THE COVENANT OF GRACE

THE COVENANT OF GRACE

Roman 11:6   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 it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.

This period of grace was made available only after the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

And because of Gods grace we are no longer subject to living under the law.

By accepting Jesus as Lord and Savior, we have been redeemed by the shed blood of Jesus, not as of bulls and goats.

So if it is not by grace through faith, then it falls to works, under the law.

Another way of saying it is:  grace is no longer grace if you add works to it.

We say we believe in grace, which is Gods unmerited favor, but when things don’t go the way we think they should we return to our own performance “works”

And when you add to grace, it is no longer grace.

Romans 5:1-3   Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

² By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
³ And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
After being justified by faith, we have access into this grace and rejoice in the hope of glory, and also in tribulations.
This is Gods promise, faith is a lifestyle, it is a positive response of things made available at the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
If grace can’t make it available, faith can’t make it available. Grace makes, faith takes.
For the manifestation of grace to come from the supernatural realm to the natural realm, faith must be involved.
Why? Because grace depends on faith and believing you will receive.
Romans 1:17   ¹⁷ For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
God declares us to be right with Him, because of faith and faith alone…. Faith has raised us up together and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 2: 8-9   ⁸ For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
⁹ Not of works, lest any man should boast.
To get the spoken word of God, you have to get in the word of God, to hear the spoken word of God.
Romans 10:17   ¹⁷ So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Faith only comes by hearing, you get knowledge of the word by reading, but you need wisdom and discerning by the Holy Spirit through faith to receive the manifestation of God.
Once you believe strong enough by faith, until there is no doubt in you that God will do what He says, then His word through grace by faith will manifest the promises.
Break through and victory comes from the word of God, but you need to get into the word and read and read, “Study”, until you hear a spoken word. A spoken word is when it is discerned by the Holy Spirit directly to your spirit.
When faith meets grace heaven responds, when you got saved, you have the right to everything that grace has made available.
When you got born again your spirit man was made perfect. If your soul and body can catch up with your spirit, you will get quick results from God.
Your spirit is already active, now we have to get our mind renewed in the word of God.
Faith is a law that sets grace into motion. See yourself in the word; meditate on the subject of the inner image of faith.
Philemon 5:6   ⁵ Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints;
That out of communication, or our bible studies, will become effectual by acknowledging the word, which is in you; which is the word in Christ Jesus.

Romans 4:13-16   ¹³ For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
¹⁴ For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:
¹⁵ Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
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,

The promise to Abraham and his seed, to be Heir of the world, was not through the law. It was through the righteousness of faith.

If the law could have made them heirs, faith would have been made void and the promise made of no effect.

Where the law is there is no transgression no stepping over or getting around it. It is the breaking of or violation of any law, it is an offense.

Romans 4:16   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,
1 John 3:4   ⁴ Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
Satan can only tempt you when you are weak in faith. Faith overcomes temptation.

The strength of the believer depends on how much you depend on God. Faith is what makes it possible.

Think about how much you depend on your money, your job, and your material things. How much confidence you put are putting in these.
Jesus totally depended on God the Father.

John 14:10   ¹⁰ Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.

Everything for your spiritual and secular life depends on how much you are depending on God.
When you start depending on yourself instead of God you’re falling back under the law.
To believe the word, is to be persuaded that His word will work.

Grace is no longer grace when we start adding our works to it.

Grace doesn’t need our performance to assure us that his grace is sufficient.

Remember grace makes: faith takes.

Psalms 89:34   ³⁴ My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.