"For by Grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the Gift of God" - Ephesians 2:8
Grace is God’s free and unmerited (undeserved) Favor toward sinful humanity. Grace cannot be earned; it is something that is freely given. We cannot work for Grace. There is no number of works that we can do to earn God’s Grace.
We are saved, have been reconciled back to God because of God’s Love for us. Just like Grace there are no number of works that we can do to earn salvation. Yeshua already fully paid the price with His Life by dying on the cross and forgiving our sins. How can we know we are saved? We must have faith; we must believe. Faith is simply believing what God says and what He has done for us.
The Grace of God is a Gift to us. Have you ever worked for a gift? No, a gift is freely given. When you receive a gift do you ask, how much do I owe you? When you receive a gift, you express gratitude. You cherish the gift and you appreciate the person who gave you the gift. This is how it is with God’s Grace. One way we can show our gratitude for this Gift is by our love and obedience to God.
Though we have received this Gift from God, we are not to take this Gift for granted. I do not frustrate the Grace of God: "for if righteousness come by the Law, then Christ is dead in vain" (Galatians 2:21). The reason we should not frustrate God’s Grace or take the Gift we have been given for granted is because God gave up; God sacrificed His Son for us. We did not give our lives but Yeshua did. Christ had no sin, but God made Him become sin, so that in Christ we could be made right with God, (2 Corinthians 5:21 ESV). Think about it, would you give up your son? If you gave up your son to die for the sins of man, how would you feel if people act like it was not a big deal? This will hurt deeply.
In the same way, we are not to frustrate the Grace of God. We are not to treat this Gift as if it has no worth or value. We should cherish the Gift we have received and always seek to please the Lord, by walking in obedience to Him. Remember, though freely given, this Gift was costly to God. Receive God’s free Gift of Grace today.
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