Tag: "grace"
Do not abuse the Grace of God
God holds us on our honour, that we should not abuse this grace and to continue in sin, but that we will receive his grace with immense gratitude and love – so much so, that we will obey him when he says to us “Go and sin no more.” But the truth is, we all [...]
Knowing God through loving obedience
Loving obedience is obedience shaped by grace. It comes from deep within our hearts as God in his compassion draws us to himself. When someone is saved by grace through faith in Christ, a wonderful and entirely miraculous transformation begins to take place. Enraptured by God’s love revealed to us by Jesus we begin to [...]
Experiencing the Grace of God
The bedrock of motivation is the grace of God.When this is working freely in our lives, and our relationship with God is truly based on his grace, motivation for Christ is the natural overflow. This is the basis of Paul’s appeal to the Corinthians as he seeks to motivate them to be generous for Jesus. [...]
Life in the Spirit
It is important to understand the significance of the life we are called to live in the Spirit. This means that we are made holy by what the Holy Spirit produces in us and not by our human effort. Holiness does not come from ourselves, but from Christ’s nature in us. We must cooperate with [...]
The amazing effects of grace
God’s amazing grace has set us free from the penalty and power of sin. By grace we have been saved through faith. By grace we walk the walk of faith. By grace we are set free from every bondage and impediment of the devil. And by grace we serve God through faith, as we depend [...]
Total pardon and a changed heart
Jesus pronounced over this adulterous woman a total pardon for her entire life of sin. His words were beautiful music to her ears producing deep relief and unbridled joy in her heart. The burden of a lifetime of sin rolled off her back. Now she was ready for the second word Jesus spoke to her: [...]
Bearing fruit by the grace of God
The more you understand God’s grace, the more you will enjoy it and experience it. Faith is not something hard to attain. It is be the effortless response of a heart saturated by God’s grace and goodness. You begin to see the invisible and do the impossible. Sin loses its attraction and you will become [...]
Learning to be an encourager
Jesus, who is the true source of eternal life provides all that we need to develop the ministry of encouragement. In John Chapter Seventeen, he describes himself as the True Vine, giving life and fruit to the branches which represent our lives. We are connected to him and to each other. In the same Chapter, [...]
Forgiving others
Jesus broke the barriers of legalistic religion when he spoke about forgiving our enemies and all those who sin against us. The Law of Moses spoke about the rights of retaliation, ‘an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ Jesus showed us a better way, the way of grace and forgiveness. He [...]
Freedom from religion
Jesus came to set us free from the bondage of religious teaching that continues to hold us captive to sin – always more to do, always more sins to be forgiven, always more repentance needed. We have been saved from ‘the uttermost to the uttermost’ – from the state of uttermost sin and condemnation to [...]
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