{"id":9680,"date":"2025-09-18T06:16:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T10:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=9680"},"modified":"2025-09-16T10:24:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T14:24:26","slug":"grace-is-costly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=9680","title":{"rendered":"Grace is Costly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20211230_132812-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20211230_132812-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9361\" width=\"366\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20211230_132812-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20211230_132812-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20211230_132812-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20211230_132812-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20211230_132812-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 366px) 100vw, 366px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Me:  I&#8217;m plum worn out after that quilt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prodigal:  It looks beautiful though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is from the book The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Such grace is costly because it calls us to follow, and it is grace because it calls us to follow Jesus Christ.  It is costly because it costs a man his life, and it is grace because it gives a man the only true life. It is costly because it condemns sin, and grace because it justifies the sinner.  Above all, it is costly because it cost God the life of his Son: &#8220;ye were bought at a price,&#8221; and what has cost God much cannot be cheap for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him; Matthew 12:3 (KJV)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jennifer Van Allen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">www.theprodigalpig.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">www.faithincounseling.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Me: I&#8217;m plum worn out after that quilt. Prodigal: It looks beautiful though. 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