THROUGH THE BIBLE IN THREE YEARS
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Sign on a water cooler in an industrial plant:
DUE TO THE INCREASE IN INFLATION AND OTHER RISING COSTS,
THIS WATER IS TWICE AS FREE AS IT USED TO BE!"
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Eph 2:6-7
6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
KJV
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God is pleased to give G R A C E -- God's Riches At Christ's Expense.
Grace is also characterized as the unmerited, unearned FAVOR of God.
God gives grace to sinners in need! He gives CONVICTING grace, and COMPELLING grace! By His grace He called me when I was on the road to hell. He convicted me of sin. And He compelled me to turn to His eternal love for salvation.
God gives grace to the called, sanctified believers because they need it too. He gives loving, caring, helping, sanctifying, encouraging, growing, assisting grace because we NEED it. When I am in need, I must only seek, and He will APPLY!
God has covenanted with Himself to give "the exceeding riches of His grace" THROUGH Christ Jesus! The first of those grace gifts is salvation. The second is a family with whom to share. He has placed me in a "heavenly place" with His born-again, sanctified believers.
Grace is of God, therefore it is unlimited and inexhaustible!
Dear friend if you are in need today, call upon our Lord. Call in order that He might "shew the exceeding riches of His grace through Christ Jesus."
Love ya,
Bruce