“Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Father’s Son, will be with us in truth and love. It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father commanded us.” 2 John 1:3-4
Grace (divine favour and good-will), mercy(free pardon and forgiveness) and peace (tranquility of spirit and serenity of conscience) come from God, but are contingent upon living in God’s truth and love. We can never really have grace, mercy and peace apart from His truth. In a well balanced Christian character, truth and love coexist harmoniously.
Walking in truth shows we are walking with the Lord. It shows believers have received Him, embrace and profess the Gospel plus are living lives according to the truth. This is a progressive action requiring discipline.
Joyce
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