Posted on 07/30/2012 1:57:35 PM PDT by Frank Broom
God's grace is amazing. All that Jesus did through his death, burial, and resurrection was for your benefit. All that he did was for you to have access to the grace of God. God has extended his grace to you and it's up to you to receive it by faith. Romans 5:1,2 says we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ and by him also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand. It's in your hands to receive the grace of God by faith. Romans 4:16 says, "Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace", you see God has already provided you with his grace, but you can only access it by faith. God has already provided all your needs. He has already "given you all things that pertain unto life and godliness" (2Peter 1:3). God has already "blessed you with all spiritual blessings" (Ephesians 1:3). God has already "delivered you from the kingdom of darkness" (Colossians 1:13). Notice all of those things are in the past tense. Things may not appear to be that way, but God knows what was accomplished through our Lord Jesus and we need to know. Because the more knowledge you have of God's grace the more it is multiplied to you (2Peter 1:2).
Just as people have a physical bank account, you have a spiritual account. And the moment you became a member of the house of God(Ephesians 2:19) all of God's grace was put into your account, The scripture says, all things are yours and you are Christ's and Christ is God's (1Corinthians 3:21-23). Remember in the parable of the prodigal son in Luke 15 when the prodigal son returned and the father had a party for him and the other son came and heard the noise and asked what was happening and they told him that his brother has come home and his father came out and asked him to come in and he answered his father all these years I have served thee and you would not even give me a kid that I might have a party with my friends and the father answered, "Son thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine." Notice the father already considered it his, but as long as he waited for the father to give him what was already his he went without. And a lot of times people are waiting for God to give what He already said is theirs.
Do you remember Jesus said, "I am come that they might have life, and have it more abundantly" (John 10:10). And on the cross Jesus himself said, "It is finished" before he died. So the abundant life is finished, you might not see it present, but it is finished. Now you have to receive it by faith. That's why we have to walk by faith and not by sight (2Corinthian 5:7). As with any other account you get a statement of what's in your account and that's what the Bible does, it tells you what is in your account. All the finished work of Jesus is in your account -healing (1Peter 2:24), deliverance (Colossians 1:13), all of your needs (2Peter 1:3). Now you have to learn how to withdraw what is in it. You withdraw from your spiritual account by faith. Faith is the substance of things hoped for (Hebrews 11:1), in other words faith gives physical substance to spiritual things. With your heart you believe and with the mouth confession is made unto it (Romans 10:10). In 2Corinthians 4:13 it says, when you have the spirit of faith you will speak what you believe. When you have faith and speak then you release the substance of it for it to come into this natural physical world. We access God's grace by faith.
Many years ago (about 35), I believed in my heart and confessed with my mouth, and was saved by my Lord Jesus.
Now? Could surely use some prayer from my sisters and brothers if you have the time that is. Going through rough times. You guys probably are as well. Take care. I’ll pray for you also.
Thanks Frank for this healthy dose of perspective.
Thank you Brother. My prayers go out to you and SueQ.
God Bless, Michael.
Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for your love, grace and healing. All glory to Thy Name; may we never forget that You are with us always, no matter what we are going through and that You know what we need and will supply it, if we put our faith in You. Please help SueQ and her loved ones when times are hard; please bless her with feeling Your Presence and with guidance needed to walk in Thy Will. Thank You, Holy Spirit, for Your gifts and Authority over all things. Thank You, Lord Jesus, for Your sacrifice so that we may come to the Father with our petitions, knowing they will be answered. In the Holy Name of Jesus, Amen
Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for your love, grace and healing. All glory to Thy Name; may we never forget that You are with us always, no matter what we are going through and that You know what we need and will supply it, if we put our faith in You. Please help SueQ and her loved ones when times are hard; please bless her with feeling Your Presence and with guidance needed to walk in Thy Will. Thank You, Holy Spirit, for Your gifts and Authority over all things. Thank You, Lord Jesus, for Your sacrifice so that we may come to the Father with our petitions, knowing they will be answered. In the Holy Name of Jesus, Amen
Eternal Father, we offer Thee the merits of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus, Thy Beloved Son and my Divine Redeemer, for all my relations, friends and enemies, for the poor, the sick, and those in tribulation, and for all those for whom Thou willest I should pray, or knowest that I ought to pray.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Thank you sueQ for reading this and yes I’ll be praying for you. God Bless!
Thank you Judge Kovitzky for rading this. Thanks!
Thank you Studebaker Hawk for taking the time to read this article. Thanks!
Thank you Studebaker Hawk for taking the time to read this article. Thanks!
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