Why do many people fail to understand the grace of God?
Many fail to understand the grace of God because they still view God as waiting for frail humans to goof up so He can zap them. That mistaken idea blinds them to His true attitude of total love, mercy, and grace, and to the truth that salvation rests on how much He loved us.
Les teaches that not many people understand the grace of God. The common misconception is that God is somewhere up there waiting for some frail human being to goof up so He can zap them. But that is not God's attitude; His attitude is one of total love, mercy, and grace. Les illustrates this from John chapter 11 and Lazarus, where the emphasis was not how much Mary and Martha loved Jesus, but how much He loved them. When Jesus wept, the Jews said, look how He loved them. Les says we must constantly remember it is not how much we love Him; it is how much He loved us, and has saved us, and has kept us. Paul says, with that in view, I do not frustrate the grace of God.