The Grace of God
The Grace of God
The Grace of God
WHO IS GRACE?
Grace can said to be another name for Jesus. Grace is a Person living his life through a
human being. Living under grace is like being married.
Grace is not a doctrine. It is a person, and his name is Jesus. That’s the reason the
Lord wants us to receive the abundance of grace, for to have the abundance of grace is
to have the abundance of Jesus.
God gives us his grace through His Son. Jesus is the embodiment of his Father’s grace.
1 Peter 1:10-11says, of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched
diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: 11 Searching what,
or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify when it testified
beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glory that should follow from this reference,
we can see that the Old Testament prophets foretold the coming of Jesus and the
coming of grace. Likewise, Jn1:17 further, confirms that grace came when Jesus came.
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
Titus2:11 says: “For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men,
instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously
and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the
glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus, who gave Himself for us to redeem us
from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession,
zealous for good deeds.”
The description used here by the apostle Paul when he says “the grace of God has
appeared, bringing salvation to all men…” is a reference to Jesus whom John in chapter
1 of his gospel describes as God’s only son who left heaven and came to earth, full of
grace and truth, and from his grace we have each received grace. The grace of God is
a person. Jesus Christ is God’s grace personified.
To the degree that we know Jesus, we enjoy God’s grace (2 Pet 1:22 Grace and peace
be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,)
When the Galatians cut themselves off from Christ, they cut themselves off from grace
(Gal 5:4You who are trying to be justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you
have fallen away from grace. You who are trying to be justified by the law have been
alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. For if you are trying to make
yourselves right with God by keeping the law, you have been cut off from Christ!).
In Titus 3:4-6 where it is written “But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love
for mankind appeared, He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in
righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and
renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ
our Savior.”
Again here, the phrase “the kindness of God our Savior and his love for mankind
appeared, he saved us.” is referring to God’s grace who is Jesus Christ who appeared.
God our Savior there is a reference to God the Father who sent Jesus to die for us.
Ephesians 2:8 agrees and affirms that saying, “For it is by grace you have been saved,
through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God.” We know that the
scriptures teach that we are saved by Jesus Christ, by receiving him into our lives.
There is no such thing as accepting God’s grace or being saved by grace apart from
Jesus Christ. When you accept Jesus, you don’t need to worry about grace because
Jesus is the grace of God that saves us. Jesus is God’s grace. Therefore, No Jesus, no
grace. Know Jesus, know grace.
WHAT IS GRACE?
Grace is simply God’s ability in man’s inability. What God make a man to achieve that
he wouldn't have achieved without God. God’s solution for man’s frustration, or God’s
favor for man’s failure.
Grace is God’s riches for man’s wretchedness, the riches for the wretchedness of man.
The Bible talks about the riches of his glory, in case anyone is living life anyhow, it is
God’s riches for man’s wretchedness. Grace is God’s favor for man’s failure. Adam and
Eve failed in the Garden of Eden, God sent Jesus to release favor so that man will not
die. , Grace is Gods outreach to men off-track, d outreach of god to humanity that went
off-track when d grace of God is working in you, you will have access to his riches when
d grace of God is working in you will have favor in place of failure, with grace you are
not permitted to miss the road.
The grace of God is visible, grace can be seen. When a man carry the grace of God it
is visible, when a woman carries the grace of God it is visible. when there is grace in a
church it can be seen. Grace grows 2 Peter18, the grace that produces result, grows.
the level you are per time is a result of the grace you carry.