God had a difficult lesson to teach the Jews here. “I chose you folks, but not because you were such hot shots.”
Christianity was Lesson 2 in the same school, but now with a larger student body and amped up with “And look how much I suffered for you!”
Amazing seems to be too little a word for this kind of grace.
“Amazing seems to be too little a word for this kind of grace.”
I tried “astounding” for a while, but that was inadequate as well.