\/why-you-can-receive-what-you-dont-deserve\/\">Why you can receive what you don\u2019t deserve<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content\"><p>How is it that God would give us His blessings like forgiveness and healing even when we don\u2019t deserve them?<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><article id=\"portfolio-1-post-1558\" class=\"fusion-portfolio-post blessings finished-work grace self-effort sin the-case-for-grace fusion-col-spacing post-1558\"><div class=\"fusion-portfolio-content-wrapper\" style=\"border:none;\"><span class=\"vcard rich-snippet-hidden\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"\" title=\"Posts by Sarah G\" rel=\"author\">Sarah G<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated rich-snippet-hidden\">2019-06-10T17:54:03+08:00<\/span><div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-video\" style=\"max-width:100%;\"><iframe width=\"1152\" height=\"649\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0KUbomjFk-0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"fusion-portfolio-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title fusion-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/decibel.one\/watch\/is-grace-too-good-to-be-true\/\">God\u2019s grace\u2014too good to be true?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content\"><p>See how God\u2019s grace is BOTH good AND true. It isn\u2019t dependent on our merits, nor on how well we \u201cChristian\u201d.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><article id=\"portfolio-1-post-1563\" class=\"fusion-portfolio-post gods-favor grace provision-supply right-believing right-standing-with-god the-case-for-grace fusion-col-spacing post-1563\"><div class=\"fusion-portfolio-content-wrapper\" style=\"border:none;\"><span class=\"vcard rich-snippet-hidden\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"\" title=\"Posts by Lizzy L\" rel=\"author\">Lizzy L<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated rich-snippet-hidden\">2019-06-10T17:47:52+08:00<\/span><div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-video\" style=\"max-width:100%;\"><iframe width=\"1152\" height=\"649\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W0j8slS-MkE\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"fusion-portfolio-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title fusion-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/decibel.one\/watch\/how-to-experience-grace-everyday\/\">How you can experience God\u2019s grace every day<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content\"><p>God\u2019s grace is FOR YOU, every single day, and will be present in your life in the most practical of ways.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><article id=\"portfolio-1-post-1567\" class=\"fusion-portfolio-post finished-work forgiveness gods-love grace right-standing-with-god sin the-case-for-grace fusion-col-spacing post-1567\"><div class=\"fusion-portfolio-content-wrapper\" style=\"border:none;\"><span class=\"vcard rich-snippet-hidden\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"\" title=\"Posts by Lizzy L\" rel=\"author\">Lizzy L<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated rich-snippet-hidden\">2019-06-10T17:41:56+08:00<\/span><div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-video\" style=\"max-width:100%;\"><iframe width=\"1152\" height=\"649\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KaQ4akheADo\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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