Ephesians 2:8, Romans 11:6, Romans 5:1-2
In life's journey you will need the grace of God.
Grace is a heavenly quality and gift that makes our earthly journey worthwhile.
It is grace that makes us become what we become, it is grace that makes us have all we have.
The grace we enjoy will determine the quality of our lives.
Grace and good will comes from Jesus. He has the power to make more grace abound towards you.
Grace is what lifts a man up in life, grace is part of God's blessing. The blessing of God is an aspect of grace.
Facts about grace:
1) Grace can grow - the grace on a person's life can increase. Grace is associated with favor. Jesus grew in favor with God. Luke 2:52, 2 Peter 3:18
2) Grace is not equal - Peter denied the Lord Jesus 3 times, but he still fulfilled his destiny.
By God's grace, Peter went on to become a foremost Apostle of Christ and a pillar in God's Kingdom.
Compare him with Judas Iscariot. Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus once and did not find the grace to repent. His destiny and position were terminated.
Imagine a scenario where one man has spent his entire adult life smoking. He is now 90 years old, he started smoking at 18 years, and he has never had any illness traced to smoking. Another guy started smoking at 18 as well, and at 25years old he already has lung cancer. We cannot say they are equally graced.
An adult woman, in her youth lived a promiscuous life full of many abortions. She eventually matures, meets a man she loves and gets married. They decide to start a family, and she doesn't have any problem whatsoever having children.
Another lady, aborted only once in her youth. She later gets married, and tries to have children but is unableas a result of her past.
We cannot conclude both women are equally graced. They are not.
The children of Israel were graced by God to walk through the Red sea, the Egyptians tried to imitate them and drowned in the Red sea. They were not equally graced
Ephesians 4:7-8
3) Grace is unpredictable - because you never know who grace will locate next.
It is usually people we don't expect, people we feel don't deserve the grace of God, like the Apostle Paul when he was Saul the persecutor that the grace of God chooses.
It was grace that located each of the 12 disciples.
Paul's life and ministry was a product of God's grace. Acts 20:24
4) Grace can be asked for in prayer - Hebrews 4:16
When we pray in Jesus name, God gives us an audience before His throne of grace and we can find grace there by asking for grace in the areas we need it.
"Ask and it shall be given unto you".
5) There is a grace for everything - 1 Peter 4:10
The Apostle Paul writes that everything he accomplished was by God's grace.
He said he laboured more than all the other Apostles because he had been given thegrace to work hard.
There is a grace for every area of your life - marriage, finances, good health, career success etc.
Grace is associated with favor. Favor affects every area of your life.
6) The impact of grace is seen through all eternity - because those who spend an eternity with God are those who responded to the grace of God which saves them. They will enjoy that grace through eternity.
1 Peter 5:10
7) Grace is needed to make the most of life - The Apostle Paul made the most of life by the grace of God and you can to.
Jesus was full of grace and we feel the impact His life made even over 2000 years later.
1 Corinthians 15:9-10
8) The enemy, envies the grace of God upon your life - Hebrews 2:16,17
Satan is an angel. A fallen angel.
When angels sin, grace is not extended to them.
On at least two accounts we read of angels sinning against God:
a) When Satan sinned against God. Ezekiel 28:15-17. It resulted in Satan and one third of his angels being cast out of heaven.
b) When fallen angels came to pollute women. Genesis 6:1-7. It resulted in God binding them with chains of darkness under the earth. Jude 14, 2 Peter 2:4
9) Grace is God's antidote for sin - Romans 5:15-17, Romans 5:19 to Romans 6:6
The age of grace, the dispensation of grace is what God uses to counteract sin.
10) God's grace is rich - it is rich because grace is loaded with everything we need. Ephesians 1:7
Olutosin Ogunkolade, a Teacher-Pastor shared this message.
In life's journey you will need the grace of God.
Grace is a heavenly quality and gift that makes our earthly journey worthwhile.
It is grace that makes us become what we become, it is grace that makes us have all we have.
The grace we enjoy will determine the quality of our lives.
Grace and good will comes from Jesus. He has the power to make more grace abound towards you.
Grace is what lifts a man up in life, grace is part of God's blessing. The blessing of God is an aspect of grace.
Facts about grace:
1) Grace can grow - the grace on a person's life can increase. Grace is associated with favor. Jesus grew in favor with God. Luke 2:52, 2 Peter 3:18
2) Grace is not equal - Peter denied the Lord Jesus 3 times, but he still fulfilled his destiny.
By God's grace, Peter went on to become a foremost Apostle of Christ and a pillar in God's Kingdom.
Compare him with Judas Iscariot. Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus once and did not find the grace to repent. His destiny and position were terminated.
Imagine a scenario where one man has spent his entire adult life smoking. He is now 90 years old, he started smoking at 18 years, and he has never had any illness traced to smoking. Another guy started smoking at 18 as well, and at 25years old he already has lung cancer. We cannot say they are equally graced.
An adult woman, in her youth lived a promiscuous life full of many abortions. She eventually matures, meets a man she loves and gets married. They decide to start a family, and she doesn't have any problem whatsoever having children.
Another lady, aborted only once in her youth. She later gets married, and tries to have children but is unableas a result of her past.
We cannot conclude both women are equally graced. They are not.
The children of Israel were graced by God to walk through the Red sea, the Egyptians tried to imitate them and drowned in the Red sea. They were not equally graced
Ephesians 4:7-8
3) Grace is unpredictable - because you never know who grace will locate next.
It is usually people we don't expect, people we feel don't deserve the grace of God, like the Apostle Paul when he was Saul the persecutor that the grace of God chooses.
It was grace that located each of the 12 disciples.
Paul's life and ministry was a product of God's grace. Acts 20:24
4) Grace can be asked for in prayer - Hebrews 4:16
When we pray in Jesus name, God gives us an audience before His throne of grace and we can find grace there by asking for grace in the areas we need it.
"Ask and it shall be given unto you".
5) There is a grace for everything - 1 Peter 4:10
The Apostle Paul writes that everything he accomplished was by God's grace.
He said he laboured more than all the other Apostles because he had been given thegrace to work hard.
There is a grace for every area of your life - marriage, finances, good health, career success etc.
Grace is associated with favor. Favor affects every area of your life.
6) The impact of grace is seen through all eternity - because those who spend an eternity with God are those who responded to the grace of God which saves them. They will enjoy that grace through eternity.
1 Peter 5:10
7) Grace is needed to make the most of life - The Apostle Paul made the most of life by the grace of God and you can to.
Jesus was full of grace and we feel the impact His life made even over 2000 years later.
1 Corinthians 15:9-10
8) The enemy, envies the grace of God upon your life - Hebrews 2:16,17
Satan is an angel. A fallen angel.
When angels sin, grace is not extended to them.
On at least two accounts we read of angels sinning against God:
a) When Satan sinned against God. Ezekiel 28:15-17. It resulted in Satan and one third of his angels being cast out of heaven.
b) When fallen angels came to pollute women. Genesis 6:1-7. It resulted in God binding them with chains of darkness under the earth. Jude 14, 2 Peter 2:4
9) Grace is God's antidote for sin - Romans 5:15-17, Romans 5:19 to Romans 6:6
The age of grace, the dispensation of grace is what God uses to counteract sin.
10) God's grace is rich - it is rich because grace is loaded with everything we need. Ephesians 1:7
Olutosin Ogunkolade, a Teacher-Pastor shared this message.
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