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By Lakella Davenport
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There are quite a few acronyms for the biblical term grace. “God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense,” is the most commonly used acronym for God’s grace. I have come up with my own acronym for grace that is similar in connotation to the most commonly used acronym for the term. To me, Grace is God’s goodness, righteousness, action, compassion, and excellency at the expense of Christ. The blood of Jesus Christ on the cross made atonement for our sins. Jesus paid the ultimate price for the sins of all humanity. It is through the shedding of his blood that we have ben reconciled or brought back into relationship and right standing with God.
The first man Adam brought sin, death, and separation from God into the world. Jesus Christ, the last Adam, brought eternal life, everlasting joy, peace, and reconciliation to God into a dying, sinful world. “So also it is written,” “The first man Adam became a living soul.” “The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. However, that which is spiritual isn’t first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is the Lord from heaven,” (I Corinthians 15: 45-47).
The first element of grace is God’s goodness. God’s love is a reflection of his immeasurable goodness. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only born Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him,” (John 3: 16-17). “Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?” (Romans 2:4).
Grace is God’s unmerited favor in our lives. It is when God gives to us what we do not naturally deserve. Our good works cannot save us. We cannot earn salvation. Salvation is a free gift given to us when we have been born again through the blood of Jesus Christ. His blood cleanses us from all unrighteousness. “But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus; For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, that no one would boast,” (Ephesians 2: 4-9).
Grace is a gift. Righteousness is a gift. We have been made righteous through our faith and belief in Christ Jesus. Christ demonstrates his grace toward us in that he took our place on the cross. Christ dying on cross for our sins is the manifestation of his grace in action (Romans 5: 15-18).
Our faith in action gives us access to God’s eternal grace. “Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God,” (Romans 5: 1-2). There is power in grace. God’s grace is a compassionate source of power in every believer’s life. “He has said to me,” “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” “Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me,” (2 Corinthians 12: 9).
Where there is sin there is even more of God’s free gift of grace. Should we continue in sin so that we can have more grace? “May it never be! We who died to sin, how could we live in it any longer?” (Romans 6: 2). Grace should never be an excuse to sin willingly.
We have been made excellent through Christ’s grace. We have been justified by his grace (Romans 3: 23-24). We should show our gratitude and appreciation for God’s grace by living a life of obedience and steadfast faith, putting our faith into action by loving God and loving others as we love ourselves (Romans 6: 12-14, Romans 8: 28).
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