This topic may sound a little wierd. But go ahead reading, it has deeper meanings.
In Christianity, the word GRACE refers to sovereign favor of God for mankind. It is a free supernatural gift from God which man cannot earn or deserve or merit or cannot claim as a right. Grace is forgiveness of sin and not a licence to sin. John 8:11 tells that Jesus forgave a sinner by grace but He commands the person to leave the life of sin. Jesus himself did not use the word "GRACE" many times in Bible. But he is a gracious God and His preachings (parables) were based on grace, which teaches us to forgive any sin regardless of the unworthiness of its recepient. Examples of grace include prodigal son, good samaritan and lost sheep.
Paul's letter to Romans describes a lot about God's grace and glory. Humankind is born in a state of sin, the sinful nature is inherited from the fall of Adam and Eve in Eden. So this confirms that we enjoy God's grace. But does that mean we can go on sinning so that the grace may increase. By no means!!! We died to sin; how can we live it any longer.
Sin leads to death and grace leads to eternal life or righteousness (Rom 5:2). We need to accept that we are sinners, if we try to prove ourselves that we are right in obeying God's laws, then we fall from God's grace (Gal 5:4) [Grace decays].
Sin is guilty of breaking God's law and Christ appeared to take away our sins because he has never sinned. So whoever accepts Christ will not sin and whoever continues to sin has not accepted Christ (I John 3: 4-6). We receive grace through Jesus Christ. When we don't receive Him we lose grace [Grace Decays].
We receive grace through Jesus Christ when we obey Him and His laws. God gave us the laws, He wants us to obey them and He also tests us (Exo 15:25). There is a simple Biblical incident which illustrates the decay of grace when we disobey God's commands. The Israelites complain about hunger to Moses and Aaron and God graciously rains heavenly food - Manna and Quails to them and God commands them to collect the food only for that day. But there were people who disobeyed God's command and collected more than what they needed for a day. They all found the food full of worms and smelt rotten and were decayed the next morning (Exo 16:1-20) [Grace decays]
My dear friends, God's love never ceases, His grace is new every morning.
Christobel Rajesh
In Christianity, the word GRACE refers to sovereign favor of God for mankind. It is a free supernatural gift from God which man cannot earn or deserve or merit or cannot claim as a right. Grace is forgiveness of sin and not a licence to sin. John 8:11 tells that Jesus forgave a sinner by grace but He commands the person to leave the life of sin. Jesus himself did not use the word "GRACE" many times in Bible. But he is a gracious God and His preachings (parables) were based on grace, which teaches us to forgive any sin regardless of the unworthiness of its recepient. Examples of grace include prodigal son, good samaritan and lost sheep.
Paul's letter to Romans describes a lot about God's grace and glory. Humankind is born in a state of sin, the sinful nature is inherited from the fall of Adam and Eve in Eden. So this confirms that we enjoy God's grace. But does that mean we can go on sinning so that the grace may increase. By no means!!! We died to sin; how can we live it any longer.
Sin leads to death and grace leads to eternal life or righteousness (Rom 5:2). We need to accept that we are sinners, if we try to prove ourselves that we are right in obeying God's laws, then we fall from God's grace (Gal 5:4) [Grace decays].
Sin is guilty of breaking God's law and Christ appeared to take away our sins because he has never sinned. So whoever accepts Christ will not sin and whoever continues to sin has not accepted Christ (I John 3: 4-6). We receive grace through Jesus Christ. When we don't receive Him we lose grace [Grace Decays].
We receive grace through Jesus Christ when we obey Him and His laws. God gave us the laws, He wants us to obey them and He also tests us (Exo 15:25). There is a simple Biblical incident which illustrates the decay of grace when we disobey God's commands. The Israelites complain about hunger to Moses and Aaron and God graciously rains heavenly food - Manna and Quails to them and God commands them to collect the food only for that day. But there were people who disobeyed God's command and collected more than what they needed for a day. They all found the food full of worms and smelt rotten and were decayed the next morning (Exo 16:1-20) [Grace decays]
My dear friends, God's love never ceases, His grace is new every morning.
Christobel Rajesh
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