http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FANDiscussion/message/949
Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2000 11:26 pm
>Once we receive God's grace we have nothing else to do to earn it. It's already ours. Everything else, including obedience to God's laws, teachings, admonitions, directions, etc. have no bearing whatsoever on that gift that is already hours.<
But God's gift of grace has infinite bearing on God's laws, teachings, etc. What we could not do in that we are weak in the flesh, God did by sending His Son into our hearts. Therefore, the law is fulfilled in us in whom He resides. As we receive God's grace, it imputes to us righteousness and forgiveness for our sin, and imparts to us power to overcome our sins.
I want to make sure you catch everything in that last sentence. Analyze it while comparing and contrasting these terms: impute/impart, sin/sins, righteousness/power.
We can never do anything to earn and deserve grace, but grace in our lives will transform our lives of sin to lives of holiness. The kingdom of grace is a kingdom of infinite power. The obedience that we failed to give, therefore necessitating grace, is the obedience that ALWAYS follows the reception of grace. See Titus 2:11-14. Saving grace is forgiving grace is enabling grace.
By God's grace,
Arnold Sy Go
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Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2000 11:26 pm
>Once we receive God's grace we have nothing else to do to earn it. It's already ours. Everything else, including obedience to God's laws, teachings, admonitions, directions, etc. have no bearing whatsoever on that gift that is already hours.<
But God's gift of grace has infinite bearing on God's laws, teachings, etc. What we could not do in that we are weak in the flesh, God did by sending His Son into our hearts. Therefore, the law is fulfilled in us in whom He resides. As we receive God's grace, it imputes to us righteousness and forgiveness for our sin, and imparts to us power to overcome our sins.
I want to make sure you catch everything in that last sentence. Analyze it while comparing and contrasting these terms: impute/impart, sin/sins, righteousness/power.
We can never do anything to earn and deserve grace, but grace in our lives will transform our lives of sin to lives of holiness. The kingdom of grace is a kingdom of infinite power. The obedience that we failed to give, therefore necessitating grace, is the obedience that ALWAYS follows the reception of grace. See Titus 2:11-14. Saving grace is forgiving grace is enabling grace.
By God's grace,
Arnold Sy Go
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