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Grace – God’s favor, FREELY given us. God’s grace supernaturally empowers us to be and to live as He intended. It is an expression of His unconditional love. Experiencing God’s grace leaves us better than it found us!
Jesus revealed that God sits upon a throne of grace, not judgment. Hebrews 4:16. Some folk come short of God’s matchless grace by believing we are saved by grace, and now have to maintain our position with God through right-living, and commandment keeping. No.
True, we ARE saved by grace, through faith, Ephesians 2:8, but that is just the beginning, dear friend.
Dr Paul Ellis in writing of God’s grace, points out that it is God’s grace that saves us, forgives us, justifies us, and raise us to new life. His grace is not just for “sinners,” for His grace both saves us and KEEPS US. 1 Peter 5:10. His grace builds us up, empowers us to good works, makes us fruitful, prospers us and enables us to reign in life. Check it out in your Bible!
In the Gospels, we see Jesus preaching good news to the poor, loving sinners, forgiving and healing those who had done nothing to deserve God’s grace. He revealed a God who loves us like a Father and asks only that we trust Him.
Grace is a free gift. We can’t earn it but we can fall from it by trying to keep the law; those check boxes of “do’s and don’ts” we all have struggled with. I’ve heard it said many times that God gives us His grace to keep all His commandments. Starting with the big 10 that came through Moses. Moses? Really? The Law? This is a mixed grace message, for it puts the emphasis on you and what you do; not what Jesus has accomplished for you. If you think of yourself as a servant of God rather than His beloved son or daughter, then I suggest you are still short of the abundance of God’s grace available to you.
Does God gives us His grace in order to do good works? God gives us grace because He loves us. There is no pressure, only the freedom to be who God made us to be.
Are there limits to His grace? John 1:16 says, “For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace.” He is saying we are receiving limitless grace from the fullness of God’s supply. “Grace upon grace” means God can bless us with wave after wave of grace, like ocean waves, that will never run out!
If we think we have a handle on the grace of God, we don’t. His love and grace surpass all knowledge. Whatever we imagine His grace to be, His grace is greater still!
Allow God to flood your life with His grace. You’ll – COME ALIVE!
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