The danger is this: self - examination may spawn attempts at self - improvement, with the result that looking at self replaces looking to God, and small measures of merit replace
the immeasurable grace of God.
Not exact matches
God is «rich in mercy» (2:4), has «lavished» the «riches
of his
grace» on us (1:7), has given us «the riches
of his glorious inheritance» by the «
immeasurable greatness
of his power» (1:18, 19).
No relational investment and no mention
of God's
immeasurable grace — just Scripture used to insult non-believers.
But
God, being rich in mercy, because
of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ — by
grace you have been saved — and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the
immeasurable riches
of his
grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.