UNDERSTANDING GODS GRACE

UNDERSTANDING GODS GRACE

To understand the grace of God, first you must know why we need Gods grace. When Adam caused sin to come into the world by disobeying God, mankind was separated from the presence of God.

Genesis 3:14   ¹⁴ And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

Genisis 3:16-19   Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

¹⁷ And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

¹⁸ Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

¹⁹ In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

God put a curse upon mankind, Adam and Eve’s disobedience had cause them to fall from Gods presence, effecting all creation, including the environment. Because the tree of life was in the garden and eating from it would cause them to live forever they were driven from the garden.

They had separated themselves from the fellowship of God with their disobedience.

God did not want us to eternally be separated from him, but because of his fore knowledge of the events that happened in the garden he already had a plan to re-establish his fellowship with mankind.

He first gave Moses the ten commandments, and the laws. This law said, you do good you get good, you will get blessed. Under the law you could be forgiven your sins but would not be justified.

Your sins under the law was covered by the blood of animals. God had a better plan than the law.

The law was only to teach the Hebrews and to let them know they needed the savior. Out of His awesome love and His loving kindness he sent a savior to regain our relationship with Him.

This Savior, Christ Jesus, came to fulfill Gods purpose for the Jew first, then for all mankind to receive the gift of salvation, redemption. To have all of our sins done away with. Jesus was the final blood sacrifice.

Out of Gods love, kindness and mercy he loved the people so much that he sent his beloved son Jesus as a sacrifice for our sins.

John 3:16-17   ¹⁶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

¹⁷ For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

God gave us his Son that if we will believe in Him and accept Him as our Lord and Savior we can have everlasting life thorough Him. Jesus did not come to condemn the people, but that the people might accept Him and be saved.

John 14:6     ⁶ Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

This is one and only way to get eternal life and fellowship with God.

After Jesus’ death on the cross and His resurrection, he became grace. He manifested grace for the believer. Grace is a blood covenant that Jesus made possible for believers by his sacrifice. It is a promise of everything heaven has to offer to the believers.

Ephesians 2:4-8   ⁴ But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

⁵ Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

⁶ And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

⁷ That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

⁸ For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

His grace is sufficient for believers and his strength is made perfect in our weakness.

Romans 3:23-24   ²³ For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

²⁴ Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: 

Through this covenant of grace, we are justified by Gods grace, justified means freed from sin through Christ Jesus, just as though sin in our lives had never happened.

Thank God for his loving kindness and for having mercy on us, also for manifesting a plan of salvation through his son Christ Jesus.

Grace will set you free, even in these hard times in our world. There is victory through grace thanks to Jesus’ sacrifice. Remember it is by grace we are saved, not by any works that we do.  

Stay in the word,

Brother Andy