Oh no! A parking ticket on my windshield. We rush back to the car only to find it’s too late-the ticket under the windshield wiper is already there. The meter man is exacting justice for breaking the law. A few weeks ago in Charlottetown, a man watched as the tickets were being given out. So he ran ahead and popped a quarter in the next expired meter. It was his good deed for the day. What a great illustration of law and grace. The broken law demanded punishment, but the unsuspecting car owner was given grace. Someone intervened. He was given grace- an undeserved favor. Similarly, God’s law demands punishment for our sins, but His grace extends unmerited favor because “Christ died for our sins” He intervened so we don’t have to face judgment. That’s what Paul meant when he said, “by grace are you saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, lest anyone should boast.”

Pastor Alex Rockwell