{"id":5568,"date":"2020-02-02T08:23:14","date_gmt":"2020-02-02T08:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=5568"},"modified":"2020-02-02T08:23:14","modified_gmt":"2020-02-02T08:23:14","slug":"distinguishing-grace%ef%bb%bf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=5568","title":{"rendered":"Distinguishing Grace!\ufeff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Distinguishing Grace!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Don Fortner)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNoah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.\u201d Genesis 6:8<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What sad consequences there are to sin! That horrible, heart-hatred of God, which resides in the hearts of each of Adam\u2019s sons and daughters \u2014 works havoc in the earth and will bring us all down to Hell in the end \u2014 unless God intervenes to save. The only hope there is for fallen, depraved, helpless sinners \u2014 is the omnipotent intervention of God\u2019s irresistible grace!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The whole world was lost. The whole world was corrupt. The whole of Adam\u2019s race was degenerate and walked in wickedness, provoking the wrath of God. But God, in great pity, mercy and compassion \u2014 showed Himself gracious to one man. \u201cNoah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.\u201d God spared Noah. God saved Noah. Through Noah, God preserved his family, preserved our race and thus preserved His elect for all generations to come!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blessed be His name, God does intervene to save! He does not have to save. No mortal will ever seek salvation from Him \u2014 until first he is sought by Him. But God has, in indescribable, infinite mercy, chosen to save a people for His own glory \u2014 and save them, He will!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI have loved you, My people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to Myself!\u201d Jeremiah 31:3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Distinguishing Grace! (Don Fortner) \u201cNoah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.\u201d Genesis 6:8 What sad consequences there are to sin! That horrible, heart-hatred of God, which resides in the hearts of each of Adam\u2019s sons and daughters \u2014 works havoc in the earth and will bring us all down to Hell in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,17,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-don-fortner","category-atonement","category-grace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5568"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5569,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5568\/revisions\/5569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}