Good Old Grace

(Psa 60:11 KJV)  Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.

(Proverbs 4 also read)

I keep having conversations where the other party claims that grace is an invention of the apostle Paul and the revelation given to him.  I only exaggerate a tiny little bit.  They would claim that the Old Testament, based on the Law, says that man must earn his way into heaven.  It is as if they believe that the Israelites were simple enough to believe that not cooking a kid in its mother’s milk was somehow going to atone for their sins.

This verse is one of many that point out, even in the Old Testament, that “deliverance” (second help in KJV) (8668) comes only from God.  It is almost like we could rephrase that question, “What part of ‘vain’ (7723) don’t you understand?”

So?  The Bible is a whole.  Don’t fall for people who want to put certain parts in a category that says you don’t need to take them seriously.  Seriously.