"Nobody comes to the throne of Grace with Swag." Dr. Matthew McKellar
My very white, middle-aged Biblical Studies professor said this in class today, and the class burst out in laughter. It instantly became my favorite sentence of the week.
It has been said that the ground is level at the foot of the cross. We hear this and assent to it conceptually yet, at least for me, it is much harder to live out in an honest way. I try to earn grace and to prove by my knowledge that maybe I don't deserve grace, but man did I use it well! But in fact, no amount of preaching, or teaching, or soul-winning can ever give me enough holy accessories to let me earn it.
My swag can't get me into that club.
But because I accepted Christ, my name is on that list.
I got that Jesus Christ Swag.
