Romans 5: 2 March 16, 2014

Carolyn Walker           

Romans 5: 2        

March 16, 2014

Christ has brought us by faith into this experience of God’s grace, in which we now live.  And so we boast of the hope we have of sharing God’s glory!

From –TODAY IS YOUR BEST DAY by Lessin    “Because of Grace” (Part 1)

Grace makes it possible for today to be your best day.  Grace demands nothing and gives everything God desires you to have.  Through grace, God has pulled out all the stops, and poured His abundant favor upon you in Jesus Christ.  

God does not want you to try to earn His favor.  He’s not looking at the number of years you have been a Christian to decide how much He should bless you.  You are not blessed today based upon your tenure in Christ.  

Grace means that you do not need to earn something that you have already been given.  Even when you need more grace, God supplies it freely.  How did you receive grace in the first place?  God did not extend His grace to you because you were a nice sinner, a sincere sinner, or a disciplined sinner.  He extended His grace to you while you were a sinner, no matter what kind of sinner you were.  He did not extend His grace to you because you were religious or full of good works.  God’s grace came to you through the cross.  He extended His grace to you, not based upon what you did for Him, but based upon what His Son did for you.  

God extends grace today as His child, as He did when you were a sinner. Whenever the word “grace” appears in the scriptures, there is another word that often appears nearby.   The word is  “given.”  You will never find the word “deserved“ associated with grace.  

Every joy that fills your heart and every delight that satisfies your soul are your today because of the benefits of grace.  The motivation of grace is to bountifully bless you.

Amazing grace!   How sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me!

I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see.   A-men.