Why Grace & Truth? Keith Underhill
“For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth
came through Jesus Christ” (John 1:17)
GRACE refers to the source of all the blessings of salvation that we receive in Christ. We receive nothing except by the grace of God (Rom. 3:24, 5:20-21, 1 Cor. 15:10, Eph. 1:6-7, 2 Tim. 1:9, etc.). This means that we have these blessings only be- cause God decided to give them to us and not because we have deserved them in any way. Therefore, Grace & Truth seeks to firmly lay before you that salvation is not dependent on man but on God – beginning with election, fulfilled in time in calling and justification, and finally consummated in glory (so Rom. 8:30). It is our desire to wean you from that all too common man-centred religion that emphasizes that God cannot bring a person to full salvation because it depends on the person’s ‘free-will’. This false emphasis on man has robbed God of His glory, and His people of their comfort in a God who is sovereign.
TRUTH came with Christ because He Himself is the revelation of God (Jn. 1:18, Heb. 1:1-2). In Christ God has spoken His last words. We believe in the vital im- portance of truth (2 Cor. 4:2, 6:7, Eph. 1:13, 4:21, Col. 1:5-6, 2 Thess. 2:9-13, etc.). We emphasize truth as far more valuable than relating experiences that people have had. This truth is brought to you in many ways in Grace & Truth, but especially by
a careful explanation of passages of Scripture, and by studies in particular doctrines. In a day when many are claiming revelations from God that by-pass the Bible, it is so important that we test everything by the Scriptures and that we seek to gain the full- est possible understanding of the Scriptures. It is our desire that you deal with the truth in the Bible as your final authority in all matters of faith and practice, because it is God’s completed word in Christ.
May the Lord bless you as you read Grace & Truth!
“For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth
came through Jesus Christ” (John 1:17)
GRACE refers to the source of all the blessings of salvation that we receive in Christ. We receive nothing except by the grace of God (Rom. 3:24, 5:20-21, 1 Cor. 15:10, Eph. 1:6-7, 2 Tim. 1:9, etc.). This means that we have these blessings only be- cause God decided to give them to us and not because we have deserved them in any way. Therefore, Grace & Truth seeks to firmly lay before you that salvation is not dependent on man but on God – beginning with election, fulfilled in time in calling and justification, and finally consummated in glory (so Rom. 8:30). It is our desire to wean you from that all too common man-centred religion that emphasizes that God cannot bring a person to full salvation because it depends on the person’s ‘free-will’. This false emphasis on man has robbed God of His glory, and His people of their comfort in a God who is sovereign.
TRUTH came with Christ because He Himself is the revelation of God (Jn. 1:18, Heb. 1:1-2). In Christ God has spoken His last words. We believe in the vital im- portance of truth (2 Cor. 4:2, 6:7, Eph. 1:13, 4:21, Col. 1:5-6, 2 Thess. 2:9-13, etc.). We emphasize truth as far more valuable than relating experiences that people have had. This truth is brought to you in many ways in Grace & Truth, but especially by
a careful explanation of passages of Scripture, and by studies in particular doctrines. In a day when many are claiming revelations from God that by-pass the Bible, it is so important that we test everything by the Scriptures and that we seek to gain the full- est possible understanding of the Scriptures. It is our desire that you deal with the truth in the Bible as your final authority in all matters of faith and practice, because it is God’s completed word in Christ.
May the Lord bless you as you read Grace & Truth!
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