Bless you, I know that I am save by grace, what I'm trying to understand is...How one can falls short of grace?
Hebrews 12:15 states, "See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many."
I was thinking of the Bible verse "Good Master" (Matthew 19:16, Mark 10:17, Luke 18:18) refers to Jesus being addressed by that title by individuals who sought his instruction on eternal life. Jesus' response is, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone."
And Barabas in Acts 11:23 Barnabas, upon arriving in Antioch and seeing the grace of God working among the believers."
He didn't know these people but saw the grace of God. So, until no one see the grace of God working among me I'm not good.
The problem is the way you hear the word "good." There are different Greek words translated as "good" and they mean different things. The one used here doesn't mean morally good, but "capable." When Jesus says only one is capable, he is saying that only the Divine is capable of anything. If we ask God, he can make us more capable. We can see the grace(gift) of God working in those who are the most capable.
As a translator, I don't see the connection to the other verse. The word translated as "fall short" means to "be behind", "to come later", "to come too late for", "to lag behind", "to fall below", "to fail to obtain", "to lack", "to fail," and "to be wanting." The word translated as "grace" means the appearance of beauty and grace. On the part of a doer, it is "kindness" and "goodwill". On the part of the receiver, it means "thankfulness" and "gratitude".
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Bless you, I know that I am save by grace, what I'm trying to understand is...How one can falls short of grace?
Hebrews 12:15 states, "See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many."
I was thinking of the Bible verse "Good Master" (Matthew 19:16, Mark 10:17, Luke 18:18) refers to Jesus being addressed by that title by individuals who sought his instruction on eternal life. Jesus' response is, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone."
And Barabas in Acts 11:23 Barnabas, upon arriving in Antioch and seeing the grace of God working among the believers."
He didn't know these people but saw the grace of God. So, until no one see the grace of God working among me I'm not good.
The problem is the way you hear the word "good." There are different Greek words translated as "good" and they mean different things. The one used here doesn't mean morally good, but "capable." When Jesus says only one is capable, he is saying that only the Divine is capable of anything. If we ask God, he can make us more capable. We can see the grace(gift) of God working in those who are the most capable.
Thank you Gary
Bless you...How one can falls short of grace according Hebrws 12:15?
As a translator, I don't see the connection to the other verse. The word translated as "fall short" means to "be behind", "to come later", "to come too late for", "to lag behind", "to fall below", "to fail to obtain", "to lack", "to fail," and "to be wanting." The word translated as "grace" means the appearance of beauty and grace. On the part of a doer, it is "kindness" and "goodwill". On the part of the receiver, it means "thankfulness" and "gratitude".