ENDLESS GRACE UPON GRACE - PART 3

WEDNESDAY 30 OCTOBER 2024

ENDLESS GRACE UPON GRACE - PART 3

Endless grace is the greatest gift from Supreme Deity, the Almighty God, with relation to Christ. In other words, abundant and unlimited supply of God's grace is stored in Christ for all who believe in Christ Jesus, and have made Him Lord. More below!

Reference: John 1:16 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

"For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace."

The way of grace opened for all and sundry, especially for the saints in Christ. And to dissect our referenced Scripture in a nutshell, let us consider the definite denotation beyond its connotative strength - in three segments, namely:

Out of His fullness:

The ampleness of a well-known Supernatural figure, namely Christ!

We have all received:

The saints at all levels, or on a general foundation, as having an empowering practice of such reception.

Grace upon Grace:

Accumulating point of the description, as entirely owing to powerful and efficacious grace.

Grace characterizes an individual, who is the Lord, yet it is composed of multifarious effects. The characteristic of the dignity of grace was exerted in the lives of the saints, after the Lord Jesus completed His work of redemption on the cross. The grace of God now creates an aura of influences that initiate, sustain, and amplify an empowered functioning within the all-powerful Christ.

Did you know that during Christ's earthly ministry, He was very simpatico? Why so? Grace at work! It was GRACE that brought Him into a state of favour with any one. To that effect, Luke 2:52 reads, "And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favour with God and man" (ESV). Even the Pharisees, Sadducees, the Scribes, the Chief Priests and the Elders who couldn't stand the Lord Jesus, knew, to a certain extent, that God's grace was written all over Him.

So how do we conform more to Christ or develop His character, having freely received a measure of His grace? Titus 2:11-13 has the answer. It reads:

"For the grace of God has been revealed, bringing salvation to all people, And we are instructed to turn from godless living and sinful pleasures. We should live in this evil world with wisdom, righteousness, and devotion to God, while we look forward with hope to that wonderful day when the glory of our great God and Saviour, Jesus Christ, will be revealed" (NLT).

I believe that the above Scripture is self-explanatory! Grace, itself, triumphs and glories in God, which is an advanced revelation of Himself to us, unlike the limited accessibility He introduced and expressed in Mosaic covenant. More so, it is the same GRACE that distinguishes us from those that live without God in the world. This is the reason verse 12 informs that we are instructed to turn from godless living and sinful pleasures, and live in this evil world with wisdom, righteousness, and devotion to God. Got it? By living this way, we experience the power to keep conforming with Christ's image, day by day, as well as steadily and progressively.

Endless grace upon grace reveals the communication of an "advancing" possibility of access to higher graces as we grow and progress in it, and it denotes the ground or basis for a true Christian's confidence that leads to successful functioning ability while fulfilling the divine purpose of a Christian faith (see Hebrews 4:16 NIV).

Indeed, God is with us, and the presence of His grace always inspires us with utmost assured confidence, unpertubed lasting comfort, stable gladdened heart, unwavering advantageous hope and unspeakable ceaseless joy. Now stay tuned for comprehensive and thorough revelatory insight into analysis of this graceful topic in the successive parts. Shalom!

Scripture Reading - Ephesians 1:6-7; Romans 3:24; Titus 3:7; Romans 5:15.

Exuberant Declaration

I'm well clothed with grace; hence I'm fully basking in the brightness of God's glory. Hallelujah!