Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Grace

1 Corinthians 1 vs 3-8

GRACE be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;
That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;
Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:
Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
King James Version (KJV)
Ephesians 2:8-9
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Genesis 6:8
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.
Genesis 19:19
Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die.
It is because of the GRACE of God that we are saved. His GRACE causes us to have wells of living water, a well that will never run dry. We humans are incapable of seeking or searching after God. He searches for us and when He has found us, He sends us out through His GRACE to search for others, that none might be lost. I write to you guys not of my strength or self will but by His GRACE ( God's unmerited favor to me. Oh thank God!).  
God's grace humbles us. It helps us to better understand the manifold greatness of God's salvation to mankind through Jesus Christ our Lord and savior. God gives us the grace to follow Him, and as we follow Him diligently, He gives us more grace. It takes the Holy Spirit in ones live to understand the things of the spirit.
I pray that God's grace will find you and cause you to walk the NARROW way with Him who is the Author and Finisher of our faith. It is not by your works of rightoeusness that you have been saved but by grace. I also pray the grace of God will keep you from being deceived, delusioned, or destroyed by the enemy of God. 
1 Peter 1:13  Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
The grace of God will help you to know the truth, to enable you know the difference between falsehood and what is real. The grace of God will cause you to witness for Jesus Christ despite the cause. The grace will cause you to never look back at the world like Lot's wife did because the Bible said that nobody having put their hand to the plow and turning back is fit for the Kingdom of God.
May His grace enable us to walk well with others, help us to endure longsufferings, esteem others better than ourselves, carry our cross daily and faithfully. Most christians want a crossless faith (i.e no suffering whatsoever). Just pure enjoyment all the way (That is the BROADWAY my friend, it only leads to hell!). Seek ye FIRST the Kingdom of God and His rightoeusness and every other thing shall be added to you.
May the GRACE of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the sweet fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you now and forevermore Amen

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