Hebrews Chapter 4 Verse 16 tells us in the Good News
Bible, (16) Let us be brave, then, and approach God‘s throne, where there is
grace. There we will receive mercy and grace and help us just when we need it. And
also in James Chapter 4 Verse 6 it reads, (6)But the grace that God gives us is
even stronger. As the Scripture says, “God resists the proud but gives grace to
the humble”.
God‘s amazing grace. The above scriptures remind me
that God does extend to us His amazing grace.
How can we be an example of His grace?
One way is to be forgiving, as God is forgiving to
us. When someone wrongs us and asks for forgiveness we must extend that
forgiveness fully, just as God forgives us when we say we are sorry. God
forgives us and forgets our sin. In Psalm 103 verse 12 the Psalmist reminds us
what God says about our sin,
(12)As far as the east is from the west so far does
he remove our sins from us.
A wonderful reminder of God’s love and grace and how
He forgives and forgets.
When Jesus went to the cross for our sin, grace was
extended to us, in unmerited mercy (favour) which God extends to every one of
us, because, Jesus paid our debt of sin and purchased our eternal life, through
salvation, when He freely gave up His life for our sins. What a gift we receive when we accept Jesus as
Lord and Saviour. We owe a great debt of gratitude to Jesus who bore our sins
on the cross and to God the Father who extends His mercy and grace to cover us
from the very judgement we deserve.
We understand that grace is; when we get something
we don’t deserve (such as the forgiveness of our sin), and mercy is; when we
don’t get what we deserve (such as the full punishment and judgement of our
sin). Jesus came to rescue us from our separation, (we were separated because
of our sin) to God when He paid the debt of our sins on the cross, thus keeping
us from the full punishment and judgement that sin deserves. Thank you Jesus.
We can, now, fully accept God‘s Amazing Grace and
live a life of abundance as the word of God tells us in John Chapter 10 verse
10, last line says, (10) I have come in order that you might have life — life
in all its fullness.
This was Jesus speaking and He meant fullness of
joy, peace and comfort. How amazing is that?
We can extend God’s grace to others when we are kind
to one another. When we pay forward the kindness given to us we are extending
grace. When we help someone in need, when we give thanks before meal, when we
are at the bedside of someone who is ill, or when we share a time with the
lonely, we are extending grace. When we give a hot coffee and a sandwich to a
homeless person we are extending grace. God will give us many opportunities in
a day to extend His grace if we pay close attention to how He is leading us.
Before we are introduced to Jesus we are spiritually
blind, and we do not have a heart for Jesus because we do not even know Him,
our thoughts are formed by the world around us and so we can be wicked in our
ways and in our deeds. We are self people, looking out for ourselves and
looking after our selves. We are all about us!
But; when Jesus comes into our lives, (after someone
introduces Him), we begin to change, little by little as we are taught about
Him and His ways. As we study His word we become “people who see”, leaving
behind our spiritual blindness, and we are no longer “lost in this world”, when
we accept Jesus as Lord and Saviour, for in His word we find our path in life
here leading us to our eternal home with Him. How beautiful is this?
God gives us His amazing grace the very moment we
accept Jesus as Lord and Savior. His powerful love covers us and His amazing
grace is found in His life.
Let God’s powerful love for you with His amazing
grace fill you and you will experience a fuller, closer, relationship with
Him. Be humble and receive His grace as
told to us in James Chapter 4 Verse 6, which I have at the top of my message
for you to refer to.
Let’s give God thanks for His powerful love, His
amazing grace, His unlimited mercy to us, and the gift of salvation. One day in
glory we will have the full realization of these gifts we are now enjoying. We
have so much to be thankful for so; Thank you Lord!!
I have a wall hanging that my niece sent to me and
it reminds me every day of God’s Amazing Grace. It is the first verse of the
hymn, Amazing Grace. I used it as my picture today so please take a close look
at it.
Be blessed in this day and all your days ahead, and
live the abundant life that God has just for you!! Be humble, give thanks and
share your gifts with everyone you meet. What a difference you will make in the
lives of others and what a joy will bubble up in you. Enjoy your day.
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