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God's Grace Is Already Extended Towards You

Frank Broom

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People do not realize what God has already done for them through Christ Jesus. But, God has already released grace and mercy to everyone and it's available for everyone through Christ Jesus. And God desires that you accept it, 1 Timothy 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. A lot of people have the wrong idea of how God is. People think that God is waiting to condemn them or He's waiting to punish them, but God would rather show mercy that judgement. That's why 2 Peter 3:9 says, 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. God is not willing that any should perish, so God is not looking to condemn you. And God has already done somethings to show his great love for you because that's who He is. Notice, what Romans 5:8 says, But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

People don't understand what God has already done for them. God came down from heaven, Jesus was God in the flesh. 2 Timothy 3:16 says that God was manifest in the flesh. He came down from heaven and bore your sins in his own body (1 Peter 2:24). And when Jesus was going through the cross God put man in Christ, you were baptized into Christ. Colossians 2:12 says, Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. Ephesians 2:5,6 says, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. And because you were baptized into Christ it is recorded in heaven that what he did you did because you were in him. Hebrews 7:9 ERV reads, The Levite priests receive their gifts from the people. But we could say that Levi himself gave a tenth part of what he had to Melchizedek. When Abraham gave his tenth part to Melchizedek, it was like Levi was there inside him. At that time, Levi was not yet born, but Abraham was his ancestor.

Notice, because Levi was in Abraham when he paid tithes to Melchizedek you could say he paid tithes to Melchizedek when Abraham did because he was in him. And God followed that same principle when He put you in Christ Jesus so it's recorded in heaven that what Jesus did you did because you were in him. That's why the scriptures say you were buried with him, raised with him, ascended with him and is seated with him, now. That's what God has done for everyone, already. All that has been done for you in Christ, but you don't receive the benefits of what Jesus did for you until you receive him. God showed me as an example it's just like a class action law suite. You can be in a class action law suite and win, but if you don't accept the money then you don't get the benefits of the victory. Jesus won the victory for you, but if you don't receive him then you don't receive the benefits of what he did for you. And if your spirit departs your body and Jesus is not your Lord and Savior then you have to pay for your sins yourself.

And Romans 6:23 says, For the wages of sin is death, well, death is separation. So, you will be eternally separated from God, which is hell. It's not that God hates people and sends them to hell, but that's the price of sin. Jesus paid the price for you, but because you didn't receive him you have to pay the price. But God doesn't want that as you read above God wants everyone to be saved. God worked hard to bring you salvation and He wants the fruits of his labor, He wants you saved. But, all He can do is present it to you, but you have to accept/receive it. That's when you get the benefits of what God has done for you. That's when you can walk in the benefits of what God has done for you in this life, here on earth. You are not out of reach of God's extended hand of grace. It is not God's will that any should perish. And I wouldn't want to end this article without giving someone the opportunity to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. It's very easy just pray: Dear God- I know I have sinned and I now turn from them and I invite Jesus to come into my heart (Revelation 3:20). He died for my sins and you have raised him from the dead and I now confess that Jesus is my Lord and Savior (Romans 10:9,10). I thank you for saving me, Amen.
 
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Mr Bear My point is that to my experience, most Christians talk about grace but very few even know what it is. They define it as "unmerited favor" but that's the definition of mercy. Mercy is very different from grace. So....One wants to define grace as "The empowering PRESENCE of God in our lives, enabling us to do that which God has for us to do"

By The empowering PRESENCE of God in our lives we are saved, by faith.....Do you see what I mean...When we are born again He comes into us and makes His abode in us. His empowering PRESENCE is in us, and we are saved....Because of His mercy
 
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What is grace? You mentioned grace but said nothing about it.
Grace is God's goodness even when you don't deserve it and don't earn it. Grace can't be earned it's just out of his goodness, like Romans 5:8 says-While we were sinners he died for us. God Bless
 
What is grace? You mentioned grace but said nothing about it.
Grace is God's goodness even when you don't deserve it and don't earn it. Grace can't be earned it's just out of his goodness, like Romans 5:8 says-While we were sinners he died for us. God Bless
 
What is grace? You mentioned grace but said nothing about it.
If you know, please share.

Working together for the glory of God, in the name of Jesus

For what it's worth, in the Synoptics, only Luke speaks of "grace" (G5485 χάρις), which is translated as "grace" only once in the KJV. "Favor" is used twice, and "thank(s)" four times. (Again in Luke.)

Indeed Grace should not be confused with "Mercy" because there is no consequence of action involved (no legal issue in question where one begs for mercy), but rather it describes a character of the heart in how one approaches the normal things that happen to us in life. One may be graced with good looks. One may be graced with wisdom, or intellect. One may be graced with good health, or even riches, (graced with a knack for making money). Think about the grace of a dancer.

My new son in law is an "odd duck." He is very much "graced" with analytical skills and intellectual competence, but he does not "lord it over others" needing to be acknowledged as their superior, even though he holds at least four PhDs in neural biology and medical research. Such a thing doesn't seem to even enter his mind. Above that, he is gracious towards others almost by default. One might say that he is graced with grace. NOT a fawning over others to curry their favor in return, but just a simple awareness of others (even if it's just data collection) that is used to help benefit the other person if or when such a need arises. He shows grace to others in remembering their interests and abilities and their "likes" and is often found doing a "favor" (a grace) without being asked, and without expecting anything in return. It took me a long time to learn that, as I was not graced with grace. (Although it helps to have a good memory for stuff like that. I still can't remember the date of my wedding anniversary.)

What we know of as Grace is a character of God - a character that was shown in how Jesus behaved towards others.

Since I don't wish to "go on and on," as of right now, the best example that I can think of is the Parable of the Good Samaritan.

BUT... I have never met anyone who knows of the deeper meaning in this passage because one verse is incorrectly translated. We initially read:

Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?​
(Luke 10:36 KJV)

This simple past tense of "was" ... uh... wasn't what is written. Rather, it's written as an infinitive and ought to read...

Which now of these three, thinkest thou, to become neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?​

With the sense of, "made himself to be" neighbor.

The Samaritan was gracious.

Rhema

I might add more later when time is made available, but as is my habit, I provide a LINK to the Liddell Scott Lexicon for "Grace"
 
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