REDEFINING GRACE

♦THE GOSPEL IS ALL ABOUT THE GOOD NEWS OF WHAT THE GRACE OF CHRIST DID FOR US AND PROVIDED FOR US ALL.

                             *Gal.1:5-6msg"Glory to God forever! Oh, yes!
⁶ I can't believe your fickleness—how easily you have turned traitor to him who called you by the grace of Christ by embracing a variant message!"

           -A Variant message places your Effort as the Key factor to what is able to happen in your life.it does not focus on what God's Grace  has Done for you and is Able to do for you and through you.

           -A Variant message focuses on what you must Do to get God to Bless you,approve and Accept you.it focuses on your Self-righteousness and outward good deeds to get God to Do Something for you.

         -Everything about the Message of THE GRACE OF CHRIST,is Centered on the Finished Work of JESUS CHRIST on the Cross of Calvary that Culminated unto His Ascension to Glory.
          -To Properly Redefined Grace,We ought to Have a Christ-Centered Perspective and Understanding of All JESUS Did and Accomplished for Us.

♦GRACE SIMPLY Means

      1.Undeserved,Unmerited and Unearned Favor.
                    -Grace is received by BELIEVING rather than through human effort,strength,knowledge, power or ability and accomplishment.Grace gives no Room to Boosting and Bragging on your Self-righteousness and Accomplishment.

                   -Everything in the bible(salvation,infilling with the HOLY SPIRIT,our fellowship with GOD and victory in our daily lives are all based upon GRACE.)

                                      *Ephesians 2:8-9 KJV

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: [9] Not of works, lest any man should boast.

            -If not for the Grace of GOD,we would all be miserable and hopeless.We are 100% helpless and hopeless without the GRACE OF GOD.EPH.2:12.
            - Without Grace we are nothing,we have nothing,and we can do nothing.JOHN15:5

♦THE POWER and ANOINTING of GOD is available to meet ALL our NEEDS Without any Cost and EMPOWER us to Display and Manifest the GLORY OF GOD.

           -All we have to Do to Access this Anointing is to Release our Faith in the GRACE OF CHRIST.

                             *Romans 5:2 KJV

By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

         -We have Access by Faith into GRACE,which now makes ALL THINGS POSSIBLE.

 ♦Everything in our lives depends not upon our merits or abilities or works,but upon HIS WILLINGNESS to use HIS INFINITE POWER TO MEET OUR NEEDS at no cost to US.

            - When we allow Grace to have full reign in our lives,nothing will be impossible to us.Even the knowledge of faith must be built on a clear understanding of GRACE.   
      

             -RECEIVING Grace is all we need to be happy,healthy,prosperous and successful in our Christian walk.

                                  *Hebrews 12:28 KJV

Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:

  ♦GRACE Requires you to Embrace the Attitude of Humility That makes you totally submissive to the WILL OF GOD at ALL TIMES.

                                   *1 Peter 5:5-6 KJV

Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.[

6] Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.

♦ GOD'S GRACE is Multiplied in the Lives of People who are Humble and totally yielded to the Will of God. 2ndPet.1:2

               -THE ATTITUDE OF HUMILITY Says 

                           *I Empty myself as much as I Know how,to allow GOD'S GRACE to flow in my life,to cause me to be able to do whatever it is that God desires for me.     

                           *I Cast myself totally upon GOD'S GRACE to be only what God allows me to be and to have only what God will for me to have.

                          *I Can do only what GOD empowers me to do,and each Victory is to God's GLORY and not MINE.

             -Humility is allowing GOD to WORK THROUGH YOU both to will and do of HIS GOOD PLEASURE.

                             *Philippians 2:13 KJV

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

   ♦HUMILITY is letting the WORD OF GOD WORK IN YOU and not trying to WORK THE WORD by your Self-effort.

           - Humility only GLORIES in what GOD is doing through us and not in what We are doing for GOD.
           - Humility is knowing it's a privilege to be a VESSEL through which GOD WORKS Through.
           - When your HUMBLE,your demonstrating your LOVE,CONFIDENCE&TRUST IN GOD.
           - Humility is knowing you need help from the LORD AT ALL TIMES,and RECEIVING it with THANKSGIVING.

                            *Hebrews 4:16 KJV

Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

        - The Spirit of GRACE is the Spirit of HUMILITY and it is the Embodiment of the Personality of the HOLY SPIRIT.

                          *Zechariah 12:10 KJV

And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son , and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

♦GRACE IS THE POWER of GOD that makes you What you ought TO BE in GOD'S SIGHT.

                      *2Cor.5.21 - For our sake He made Christ [virtually] to be sin Who knew no sin, so that in and through Him we might become [endued with, viewed as being in, and examples of] the righteousness of God [what we ought to be, approved and acceptable and in right relationship with Him, by His goodness].

         -Because of these DIVINE EXCHANGE,we are now the Righteousnes of God,the Beloved of the Father, Approved and Accepted in God's Sight.

         - Grace says you can live a life free of CARES&WORRIES as you lean on GOD'S LOVE FOR YOU and YOU Can become ALL HE has destined you TO BE.

           *ASK APOSTLE PAUL,Who noted that He was What He was by the Grace of God.

                           *1 Corinthians 15:10 KJV

But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

           - GRACE Changes us from GLORY TO GLORY by dealing with every frustrating situations in our lives. 2ndCOR.3:17-18
            -GRACE makes you what you ought TO BE,because it is what delivers you from the LAW,which is not designed to do so.

♦OUR EFFORTS IN TRYING TO DO AND FAILING PUTS US UNDER THE CURSE OF THE LAW.GAL.3:13

        - THE LAW Has the ability to do one of two things:

     a.If we follow it perfectly,it can make us HOLY.However,no human being can do that perfectly.

    b.IT can Strengthen Sin,which leads to Repetive Cycle of destruction 

                  *1 Corinthians 15:56-57 KJV

The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. [57] But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

            -According to JOHN1:17,"the Law was given to Moses, but GRACE AND TRUTH Came through JESUS CHRIST."

 ♦GOD'S WORD OF TRUTH SHOWS AND REVEALS TO YOU WHATS WRONG AND NEEDS TO CHANGE IN YOUR LIFE,WHILE HIS GRACE EMPOWERS AND HELPS YOU TO FIX IT AND CHANGE YOU.

            -GRACE IS ALL ABOUT APPRECIATING THE INNER WORK THAT NEED TO BE DONE IN OUR HEARTS TO PREPARE US FOR VISIBLE BLESSINGS.

              -GRACE IS ABOUT TRUSTING AND RECEIVING AND NOT TRYING AND DOING TO GET

 ♦FRUSTRATION is Really trying to do something about something you can't do anything about.Coming under the LAW is frustrating.GAL.3:10amp.

           - FRUSTRATION also means To Disappoint,to prevent from obtaining a goal or fulfilling a desire.(Webster's New World Dict.)

  ♦TRYING TO BE OR NOT TO BE FRUSTRATES,BUT GRACE MAKES YOU TO BE AND DO  WHAT YOU OUGHT TO DO.
         
           - GRACE IS TRUSTING AND NOT TRYING.

           -  TRYING REFERS TO A TEST OR TRIAL TO DETERMINE THE VALUE AND WORTH OF A PERSON OR THING.Jam.1:3;1stPet.4:12,1stJohn4:1
            *TRYING Scripturally is not using your human effort to accomplish or achieve a goal.

 ♦THE PROPER EFFORT Required of believers is an effort that is made through the power and the GRACE OF GOD Working within us.       

             -IT means you dont attempt anything without asking for GOD'S HELP.       

             -IT means you lean on HIM the whole way through each project.

    -PROPER EFFORT is an attitude that says,without HIM I can do nothing.ITS NOT CARNAL BOASTFUL SELFISH EFFORTS.

                  *JAM.4:1-3amp."Even Righteous desires can war and cause conflict within us if we dont pursue its accomplishment the the Right way."

    - OUR FLESHLY CARNAL NATURE wants to do things by itself,SO it can get the glory and credit.

 ♦ARE YOU frustrated when you dont obtain the good things you so desire?     

           -JUSTST STOP  DOING AND START ASKING HUMBLY&RECEIVE FREELY.ROM.8:32

♦NOTE:WE DON'T TRY TO OBTAIN BY OUR CARNAL EFFORTS WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN US BY HIS GRACE.
          *GRACE Says,My times are in your HANDS......PSALM31:15

        -GOD KNOWS US BETTER THAN WE KNOW OURSELVES,AND IF WE ASK HIM FOR SOMETHING,AND HE DOES NOT GIVE IT TO US IMMEDIATELY,IT IS SIMPLY BECAUSE WE ARE  NOT YET READY TO RECEIVE IT.JAM.4:1-3.

     - Sometimes what we are ASKING is below what HE has in mind for us to RECEIVE.HE HAS Something better for us.
     - Sometimes we need to catch up with HIS PLANS TO ASK APPROPRIATELY.JER.29:11.

    - Sometimes we might be ASKING out of selfish motives or WE are out of HIS WILL AND TIMING.JOHN15:7.

♦NOTE:WAITING DOES NOT HAVE TO BE FRUSTRATING IF WE LEARN MORE ABOUT GOD'S GRACE.

       -THROUGH GRACE WE ENJOY OUR FRIENDSHIP BENEFITS WITH GOD OUR FATHER.JAM.4:4amp.
       -TURN TO LORD FOR HELP AND ASSISTANCE AND NOT TO THE WORLD SYSTEM.    

       -GRACE SAYS,RUN TO GOD,HE IS FAITHFUL AND DEPENDABLE.

♦GRACE IS THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO OVERCOME THE EVIL DESIRE AND TENDENCY WITHIN OUR FLESH.JAM.4:5-6amp.

             -ASK and receive the grace and ability to overcome all destructive sinful habits,wrong motives and self dependence and Worldly dependence.

       RECEIVE THE GRACE YOU NEED TODAY TO ACHIEVE AND SUCCEED IN ALL OF YOUR ENDEAVORS.BE BLESSED AND PROSPER IN JESUS NAME.