GRACE MY FRIENDS, SIMPLE GRACE, HOW SWEET THE SOUND!!

Jan 10, 2914

GRACE MY FRIENDS, SIMPLE GRACE, HOW SWEET THE SOUND!!

“The Ten Commandments were given so that all could see the extent of their failure to obey God’s laws. But the more we see our sinfulness, the more we see God’s abounding GRACE forgiving us.” Romans 5:20 (Living Bible)

My friends GRACE, the unearned Favor of God. In Wikipedia, grace is defined as a theological term present in many religions. It has been defined as the divine influence which operates in humans to regenerate and sanctify, to inspire virtuous impulses, and to impart strength to endure trial and resist temptation and as an individual virtue or excellence of divine origin.

I love the part that says to impart strength to endure trial and resist temptation. It’s amazing what happens when man tries to define Salvation they seem to always conveniently leave the name of Jesus Christ out of the mix. But if you are a Child of God we all know “there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” (except Jesus Christ.) Acts 4:12

As we move closer and closer to the second coming of Christ it seems like even among Christians, we are beginning to make GRACE and it’s importance to our Salvation secondary in our life. Oh it’s only a free gift we tell ourselves, we can lay it aside like our Christmas decorations bringing it out only when needed.

In a speech made in 1863, Abraham Lincoln said, “We have been the receipients of the choicest bounties of heaven; we have been preserved these many years in peace and prospertiy; we have grown in numbers, wealth, and power as no other nation has ever grown. But we have forgotten God.

We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us, and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own. Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us” A prophet in his own time.

Paul says in Ephesians 2:8-10. “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. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.”

Friends God’s Grace still extends to each of us, but are we squandering this precious gift by allowing the god of this world to make you think you can put off your Salvation until it is more convenient to your lifestyle and the “Socially acceptable Sins” that you have become accustomed to enjoying.

The world is deteriorating before our eyes. God is still extending His GRACE to each of us because He knows the war was won on Calvary. But the battle is still being waged and fought over the Mind and Body of His Children, but my friends only you can decide the outcome.

Christ will soon come to take those who have taken advantage of this grace period by studying His word as you allow the Spirit to transform your Character. Paul states in Romans 5:17 For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.”

GRACE MY FRIENDS, SIMPLE GRACE, OH HOW SWEET THE SOUND!! Jesus Christ, came from His beautiful home in heaven to this wicked universe and died on a cruel cross so that His grace and our Faith in the name of Jesus Christ and Him crucified would be sufficient for our salvation if we accept it.

But it is our choice my friends. LIFE CANNOT GO ON AS USUAL, the PASSION of CHRIST and our PASSION about our relationship with Christ and His will for our life must become top priority in our life before family, friends, love one’s, and even the Church, once again if  “ANGELS COULD PULL BACK THE CURTAIN and you could see how close grace is from being eliminated from this world you would fall on your knees today in heartfelt prayer supplications, and repentance while asking God what must I do to be saved. GRACE MY FRIENDS  SIMPLE GRACE

So my friends today. Stay focused, remain faithful, love one another and endure till the end and never forget to STUDY&PRAY