Bold Relief Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: Bold Relief ------------- Date: 01/19/1999 Keywords: "grace" "help" "mercy" "throne" "time of need" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passage: Hebrews 4:16* Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. Questions 1. What is the mercy?   2. What is grace?   Practical help How can mercy and grace help you say no to Web smut? Consider these definitions: Mercy 1. Compassionate treatment, especially of those under one's power; clemency. 2. A disposition to be kind and forgiving. 3. Something for which to be thankful; a blessing. 4. Alleviation of distress; relief.** ————— Biblical word "grace" from Greek eleos (el'-eh-os): compassion (human or divine, especially active).*** Grace In theology: 1. Divine love and protection bestowed freely on people. 2. The state of being protected or sanctified by the favor of God. 3. An excellence or a power granted by God.** ————— Biblical word "grace" from Greek charis (khar'-ece): from 5463; graciousness (as gratifying), of manner or act (abstract or concrete; literal, figurative or spiritual; especially the divine influence upon the heart, and its reflection in the life; including gratitude).*** Compassion, forgiveness, love, protection, sanctification, power. Sound like what you need when you struggle with Web porn? Hebrews 4:16 says you get all this when you go to the throne of grace (figure of speech for God). Spelled out, you get: 1. Understanding of your struggles 2. Unconditional love 3. Forgiveness of past failures 4. Protection from current temptations 5. Holiness in God's eyes (sanctification) 6. Power to stand strong So don't tiptoe to the throne of grace. Go boldly, and expect bold relief from God. Click here for a related three-minute study. eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 1999 by eXXit *Scriptures are from The Holy Bible: New International Version, © copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. All rights reserved. **American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition. Copyright © 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company. ***Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright © 1994 Biblesoft and International Bible Translators, Inc.