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Here at Hank’s Place I like to remind everyone that it is the grace of God that makes the Good News, GOOD NEWS!
1 Peter 5:10 reads, “After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.”
In this earthly life all of us will experience sufferings, but they are temporary and fleeting compared to eternity. Here Peter refers to the God of all loving grace. All love and grace originates — with God. Grace is what the unconditional love of God looks like from our side. He reigns from the throne of grace where we receive mercy and grace to help in time of need. Hebrews 4:16.
Did you notice in this verse that it says God Himself will perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish us. We are saved, kept, strengthened and established by GRACE.
Mary and I have received His mercies and grace in time of need, countless times, praise to our Lord Jesus! How about you? Remember, God is gracious towards us because He loves us, not because we get things right.
Most Christians know that it is on account of God’s grace that we are saved. That’s Acts 15:11, Ephesians 2:8, and 2 Timothy 1:9.
By grace we are also forgiven, Ephesians 1:7.
It is by grace we are justified, Romans 3:24 and Titus 3:7.
And Ephesians 2:5 declares we’ve been made alive with Christ.
There’s more. Ephesians 1:3 says ALL of God’s blessings come by grace.
His grace builds us up. That’s found in Acts 20:32.
It empowers us to do good works, Galatians 2:9.
Grace makes us fruitful, Colossians 1:6.
It prospers us, 2 Corinthians 8:9, gives us hope 2 Thessalonians 2:6, and enables us to reign in life. Romans 5:21.
God’s Grace is for all of us, every day.
This passage also says He Himself will perfect us, that is, bring us to completion. Religion says we have to fix ourselves, but the gospel of grace says we can trust the Lord to complete the good work He has begun in us, Philippians 1:6.
Let’s have faith in God and give Him the glory today for His amazing grace — we’ll COME ALIVE!
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