Wesley Huff

on your behalf in order to establish that right relationship with God.

So that's where grace comes into the picture.

Justice is getting what you do deserve.

Mercy is not getting what you do deserve.

Grace is getting what you don't deserve.

So

Insofar as Christ on the cross fulfills the justice of his holy law, mercy is enacted and you don't get that punishment.

By putting your faith and trust in Jesus as your Lord and your Savior, as your creator, you don't get that punishment.

And now you get grace, which is not what you're owed, but you are adopted as a child of the Most High.

Well, so James, the book of James in the Bible, who is actually the half-brother of Jesus, he writes a book and he says, you believe that God is one.

He says, great.

So do the demons.

So the point is, like, if anybody knows and believes in God, it's the demons.

It's Satan, right?

So what's the difference there?

The difference is there is that there's a relational component of when we, in sort of the Christianese, Christian terminology, when I say Jesus is your Lord and your Savior, what I mean is that he has rescued you, he's saved you from the penalties of sin and death.

But then the Lord component is that now you have submitted your life to him in obedience and repentance.

Now, repentance is kind of another religious word that maybe is not always fully understood.

Repentance is the changing and understanding of the way you live.

You understand that the things that you used to do that are wrong are not the things that are either what you should do or are going to give you fulfillment.