Define Grace-According to online Merriam-Webster Dictionary
1a: Unmerited divine assistance given humans for their regeneration or sanctification: a virtue coming from God
c: a state of sanctification enjoyed through divine grace
2a: approval, favor mercy, pardon c: special favor; privilege
grace (gr s)n. 1. Seemingly effortless beauty or charm of movement, form, or proportion.
FACEBOOK Discussion:
Perfecto Erojo asked on Facebook whether a man or a woman can fall out of grace.....can grace be obtained by human efforts?
Dani Nielsen responded; “No, grace is a gift freely given without any strings. You cannot obtain grace by your one efforts. When Jesus Christ died on the cross he paid the ultimate price. He did this so that God could show us grace by forgiving us of all our sins without us having to work for our salvation. It is by grace I have been saved. :)”.
How many of us have received a gift from someone with strings attached (they expected something back)? Example: We all love it when our Birthday season comes around. All the individuals who purchase you a gift and give it to you are more than likely expecting you to get them a gift when their birthday come around. If the giving is not mutual then someone becomes upset and the problem begins. So that when the questioned should be raised, did this individual give a birthday gift because it came from the heart or did they give a gift with the intentions of getting a gift back when it came time for their birthday. If so then that was a gift giving with Strings attached.
Well Newsflash, there are no strings attached to a true gift... A gift is Something given voluntarily without payment in return, as to show favor toward someone, honor an occasion, or make a gesture of assistance; present.
Greatest Gift is Grace. Grace is not cheap, nor believing easy! Grace is all that God is free to do for you and for me because of the death of His Son on the cross. That’s why salvation is free... NO strings attached!
How many times is GRACE mentioned in the Bible? 170 times in the King James Version of the Bible.
Questions to think about:
1. How can we release the full power of God’s grace after receiving it?
2. What action would you make today to pass on God’s grace to others?
3. Think about the time when you received Grace.
I leave you with a Quote:
"My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong."
2 Corinthians 12:9-10
TCOH
