John 1:17

17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

The Lord gave the Israelites the Law on Mount Sinai so that they would know how to live—if you obey the Law, you will be blessed. The Law was a guidebook to life and the way to blessing. But the Law, which was good, was unable to fix what was wrong in peoples’ hearts, and so all along God’s plan to save the world was to send His one and only Son. The Son was perfectly obedient to the Law, thereby releasing blessing into the world, and all who trust in Him receive life and blessing they didn’t earn.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Grace is receiving something good you didn’t deserve. In light of what God has done for you in Jesus, how can you then show grace to someone else today?