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09.06.2018 Feature Article

Responding With Grace

Responding With Grace
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Grace is the presence of the SPIRIT OF GOD in the New Covenant believer as promised to the called through ABRAHAM. It is also what Jesus Christ left us with to comfort and enable us to live in the name of Jesus Christ.

It's the "Faith " in US which JESUS CHRIST become the author and finisher. YESHUAH is the best example to follow, He also extensively taught and lived in Him.

'"Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord.' 2 Peter 3:18 NIV"

Jesus told his disciples, 'Since I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other's feet. I have given you an example to follow' (John 13:14-15 NLT). Whose feet did he wash? Peter, who denied him; Thomas, who doubted him; Judas, who betrayed him; and all the others, who would desert him. In other words, 'Give the grace you've been given.' You don't endorse the deeds of your offender when you do.

Jesus didn't endorse your sins by forgiving you. Grace doesn't tell the daughter to like the father who molested her. It doesn't tell the oppressed to wink at injustice. The grace-defined person still sends thieves to jail and expects an ex-spouse to pay child support.

Grace isn't blind. It sees the hurt full well. But grace chooses to see God's forgiveness even more. It refuses to let hurts poison the heart. The Bible says, 'See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many' (Hebrews 12:15 NIV). Where grace is lacking, bitterness abounds. Where grace abounds, forgiveness grows.

Peter writes, 'Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord' (2 Peter 3:18 NIV). Growing in Bible knowledge is a lot easier than growing in grace towards those who hurt you. The first requires a good memory; the second requires a Christlike character. The person or the PRESENCE of God Who live in us and does every good deeds.

So how do you 'grow' in grace? By practising it with everybody you meet, in every situation you find yourself. By bringing every of our thoughts and action under the command of the "WORD" .

Have a blessed and peaceful weekend.

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