PAUL'S AMAZING TEACHINGS | PAUL ON GRACE ( PART 1 )

Pastor Christopher Choo

Lesson 3186

PAUL'S AMAZING TEACHINGS

PAUL ON GRACE ( PART 1 )

Although Jesus never used the word “grace”, John did when he wrote of Jesus, “the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.” (John 1:14).

But Paul popularised the word in his greetings and writings of his famous epistles.

A good example is Paul's assurance of, “being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.” (Romans 3:24).

Grace is defined specifically as:

1. A gift from our Heavenly Father given through His Son, Jesus Christ.

2. The help or strength gave through the Atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ. 

3. The medium through which the Lord also enables those who live His gospel to repent and be forgiven.

4. The only means where we can return to the presence of God.

ABBA FATHER, Grace is Your love is shown to the unlovely; Your peace was given to the restless; Your unmerited favor.

The very center and core of the whole Bible is the doctrine of Your grace.

In grace, You give nothing less than Yourself. The whole gospel is all about Your grace through Jesus Christ. That’s why Paul calls it “the gospel of the grace of God” (Acts 20:24) and “the word of his grace” (Acts 14:3).

Grace is thus Jesus Christ in redeeming action.

A shorthand for what grace is - “mercy, not merit. Indeed without Your grace in our lives, we will not experience the abundant life Christ has graced us with.