Religion as a Transaction; Transformation Optional?

In his book The Cost of Discipleship Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote: 

"Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, 

Baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession, 

Absolution without personal confession…

Cheap grace is ... without discipleship, [it's]

Grace without the cross..."

Maybe the polar opposite of cheap grace is transformative grace. It says I was broken and in need of repair; I experienced the love and mercy of a benevolent God and while still imperfect I'm being healed; I'm being restored; I’m being made whole.

Receiving the transformative grace of God opens our eyes to His amazing acceptance of us in spite of our own failures and sin. 

I think transformative grace humbles us in the presence of God and produces an overwhelming gratitude which ought to flow towards others.  Just a thought…pkes

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