Apologetix - 2002 - Grace Period

Apologetix - 2002 - Grace Period


TRACK LISTING:

01 - Corinthians
02 - Cornelius
03 - I'm a Receiver
04 - YHWH
05 - Smooth Grandmama
06 - The Devil Went Down to Jordan
07 - Drop of Lucifer
08 - Born Above
09 - Follow Me
10 - Don't Fear the People
11 - Lemonade
12 - How You Rewind Me
13 - Regeneration
14 - Love the Jews
15 - Good Guys, Bad Guys
16 - Flurry
17 - Tom Saw Ya
18 - Sufferin' Just Finished
19 - Smells Like Thirtysomething Spirit
20 - Baa! We're Lambs


PARODY OF:

01 - "In the End" by Linkin Park
02 - "Cecilia" by Simon & Garfunkel
03 - "I'm a Believer" by Smash Mouth and the Monkees
04 - "YMCA" by Village People
05 - "Smooth Criminal" by Alien Ant Farm, Michael Jackson
06 - "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" by Charlie Daniels
07 - "Drops of Jupiter" by Train
08 - "Born to Run" by Bruce Springsteen
09 - "Follow Me" by Uncle Kracker
10 - "Don't Fear - The Reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult
11 - "Renegade" by Styx
12 - "How You Remind Me" by Nickelback
13 - "My Generation" by The Who
14 - "Love Me Do" by The Beatles
15 - "Good Times, Bad Times" by Led Zeppelin
16 - "Blurry" by Puddle of Mudd
17 - "Tom Sawyer" by Rush
18 - "Suffragette City" by David Bowie
19 - "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana
20 - "Barbara Ann" by Beach Boys


EXTRA INFORMATION:

We face a lot of deadlines in this life. Whether it's homework, bills, taxes, applications or registrations, every one of us could use a grace period now and then. This whole world is facing a deadline — the return of Christ. The good news is that God has given the human race an incredibly long grace period, and the Bible explains why in 2 Peter 3:9: "The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish,
but everyone to come to repentance."

Whether Christ returns in our lifetime or not, we each have a deadline at the end of our lives. As it says in Hebrews 9:27, "Just as man is destined to die once, and
after that to face judgment." Unfortunately, none of us know just how long our particular grace period is going to last, which is why the Bible urges us, "Today,
if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion"
(Hebrews 3:15).

It's kind of ironic that a grace period is an amount of time to get something done,
and yet with God, it's not really about you doing something as much as it's about
accepting something that He has already done for you: "For it is by grace you have
been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--
not by works, so that no one can boast" (Ephesians 2:8-9).

As that verse points out, we are saved by grace— period.

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary defines grace as "unmerited divine
assistance given humans for their regeneration or sanctification." Both the
dictionary and the Bible agree that we don't get grace because of anything we have
done; it's unmerited. God didn't wait for us to save ourselves, because he knew we
couldn't: "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still
sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8). And He didn't save us because we loved
Him so much either: "This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and
sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins" (1 John 4:10).

Again and again, the Bible hammers home the point that it is grace and grace
alone that saves us. This is offensive to some people, but to those who know just
how truly sinful they are, this is truly Good News. Grace is a gift, and like any
gift, you can accept it or refuse it. It's our hope that you will accept it.

"Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right
to become children of God" (John 1:12)


TORRENTED BY:

Torrent Tracts, April 2009