Overflowing and Unlimited

I grew up in a time when there were not unlimited beverages at restaurants. That's right. If you ordered a soda you got one glass, period. I know that sounds weird in a day of bottomless beverages and Big Gulps, but it is the plain truth. Spiritually, many of us also grew up in a legalistic atmosphere of limits and being good for God, minus the overflowing grace of Jesus. Today's limitless beverages are a pretty good illustration of God's grace towards His children. Instead of being miserly with His resources He showers blessings upon His people. In 1 Timothy 1:14 Paul says that "the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus." This circumvents the control-based constricting constraints of graceless Christianity that becomes a burdensome religion rather than a freeing relational process. Those who understand 1 Timothy 1:15, that "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost", are the proponents of and participants in Christ-enabled and Christ-centered overflowing and unlimited grace.