THE GRACE OF GOD

๐ŸC๐จ ๐Ÿ5:1๐ŸŽ ๐ŠJ๐• ๐u๐ญ ๐›y t๐กe g๐ซa๐œe o๐Ÿ ๐†o๐ ๐ˆ ๐šm w๐กa๐ญ ๐ˆ ๐šm: ๐šn๐ ๐กi๐ฌ ๐ r๐šc๐ž ๐ฐh๐ขc๐ก ๐ฐa๐ฌ ๐›e๐ฌt๐จw๐žd u๐ฉo๐ง ๐ฆe w๐šs n๐จt i๐ง ๐ฏa๐ขn; ๐›u๐ญ ๐ˆ ๐ฅa๐›o๐ฎr๐žd m๐จr๐ž ๐šb๐ฎn๐a๐งt๐ฅy t๐กa๐ง ๐ญh๐žy a๐ฅl: ๐ฒe๐ญ ๐งo๐ญ ๐ˆ, b๐ฎt t๐กe g๐ซa๐œe o๐Ÿ ๐†o๐ ๐ฐh๐ขc๐ก ๐ฐa๐ฌ ๐ฐi๐ญh m๐ž.

Today’s Devotional…

There is a measure of grace that God has bestowed upon each and every one of us, to mould us into who exactly He wants us to be.

Even when it appeared to others that Paul had gained his status by his hard work in his tireless service to God, Paul himself acknowledged that it was all by grace that he had become who the people admired.

In another letter to the Philippians, Paul reiterated in chapter 2:12-13 that the only way for one to “work out their own salvation with fear and trembling”, was to let God work it out for them according to His good pleasure.

It is by the grace that both the weak and the strong get the same reward, the first and the last get the same wages, the rich and the poor get the same peace.

The grace of God is an expression of His loving-kindness and favour towards you, even you (or the world around you) think you do not deserve it.

God so raised the price for the salvation of man and man’s reconciliation with Him, that only He could afford to pay for that salvation and reconciliation.

When all mankind owed the debt of sin and could not pay because they all didn’t have what was needed to pay for the debt, Jesus paid the debt He did not owe, all because He had what was needed to pay for the sin; and above all, He had love.

Even today, there is a measure of God’s grace that accompanies you, even in Christ, carefully ordering your steps according to His divine purpose for you, to the glory of His name. Never work against this grace.

Until you acknowledge this grace and submit to it, you will find yourself working tirelessly everyday to please God, or to achieve the things of life, yet never attaining the goal.

When you permit the grace of God to work in your life, you cease from your own works and you enter into God’s rest. Abba Father!

May the grace of God abound in your life, in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen

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Today’s Devotional…

Preachers of Christ are not motivational speakers, but devout men and women who preach Christ; from His birth to the cross, and to His glorification.

Nowadays, multinational speakers get so much attention and popularity that some pastors have decided to become motivational speakers, simply seasoning their talks with “a pinch of Jesus”. Laughable.

While motivational speakers are trained to say what their audiences want to hear in a bid to motivate them towards a desired direction, gospel preachers are called to preach only Christ; through whom the sin of the world was taken away.

In the days of the apostles, the world probably had more problems than we have today, and desiring to hear something motivational to solve those problems, yet, the apostles gave them nothing but the gospel of Christ.

That is what Paul was talking about in 1 Corinthians 2:1-2: “And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified”

So, whether there be financial problems, marital problems, health problems, etc, if “Christ and Him crucified” is not enough for you, then you are looking for a motivational speaker and not a pastor. But ironically, your solutions lie in the foolishness of the preaching of Christ, and not in the enticing words of your motivational speakers. Ponder…

These are the days of 2Timothy 4:3-4 which says: “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables”

But if the preaching of Christ does not motivate you enough to give me attention, let it be known to you that I will still preach Christ crucified – for that is the only gospel.

May the Holy Spirit replace your hunger for motivational messages with the hunger for the gospel of the finished works of Christ, in His holy name. Amen

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Today’s Devotional…

Preachers of Christ are not motivational speakers, but devout men and women who preach Christ; from His birth to the cross, and to His glorification.

Nowadays, multinational speakers get so much attention and popularity that some pastors have decided to become motivational speakers, simply seasoning their talks with “a pinch of Jesus”. Laughable.

While motivational speakers are trained to say what their audiences want to hear in a bid to motivate them towards a desired direction, gospel preachers are called to preach only Christ; through whom the sin of the world was taken away.

In the days of the apostles, the world probably had more problems than we have today, and desiring to hear something motivational to solve those problems, yet, the apostles gave them nothing but the gospel of Christ.

That is what Paul was talking about in 1 Corinthians 2:1-2: “And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified”

So, whether there be financial problems, marital problems, health problems, etc, if “Christ and Him crucified” is not enough for you, then you are looking for a motivational speaker and not a pastor. But ironically, your solutions lie in the foolishness of the preaching of Christ, and not in the enticing words of your motivational speakers. Ponder…

These are the days of 2Timothy 4:3-4 which says: “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables”

But if the preaching of Christ does not motivate you enough to give me attention, let it be known to you that I will still preach Christ crucified – for that is the only gospel.

May the Holy Spirit replace your hunger for motivational messages with the hunger for the gospel of the finished works of Christ, in His holy name. Amen

#Rev_N_Nelson
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