So many people in church today live very ugly lives because they have failed to understand GRACE.
No matter who you're, if you don't live conscious of God's Grace, you will ABUSE Christianity in so many ways. Believe me folks, this Grace dispensation of the Holy Spirit has changed everything!
But we don't know, so you find people living funny lifestyles.
What is Grace?
Grace is defined as divine kindness and favour from God unmerited.
Grace is also defined as supernatural empowerment and enablement of the Holy Spirit.
In other words, Grace is divine compassion towards mankind
I promise you Precious one, God's dealings with you will only answer to Grace.
Can I tell you the truth???
The reason why things are still tight for you, is because you believe so much in "Power & Might".
Trust me, Human strength and expertise is limited!
When I look at the vast majority of Christians in church today, I see "Power and Might" people everywhere. All kinds of religion and eye-service; come on, that's a limited way to live your life!
No matter who you're, if you've not made up your mind to be sustained daily by God's Grace, you won't go far.
Exodus 33:
16. 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.
17. 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.
The Grace of God is what makes the difference!
Psalms 45:2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
I've repeatedly told God this everyday; "there's nothing that has happened in my life, that I can say if I were not there Lord - you've been the one, you're still the one, and you'll forever be the one".
You must find a way of continuously keeping yourself conscious of God's Grace.
The day you take off your eyes from Grace, you'll begin to crash! As a matter of fact, the Supernatural as well as everything pertaining to the celestial is dependent on Grace.
God's Grace is the foundation upon which everything builds.
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.
What then is the beauty of God's Grace?
1. The devil will only respect God's Grace IN and UPON your life.
Zechariah 4:7 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.
The mountain before you will only become a plain by Grace, and not your shouting.
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.
Jesus Christ's earthly ministry, that subdued the devil, was sustained by Grace.
John 1:
14. 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. 16. And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
2. Being an embodiment of Grace is what will distinguish a life.
Acts 4:33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
God's Power will be impotent in your life if you're not living conscious of Grace.
3. The WORD of His Grace in the mouth of a Christian cannot fail.
Acts 14:3 Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
The reason why God's WORD in your mouth doesn't produce, is because it's not Grace POWERED.
Acts 20
24. But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
32. And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
4. God's Grace operational IN and UPON your life will reflect in every area.
Romans 11:6 And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
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:
Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
You don't fake Grace; you're either engrace or not.
You don't ACT Grace either!
If the Grace of God is operational IN and UPON you, it will easily reproduce after it's kind.
Please Understand this;
Grace is a SPIRIT!
And by effect a PERSON.
Who? Very simple; the Holy Spirit!
Hebrews 10:29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
Capital letter "S" in the above scripture refers to the Person of the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit Himself is the Spirit of Grace!
You cannot effectively live a Spirit filled life, without recognising the place of God's Grace!
The Holy Spirit is the MANIFOLD GRACE of God.
To live a life of Grace, we must be able to live a Spirit filled life.
1 Peter 4:10 As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
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.
Also, God's Grace increases progressively.
2 Peter 3:18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
The greater our growth in Grace, the better our earthly existence.
Finally Grace MUST not be abused!
Because abusing Grace is Spiritual sacrilege. Grace is the Holy Spirit Himself, and when we abuse GRACE, we grief HIM directly.
Jude 1:4 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.
Read my lips if you can; STOP ABUSING GRACE, it's dangerous! Maximize HIM...
The Grace of God is not room for misbehaviour and profanity!
Rather, God's Grace is to keep us away from those things....
Jude 1:24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
Grace abuse can result in faith shipwreck.
Romans 4:16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
