GRACE IS GOD'S FREE GIFT NOBODY CAN EARN

The King of Kings, Lord of Lords, Alpha and Omega, Beginning and End, First and Last, our Messiah and Saviour Jesus Christ gave His life as a ransom for the sins of mankind.

He did it to destroy what satan or the devil had done when he (satan) deceived man to disobey God's command not to eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the garden of Eden.

Sin entered the world as a result of man's disobedience to God's command. Death then entered the world, man became enemy with God and was destined to hell fire because heaven was shut.

The Lord Jesus Christ reversed all this on the Cross of Calvary. Praise be to God for this wonderful gift He gave to mankind.

As a result of what Jesus did, grace flows into the world and into the lives of true Christian believers.

Grace is God's FREE gift to mankind that nobody can earn. You cannot obtain Grace on your merit or by the good works you do. Good works as a Christian are necessary but Grace is free of charge from God.

Grace is that Divine Gift of God that flows into the lives of believers to confirm that God is indeed with the person. It is ALWAYS evident in the believer's life. When grace is upon a believer, miracles are bound to be evident.

Favour surrounds the person and things work out for good for the person. One example of Grace is the free gift of Salvation every believer receives upon GENUINE repentance from sin, evil and wrong doing and acceptance of Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour.

As long as the believer walks in line with God's commands as contained in His Word, the Holy Bible, Grace abounds and the believer is assured of spending eternity with Christ when he or she departs this world in death or when Christ comes to take His Church in Rapture, which is very very soon as He (Christ Jesus) has been warning.

It must be noted that God's grace cannot flow in the life of an unbeliever or sinner. Yes, God may allow a sinner to prosper but the danger with that sinner is that there is no Grace to get into heaven for eternity because the sinner is not living according to God's commands in Scripture.

So though the sinner may appear to prosper here on earth, the sinner will end up FOREVER in hell fire if he or she dies unrepentant.

Dear friend, what this simply means is that we all need the Grace of God, first for the FREE gift of salvation upon repentance, for sustenance on earth as we live according to God's commands and then for eternal life at death or rapture.

Nobody can be happy outside of God's commands. On the other hand, nobody can ever regret obeying God and keeping His commands because God is sure to reward such individual. Common sense should therefore tell everyone and anyone that it is a wise thing to fear God and obey His commands.

Dear friend, save your soul today, repent of evil and give your life to Jesus Christ that grace of salvation, sustenance and eternal life may abound in your life.

Today is the time to repent for tomorrow may be too late. God bless you as you heed His Word today, act on it and share with others in Jesus Mighty Name, Amen.

Gabriel Ama.

P.S. Below are Scripture passages on Grace to give you better understanding. God bless you.

John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Acts 4:33 And with great power the apostles were giving their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.

Acts 6:8 And Stephen, full of grace and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people.

Acts 11:22-24 The report of this came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose, for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great many people were added to the Lord.

Acts 14:1-3 Now at Iconium they entered together into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed. But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers. So they remained for a long time, speaking boldly for the Lord, who bore witness to the Word of His grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

John 1:15-17 (John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because He was before me.’”) And from His fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

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 1:1-5 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which He promised beforehand through His prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning His Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by His resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of His name among all the nations.

Hebrews 12:15 See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled.

1 Peter 5:10 And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

Romans 3:20-24 For by works of the law no human being will be justified in His sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin. But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it — the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by His grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

Romans 4:15-17 For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law there is no transgression. That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”— in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.

Romans 5:1-2 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through Him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Romans 5:12-21 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned— for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law.

Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the One who was to come. But the free gift is not like the trespass.

For if many died through one man’s trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many. And the free gift is not like the result of that one man’s sin.

For the judgement following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brought justification. For if, because of one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.

Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men. For as by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous.

Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Ephesians 2:4-9 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ— by grace you have been saved—and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages He might show the immeasurable riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Esther 2:16-17 And when Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, into his royal palace, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign, the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she won grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins, so that he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.

Jeremiah 31:2-3 Thus says the LORD:”The people who survived the sword found grace in the wilderness; when Israel sought for rest, the LORD appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.

Acts 15:39-40 And there arose a sharp disagreement, so that they separated from each other. Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus, but Paul chose Silas and departed, having been commended by the brothers to the grace of the Lord.

2 Corinthians 12:8-9 Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.