Definition of God's Grace
1- "Grace may be defined as the unmerited or undeserving favor of God to those who are under condemnation."
1- "Grace may be defined as the unmerited or undeserving favor of God to those who are under condemnation."
2- Grace
means God’s love in action towards men who merited the opposite of love. Grace
means God moving heaven and earth to save sinners who could not lift a finger
to save themselves.
3-Grace means
God sending His only Son to descend into hell on the cross so that we guilty
ones might be reconciled to God and received into heaven. ‘(God) hath made him
to be sin for us, who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of
God in him’" (2 Corinthians 5:21).
Grace is
God’s
(1.) Favour, kindness, friendship (Gen. 6:8; 18:3; 19:19; 2 Tim. 1:9).
(1.) Favour, kindness, friendship (Gen. 6:8; 18:3; 19:19; 2 Tim. 1:9).
(Exodus 33:13-19 NIV) If you are pleased with me, teach me
your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you. Remember that
this nation is your people.” {14} The LORD replied, “My Presence will go with
you, and I will give you rest.” {15} Then Moses said to him, “If your Presence
does not go with us, do not send us up from here. {16} How will anyone know
that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us? What
else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face
of the earth?” {17} And the LORD said to Moses, “I will do the very thing you
have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name.” {18} Then
Moses said, “Now show me your glory.” {19} And the LORD said, “I will cause all
my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the LORD, in
your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have
compassion on whom I will have compassion.
(2.) God's forgiving mercy (Rom. 11:6; Eph.
2:5).
(Romans 5:17). "For if,
by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much
more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift
of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!"
(3.) The gospel as distinguished from the
law (Rom.6:14; 1 Pet. 5:12).
(John 1:17). "For the
law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ"
(Ephesians 3:14-21 NIV) For this reason I kneel
before the Father, {15} from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth
derives its name. {16} I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen
you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, {17} so that Christ may
dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and
established in love, {18} may have power, together with all the saints, to
grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, {19} and to
know this love that surpasses knowledge–that you may be filled to the measure
of all the fullness of God. {20} Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more
than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,
{21} to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all
generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
(4.)
Gifts freely bestowed by God; as miracles, prophecy, tongues (Rom. 15:15; 1
Cor. 15:10; Eph. 3:8).
(Ephesians 2:8-10). "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do"
(Ephesians 2:8-10). "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do"
The Glory of God is His Goodness and Love Revealed
The glory of God is the manifestation and revelation of the His
love in the radiance of His power and splendor.
What is Glory?
(1.) Abundance, wealth, treasure (Ps.
49:12); glory (Gen. 31:1; Matt. 4:8; Rev. 21:24, 26).
(Colossians
1:27 NIV) To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the
glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
(2.) Honour, dignity (1 Kings 3:13; Heb.
2:7 1 Pet. 1:24); of God (Ps. 19:1; 29:1)
(Revelation 21:22-24 NIV) I did not see a temple in
the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. {23} The
city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God
gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. {24} the nations will walk by its
light and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it.
v We are
the city set on top of the Hill for the whole world to see we do not need the
sun, stars and the moon for light; we are the light of this world not like our
friends the Muslims do.
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(1peter 2:9)
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But ye are a chosen
generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye
should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into
his marvelous light:
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(3.)
Splendour, brightness, majesty (Gen. 45:13; Isa. 4:5; Acts 22:11; 2 Cor. 3:7);
of Jehovah (Isa. 59:19; 60:1; 2 Thess. 1:9).
(Exodus 24:17 NIV) To the Israelites the glory of the
LORD looked like a consuming fire on top of the mountain.
(4.)
Jesus is the "brightness of the Father's glory"(Heb.1:3; John 1:14;
2:11).
(Isaiah 60:1-2 NIV) “Arise, shine, for your light has
come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. {2} See, darkness covers the
earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the LORD rises upon you and
his glory appears over you.
(5.)
The bliss of heaven (Rom. 2:7, 10; 5:2; 8:18; Heb. 2:10; 1 Pet. 5:1,
(2 Corinthians 3:16-18 NIV) But whenever anyone turns
to the Lord, the veil is taken away. {17} Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where
the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. {18} And we, who with unveiled
faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his likeness
with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
(2 Corinthians 4:3-7 NIV) And even if our Gospel is
veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. {4} The god of this age has
blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the
Gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. {5} For we do not
preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for
Jesus’ sake. {6} For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his
light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of
God in the face of Christ. {7} But we have this treasure in jars of clay to
show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.
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