Proverbs 3:3 (KJV) Contend for Grace

Proverbs 3:3 (KJV)
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

Here is an interesting phrase. Mercy and truth are animated. They are said to be proactive, choosing to forsake a soul for some reason.

The son, in this text, is urged to take measures to ensure he is not forsaken by mercy and truth. He is to bind them about his neck and write them on the table of his heart. Mind you, it’s not speaking about wearing some sort of necklace or tattooing them on his chest. This is a spiritual action and not a physical one. People have many things tattooed upon their bodies that no longer have any meaning to them.

The point is this; mercy and truth are easily abandoned. Though salvation, once attained, is never lost, the graces of the Christian life must be contended for or else they may be lost to error and the fleshly leanings of men.

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Proverbs 3:3 (KJV) Contend for Grace

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