Journey, an update 11-10-06

Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles....When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and honored the word of the Lord; and all who were appointed for eternal life believed. Acts 13:46b,48

I've been reading from Acts this week and paused over these verses. The thing that jumped out at me was that when the Jews addressed here rejected the Gospel, Paul and Barnabas told them that they didn't consider themselves worthy. I wonder if this was the case because they still felt they had to earn God's favor through works, not believing that God could really be offering them a free gift? Sometimes I also feel like I am "not worthy" because really, I'm not. That is the beauty of the Gospel of grace. I can never be worthy. That is why Jesus came and died. I can't earn favor with God. My part is to be glad, to honor the word of the Lord and to believe.