Grace abounding

Yesterday I was reading in Knowledge of the Holy about God's infinite grace. Tozer pointed out that we could never know the full weight of our sin and that we did not need to know. What he referred to was Paul's argument in Romans about when sin abounded that grace abounded all the more. God's grace is infinite, it is unlimited. God did not change between yesterday and today. He will not change tomorrow. I know I don't deserve His grace. I am rebellious, full of sin and pride.

As I learn more about the attributes of God it challenges my perceptions of Jesus. Again, I did not deny that Jesus was God, but I did not apply to Him the same attributes that I do to God. God was "up there" and Jesus had been "down here". It did not pose a problem for me that they were of the same essence and did not share the same attributes. If asked "Matt, do you believe that God the Father and Jesus the Son (and for that matter included the Holy Spirit) share the same attributes?" I would have answered, "Yes." But, then say to me "Matt, describe Jesus' attributes." I would have used some generic words about all loving, perfect, caring, compassionate, kind. If pressed to describe even these attributes as infinite or not, I probably would have because I knew it was the right answer, not because that was the Jesus that had been revealed to me. Even now, I am just beginning to learn to apply those same attributes that I am learning about to Jesus.