Enrich and Sustain your relationship with Jesus reading our daily devotional – Ephesians 1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Our condition without Christ is death and separation from God. But God did something amazing for us through the exceeding Riches of His Grace {undeserved goodness and favor}; through which He saves us, not by the works of the law, but through faith in Christ Jesus.
Zechariah 12:10. And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
Beloved, saints of old like Abraham, Enoch, Noah, Job, David, Daniel etc, received uncommon privileges from God, through His grace bestowed upon them. Such privilege God will give you too in Jesus name. See some of these uncommon blessings and benefits God’s grace bestowed upon these saints
Psalms 84:11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Jeremiah 31:2-3 – Thus saith the Lord, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest. The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
Zechariah 4:6-7. Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit,saith the Lord of hosts. Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.
God revealed unusual prophecy to Zachariah that through His invincible spirit of grace, a great unmerited privilege, shall be given to his people the Jews that, the Messiah, the Redeemer, the Saviour of the World and the only begotten Son of the living God would come through their lineage. See it.
Zechariah 12:10. And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
This unique and uncommon privilege like the Jews, you too have received and now you are being called the son of God.
1 John 3:1-2. Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
Beloved, see some saints of old that experienced the grace of God and see the unusual privileges and blessings they enjoyed. All of these shall be extended to you too in Jesus name.
1. Noah
Genesis 6:8-9. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
2. Lot
Genesis 19:19-21. 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: Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live. And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
3. Moses and Israel.
Exodus 33:13-17. Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people. And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth. And the Lord said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.
4. Gideon
Judges 6:17-18. And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me. Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again.
5. Ezra and the Jews
Ezra 9:8-9. And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage. For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
6. Queen Esther
Esther 2:17. And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
7. Jesus the only begotten Son of God.
Psalms 45:2 – Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
Luke 2:40. And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.
Beloved all of these privileges shall be extended to you as you remain in grace in Jesus name.
Proverbs 22:11 He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
Dearly beloved, Jesus Christ your Lord through His vicarious death on the cross made grace available to the entire humanity of all ages. Praise God you are included. The dignity and dominion God gave to man at creation was lost at Eden.
Jesus through the cross restored them all. Glory to His name. It is very important that you have biblical understanding of grace.
GRACE IS:
1. GOD’S RICHES AT CHRIST EXPENSE.
2. GOD’S. REDEMPTION AT CHRIST EXPENSE.
3. GOD’S. RIGHTEOUSNESS AT CHRIST EXPENSE.
4, GOD’S. RESTORATION AT CHRIST EXPENSE.
5. GOD’S. RECONCILIATION AT CHRIST EXPENSE.
See how the scriptures affirmed it that grace came through Jesus Christ our Lord.
John 1:14-17. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
Romans 16:24. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
2 Corinthians 8:9. For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
DEARLY BELOVED, ALWAYS REMEMBER THIS, DONT EVER FORGET. CHRIST GAVE GRACE TO BELIEVERS OF ALL AGES AND YOU IN PARTICULAR TO BE SAVED AND FREE FROM SIN, IT IS NOT FOR YOU TO LIVE LAWLESS AND LICENTIOUS LIFESTYLE, WHICH HAS BECOME THE BANE OF THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH OF CHRIST, GLOBALLY TODAY.
Believers received the exceeding riches of Christ’s grace for them to be saved from sin and not to continue in sin,
Ephesians 1:7. In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Ephesians 2:5-8. Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
See, understand, appreciate and appropriate the essence of grace as revealed through the scriptures. Please don’t be deceived or mislead by graceless ministers.
1. Justified and accepted in the beloved
Romans 3:24-26. Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
2. Free from condemnation, punishment and God’s unchanging judgement for sin
Romans 5:15-17. But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)
3. Dead to sin, never to live in it again.
Romans 6:1-2. What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
4. Dominate sin and not excusing sin.
Romans 6:14-18. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
5. Abounding in good works not ungodly works of the unregenerate.
2 Corinthians 9:8. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
2 Thessalonians 2:16-17. Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
6. Strength to overcome every form of weaknesses and graceless speech.
2 Corinthians 12:9-10 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
Colossians 4:6. Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
7. Deny ungodliness and living in godliness and godly lifestyle now in this present world, not the one to come.
Titus 2:11-12 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
Dearly beloved, please heed the warning of the blessed Holy Spirit and don’t take the grace of God in vain. The consequence is too costly.
2 Corinthians 6:1-2. We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
1 Corinthians 15:10. But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
See the painful consequences of taking God’s grace in vain and avoid damnation of eternal fire.
Jude 1:4-7. For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
THE EXCEEDING RICHES OF GRACE CAME THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST TO BESTOW UNIQUE PRIVILEGES TO BELIEVERS OF ALL AGES, ESPECIALLY YOU, TO BECOME SONS OF GOD. DONT RECEIVE HIS GRACE IN VAIN.
Friend, the end time is here and rapture is dawning. Unfortunately many who claimed to be believers are being removed from grace of Christ to another gospel. The intention of the devil is to make them loose sight of the purpose of grace and be hindered from partaking in the rapture. This shall not be your portion in Jesus name.
Galatians 1:6. I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
2 Corinthians 11:4. For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.
Friend, it is very very unfortunate that the prophecy of the scriptures are being fulfilled at this perilous time. The universal church of Christ, globally are giving heed to doctrines of the Devils and to fables.
They loved the doctrine of the Nicholaitans which Christ hate. Living lawless and licentious lifestyle and still claiming like the foolish virgins to be expecting to partake in the dawning rapture. These churchgoers shall be abysmal disappointed. This shall not be your lot in Jesus name. Don’t follow them, don’t live like them.
1 Timothy 4:1-2. Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
2 Timothy 4:3-4. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
Revelation 2:6. But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
Revelation 2:15-16 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate. Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
God’s grace shall avail for you not to loose sight of the purpose of grace, that shall help you to be part of the rapture in Jesus name. See them.
1.The purpose of grace is to prepare believers for eternal glory, living with God for all eternity, don’t ever forget.
1 Peter 5:10. But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
2. The purpose of grace is to make you godly and prepare for the appearance of our Lord in the sky when the rapture shall take place. Always be mindful of this.
Titus 2:11-13. For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
3. The purpose of grace is provide you redemption for you to reign with Christ as priest and kings, in the millennium for a thousand years, do not allow anything and anyone to deny you this uncommon privilege.
Ephesians 1:7. In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Revelation 5:9-10. And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
Revelation 1:4-6. John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
4. The purpose of grace is to make you heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, don’t allow it to elude you.
Titus 3:4-7. But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Romans 8:17. And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
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