Seeing People Through the Eyes of Jesus, Including Yourself Pt.1 - The Seacoast Podcast - Ep.213

Main message: True Christian growth comes not from piling on effort or information but from receiving God's abundant grace, letting that love renovate the soul, and partnering counseling/mental-health work with discipleship to heal past wounds and enable authentic sanctification.

Key points:

• “Falling from grace” actually describes returning to a works-based, law-trying approach—trying too hard to earn what Christ already secured.
• Salvation has three tenses: justified (I was saved), ongoing sanctification (I’m being saved), and final redemption (yet to be saved); most spiritual growth is the slow, often painful work of soul renovation.
• Healing the soul requires reprocessing past experiences (often in therapy or safe community), reframing memories, and removing destructive patterns so constructive new growth can be planted.
• Receiving (not merely knowing) the abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness is experiential — we must learn to rest in and accept God’s love for us.
• Loving others flows from how we love ourselves; learning to love ourselves as God loves us is central to healthy discipleship and ministry impact.

Scriptures mentioned: Galatians (5 or 6 referenced), Romans 5:17, John 8:31-32, Jeremiah 1:10