I was going to the state wrestling matches today, but my daughter needed a ride to a appointment. Little did I know that I had an appointment with God. What was it all about?
As I was driving down the road to help out the one I love, the one who loves me was talking through one whom I have come to love, brother Larson. He made a comment that I have heard a thousand times, but paid little attention to. "But for the grace of God there go I!"
I want to start this blog with the meaning of that statement. "But for the Grace of God there go I!"
The Grace of God has been read about for a long time, and I have read about it too, but I never understood it for what it is. We will sin, and God will forgive that sin. But after a period of time it, (the sin) becomes repulsive to us. We don't want to sin, but the sin (sin nature) rises to the surface, and we just don't understand why. We are saved yet we sin.
When Jesus died on the Cross, He paid for all sin, and obtained for us Grace, and Mercy. We are saved because we believe that He is the Son of God. We fail because we haven't applied His Grace for which he paid the price, to our lives.
How far will The Lord let us go until we see that His Grace is sufficient for us?
The Scripture says: Moreover the Law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, Grace did much more abound: Romans 5:20 (KJV) In II Corinthians 12: 5 it says My Grace is sufficient for you.
Too often we find ourselves in this position, the same as the Apostle Paul. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. What did Jesus do for us on His Cross? He paid for all of our sin past, present, and future, and He made it possible for Grace, and Mercy. If His death wouldn't acquire for us Grace and Mercy, we would still be under the law; we would have to earn our salvation, and victory over sin. It's impossible! Only His shed blood could do that for us. We understand Grace as it applies to our salvation, but do we understand how it applies to our walk with The Lord?
As I was listening to the teaching, a new point was being made I had never thought about. "Ask God to apply His Grace to our members. By members, that means our minds, hands, feet, tongues, mouth, sexual organs. So often we have said His Grace is sufficient for me, but have we understood how much He wants us to be Holy? In our own power that's impossible, but in Him we can do all things. I'm going to start a new Prayer life, and ask God to apply His Grace to my members, because I want His Grace to do what I can't do within myself. "Will you join me?" I had never heard teaching asking for God's Grace being applied to our members. Which ever member is a problem ask God For His Grace to overcome that member.
The Grace of God has been read about for a long time, and I have read about it too, but I never understood it for what it is. We will sin, and God will forgive that sin. But after a period of time it, (the sin) becomes repulsive to us. We don't want to sin, but the sin (sin nature) rises to the surface, and we just don't understand why. We are saved yet we sin.
When Jesus died on the Cross, He paid for all sin, and obtained for us Grace, and Mercy. We are saved because we believe that He is the Son of God. We fail because we haven't applied His Grace for which he paid the price, to our lives.
How far will The Lord let us go until we see that His Grace is sufficient for us?
The Scripture says: Moreover the Law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, Grace did much more abound: Romans 5:20 (KJV) In II Corinthians 12: 5 it says My Grace is sufficient for you.
Too often we find ourselves in this position, the same as the Apostle Paul. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. What did Jesus do for us on His Cross? He paid for all of our sin past, present, and future, and He made it possible for Grace, and Mercy. If His death wouldn't acquire for us Grace and Mercy, we would still be under the law; we would have to earn our salvation, and victory over sin. It's impossible! Only His shed blood could do that for us. We understand Grace as it applies to our salvation, but do we understand how it applies to our walk with The Lord?
As I was listening to the teaching, a new point was being made I had never thought about. "Ask God to apply His Grace to our members. By members, that means our minds, hands, feet, tongues, mouth, sexual organs. So often we have said His Grace is sufficient for me, but have we understood how much He wants us to be Holy? In our own power that's impossible, but in Him we can do all things. I'm going to start a new Prayer life, and ask God to apply His Grace to my members, because I want His Grace to do what I can't do within myself. "Will you join me?" I had never heard teaching asking for God's Grace being applied to our members. Which ever member is a problem ask God For His Grace to overcome that member.
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