IT’S INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT MANY CHRISTIANS ARE AFRAID OF GRACE. THEY CAN NOT ACCEPT THE FULLNESS OF GOD’S GRACE IN CHRIST. IF YOU TELL THEM THAT IN CHRIST, GOD HAS FORGIVEN THEM ALL THEIR SIN AND EVEN IF THEY SIN, GOD WILL NOT CHARGE IT AGAINST THEM NOR CONDEMN THEM, (2 Cor. 5:19, Heb 10:16-17, Rom 4:7-8 and Rom 8:1) IMMEDIATELY THEY WILL POINT YOU BACK TO THE OBEDIENCE TO THE LAW, THINKING THAT IT BALANCES GRACE.
IN THEIR MINDS GRACE WILL RESULT TO ABUSE, LAWLESSNESS AND WANTON LIVING. SUCH FEAR IS UNWARRANTED. GRACE IS A DIFFERENT COVENANT IN ITSELF. IT IN BASED ON THE PERFECT OBEDIENCE OF CHRIST (Rom 5:19) AND HIS FINISHED WORK ON THE CROSS.
THE NEW COVENANT IS A COVENANT OF GRACE. IT HAS DEFERENT PROVISIONS AND TEACHINGS FOR “OBEDIENCE OF FAITH”
(Rom 16:25-26) “Now to him who is able to establish you by my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past, but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God, made known to all nations for the OBEDIENCE OF FAITH”
THE LAW IS NOT BASED ON FAITH!
(Galatians 3:12) “The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, ‘The man who does these things will live by them.’”
“OBEDIENCE OF FAITH” IS OBEYING AND BELIEVING THE “GOSPEL OF GOD’S GRACE” OR THE “WORD OF HIS GRACE” GIVEN BY THE EXALTED CHRIST TO THE APOSTLE PAUL.
(Romans 6:17-18) “But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of doctrine (THE WORD OF HIS GRACE) to which you were entrusted. You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.”
BELIEVING THE “WORD OF HIS GRACE” MAKES YOU SLAVES TO RIGHTEOUSNESS AND SLAVES TO GOD! IN OTHER WORDS, TRUE HOLINESS COMES FROM GRACE!
(Romans 6:22) “But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life.”
BELIEVING THE “GOSPEL OF GOD’S GRACE” MAKES YOU RIGHTEOUS AND YOU ARE ADMONISHED TO LIVE BY FAITH FROM FIRST TO LAST.
(Rom 1:17) “For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: ‘The righteous will live by faith.’”
WHY DO YOU SUPPOSE THE BIBLE SAYS,
“The righteous shall live by faith” (Rom. 1:17)
“Without faith it is impossible to please God” (Heb 11:6)
“According to your faith it shall be done to you. (Matt 9:29)
“Fight a good fight of faith.” (1 Tim 6:12)
IN THEIR MINDS GRACE WILL RESULT TO ABUSE, LAWLESSNESS AND WANTON LIVING. SUCH FEAR IS UNWARRANTED. GRACE IS A DIFFERENT COVENANT IN ITSELF. IT IN BASED ON THE PERFECT OBEDIENCE OF CHRIST (Rom 5:19) AND HIS FINISHED WORK ON THE CROSS.
THE NEW COVENANT IS A COVENANT OF GRACE. IT HAS DEFERENT PROVISIONS AND TEACHINGS FOR “OBEDIENCE OF FAITH”
(Rom 16:25-26) “Now to him who is able to establish you by my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past, but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God, made known to all nations for the OBEDIENCE OF FAITH”
THE LAW IS NOT BASED ON FAITH!
(Galatians 3:12) “The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, ‘The man who does these things will live by them.’”
“OBEDIENCE OF FAITH” IS OBEYING AND BELIEVING THE “GOSPEL OF GOD’S GRACE” OR THE “WORD OF HIS GRACE” GIVEN BY THE EXALTED CHRIST TO THE APOSTLE PAUL.
(Romans 6:17-18) “But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of doctrine (THE WORD OF HIS GRACE) to which you were entrusted. You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.”
BELIEVING THE “WORD OF HIS GRACE” MAKES YOU SLAVES TO RIGHTEOUSNESS AND SLAVES TO GOD! IN OTHER WORDS, TRUE HOLINESS COMES FROM GRACE!
(Romans 6:22) “But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life.”
BELIEVING THE “GOSPEL OF GOD’S GRACE” MAKES YOU RIGHTEOUS AND YOU ARE ADMONISHED TO LIVE BY FAITH FROM FIRST TO LAST.
(Rom 1:17) “For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: ‘The righteous will live by faith.’”
WHY DO YOU SUPPOSE THE BIBLE SAYS,
“The righteous shall live by faith” (Rom. 1:17)
“Without faith it is impossible to please God” (Heb 11:6)
“According to your faith it shall be done to you. (Matt 9:29)
“Fight a good fight of faith.” (1 Tim 6:12)
SIMPLY BECAUSE UNDER THE “NEW COVENANT OF GRACE” WE ARE NOT SAVED NOR ARE WE BLESSED BECAUSE OF OUR OBEDIENCE TO THE LAW, BUT BECAUSE WE BELIEVE AND OBEY THE DOCTRINE OF GRACE OR THE “WORD OF HIS GRACE”.
ACCORDING TO THE APOSTLE PAUL, OBEDIENCE TO THE “DOCTRINE OF GOD’S GRACE” SETS YOU FREE FROM SIN AND MAKES YOU SLAVES TO RIGHTEOUSNESS AND THE FRUIT IS HOLINESS.
(Rom 6:17-18, 22) But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, YOU WHOLEHEARTEDLY OBEYED THE FORM OF DOCTRINE to which you were entrusted. You have been set free from sin and have BECOME SLAVES TO RIGHTEOUSNESS………………..But now that you have been set free from sin and have BECOME SLAVES TO GOD, THE BENEFIT YOU REAP LEADS TO HOLINESS, and the result is eternal life.
AGAIN LET ME REITERATE, TRUE HOLINESS COMES FROM GRACE!
THE APOSTLE PAUL BELIEVING THAT HE WILL NEVER SEE THE CHRISTIAN ELDERS IN EPHESUS AGAIN COMMITTED THEM TO THE “WORD OF HIS GRACE” WHICH ACCORDING TO HIM CAN BUILD YOU UP AND GIVE YOU AN INHERITANCE AMONG ALL THOSE WHO ARE SANCTIFIED. TAKE NOTE, AMONG THOSE WHO ARE SANCTIFIED OR MADE HOLY OR SAVED.
(Acts 20:32) “Now I commit you to God and to the “Word of His Grace”, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.”
THE TASK OF TESTIFYING THE “GOSPEL OF GOD’S GRACE” OR “WORD OF HIS GRACE” WAS THE DOCTRINE OR THE TEACHING CHRIST REVEALED TO THE APOSTLE PAUL.
(Acts 20:24) “I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me--the task of testifying to the Gospel of God's Grace.”
ACCORDING TO THE APOSTLE PAUL, OBEDIENCE TO THE “DOCTRINE OF GOD’S GRACE” SETS YOU FREE FROM SIN AND MAKES YOU SLAVES TO RIGHTEOUSNESS AND THE FRUIT IS HOLINESS.
(Rom 6:17-18, 22) But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, YOU WHOLEHEARTEDLY OBEYED THE FORM OF DOCTRINE to which you were entrusted. You have been set free from sin and have BECOME SLAVES TO RIGHTEOUSNESS………………..But now that you have been set free from sin and have BECOME SLAVES TO GOD, THE BENEFIT YOU REAP LEADS TO HOLINESS, and the result is eternal life.
AGAIN LET ME REITERATE, TRUE HOLINESS COMES FROM GRACE!
THE APOSTLE PAUL BELIEVING THAT HE WILL NEVER SEE THE CHRISTIAN ELDERS IN EPHESUS AGAIN COMMITTED THEM TO THE “WORD OF HIS GRACE” WHICH ACCORDING TO HIM CAN BUILD YOU UP AND GIVE YOU AN INHERITANCE AMONG ALL THOSE WHO ARE SANCTIFIED. TAKE NOTE, AMONG THOSE WHO ARE SANCTIFIED OR MADE HOLY OR SAVED.
(Acts 20:32) “Now I commit you to God and to the “Word of His Grace”, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.”
THE TASK OF TESTIFYING THE “GOSPEL OF GOD’S GRACE” OR “WORD OF HIS GRACE” WAS THE DOCTRINE OR THE TEACHING CHRIST REVEALED TO THE APOSTLE PAUL.
(Acts 20:24) “I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me--the task of testifying to the Gospel of God's Grace.”
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