Biblical Truths — Grace: the grace of God

 

Acts 20:24 "But I do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify solemnly of the gospel of the grace of God.

 

Grace means, unmerited favor: It is by God’s grace that you can see, breathe, walk, talk, think, have food, friends, a job, a car, a bike… there is nothing you have that you have apart from God’s grace. Nothing! And more than all that, it’s by grace that you are saved.

 

Ephesians 2:8-9 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.

 

Zechariah 12:10 "I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the bitter weeping over a firstborn.

 

John 1:14-17 14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 John testified about Him and cried out, saying, "This was He of whom I said, 'He who comes after me has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.'" 16 For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace. 17 For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.

 

Matthew 5:44-45 44 "But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

 

Acts 15:10-11 10 "Now therefore why do you put God to the test by placing upon the neck of the disciples a yoke which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear? 11 "But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they also are."

 

Acts 20:32 "And now I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

 

Romans 1:1-6 1 Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, 2 which He promised beforehand through His prophets in the holy Scriptures, 3 concerning His Son, who was born of a descendant of David according to the flesh, 4 who was declared the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead, according to the Spirit of holiness, Jesus Christ our Lord, 5 through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles for His name's sake, 6 among whom you also are the called of Jesus Christ;

 

Romans 3:23-25 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; 25 whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed; Since I have this verse, I will place this here also: 1 John 2:1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;

 

Romans 6:14 For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace.

 

2 Corinthians 4:15 For all things are for your sakes, so that the grace which is spreading to more and more people may cause the giving of thanks to abound to the glory of God.

 

2 Corinthians 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed;

 

2 Corinthians 12:9 And He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness " Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.

 

Galatians 2:21 "I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness comes through the Law, then Christ died needlessly."

 

Ephesians 1:7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace

 

Ephesians 4:29 Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear.

 

Colossians 4:6 Let your speech always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person. 

 

Titus 2:11-14 11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, 12 instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age, 13 looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus, 14 who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.

 

1 Peter 4:10 As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

 

1 Peter 3:7 You husbands in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with someone weaker, since she is a woman; and show her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

 

1 Peter 5:5 You younger men, likewise, be subject to your elders; and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for GOD IS OPPOSED TO THE PROUD, BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE.

 

Titus 3:4-8  4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, 5 He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, 6 whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. 8 This is a trustworthy statement; and concerning these things I want you to speak confidently, so that those who have believed God will be careful to engage in good deeds. These things are good and profitable for men.

 

2 Peter 3:18 but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

 

 

Romans 5

 

Results of Justification

 

1 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

 

2 through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God.

 

3 And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance;

 

4 and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope;

 

5 and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

 

6 For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

 

7 For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die.

 

8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

 

9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him.

 

10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.

 

11 And not only this, but we also exult in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

 

12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned--

 

13 for until the Law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

 

14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the offense of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come.

 

15 But the free gift is not like the transgression. For if by the transgression of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many.

 

16 The gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned; for on the one hand the judgment arose from one transgression resulting in condemnation, but on the other hand the free gift arose from many transgressions resulting in justification.

 

17 For if by the transgression of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.

 

18 So then as through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all men, even so through one act of righteousness there resulted justification of life to all men.

 

19 For as through the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous.

 

20 The Law came in so that the transgression would increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,

 

21 so that, as sin reigned in death, even so grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

 

 

Ephesians 2

 

Made Alive in Christ

 

1 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,

 

2 in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.

 

3 Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.

 

4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,

 

5 even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

 

6 and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

 

7 so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

 

8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

 

9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.

 

10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.

 

11 Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called "Uncircumcision" by the so-called "Circumcision," which is performed in the flesh by human hands--

 

12 remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

 

13 But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

 

14 For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall,

 

15 by abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace,

 

16 and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death the enmity.

 

17 AND HE CAME AND PREACHED PEACE TO YOU WHO WERE FAR AWAY, AND PEACE TO THOSE WHO WERE NEAR;

 

18 for through Him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.

 

19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God's household,

 

20 having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone,

 

21 in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord,

 

22 in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.

 

 

Ephesians 3

 

Paul's Stewardship

 

1 For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles--

 

2 if indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace which was given to me for you;

 

3 that by revelation there was made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in brief.

 

4 By referring to this, when you read you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,

 

5 which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;

 

6 to be specific, that the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel,

 

7 of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of God's grace which was given to me according to the working of His power.

 

8 To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ,

 

9 and to bring to light what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God who created all things;

 

10 so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places.

 

11 This was in accordance with the eternal purpose which He carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord,

 

12 in whom we have boldness and confident access through faith in Him.

 

13 Therefore I ask you not to lose heart at my tribulations on your behalf, for they are your glory.

 

14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,

 

15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name,

 

16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man,

 

17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

 

18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,

 

19 and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.

 

20 Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us,

 

21 to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.

 

 

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