God's Grace

 (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, establish, strengthen, settle you.”

            What is Grace? What do you mean by God’s Grace?

If you read (Psalm 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”. This verse says all about God’s Grace. He will give something to make us glory. And that gift which he gives is Grace. We all know that we are sinners. So as sinners we cannot enter into the Kingdom of God. So in order to make us enter into his Kingdom God is showing Grace upon us.

            If you look about the life of Jesus Christ in the book of (Luke 2:40) “And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him”. We should be like Jesus Christ. Grace of God should also come upon us. So if you want the Grace of God, where can you get it? If you read (1 Corinthian 1:4) “I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ”. So only through Jesus Christ we can get our God’s Grace.

            What are the characteristics of God’s Grace?

1. If you serve God you will get great grace.             (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”.

2. It should reign us. When Jesus Christ reign in us, grace will reign us. If Jesus Christ wants to reign us we should serve him. (Romans 5:21) “That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord”.

3. It is by the grace of Jesus Christ that he gave his blood for our sins that we are living now. So if you allow Jesus Christ to enter, your sins will be forgiven. (Ephesians 2:8) “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God”.

This verse talks all about it. God wants us to be out of sins. So he gave his grace to us. God’s grace is Jesus Christ. So when you accept this God’s grace you will be out of your sins.

            Many people say like after getting examination results – Because of God’s grace I got good percentage. So everyone accepts God’s grace. We can say – “Because of God’s Grace I will go to the Kingdom of God”.

            After getting the results we say “It is because of God’s grace’. After saying this we will do the same thing that we did earlier. When God gives His grace to us to get out of our sins, he forgives our sins. He gives his grace not to make us sin again. Bible says (Romans 6:1) “What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?”. God gave himself as a punishment for our sins. So we can do one thing. From today if you accept Jesus Christ, try not to sin. When you accept Jesus Christ try not to do sins. When you accept Jesus Christ your sins will be forgiven.

 

(Hebrew 4:16) “Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need”.

 

First Sermon blogged by this ministry - January 2003.