When I read
through the bible I found one interesting phrase that worth editing it. It is
the phrase "much more". In Roman 5:15,
17 and 20 it speaks of the words "much more" grace of God.
Grace is much more than love, blessings, wisdom, knowledge, power, peace, joy -
you can name and make a list of it. God grace is able to do exceeding
abundantly and beyond what we ask or think!
As I said before, grace is like an ocean and we have just gone for a swim here and there only. God's thought are higher than our thoughts. We could never exhaust or deplete God's grace. There are much, much more than we imagine. I like the different translations below.
The New English Bible says, "Where sin was thus multiplied, grace immeasurably exceeded it."
J.B. Phillips paraphrases it, "Through sin is shown to be wide and deep, thank God his grace is wider and deeper still." Donald Grey Barnhouse quoted, "Where sin reached a high-water mark, grace completely flooded the world." D. Martin Lloyd Jones used the word "engulfed" for "flooded" here. God will not withhold gracious grace because of sin.
This gift of grace is unspeakable and indescribable. Let me mention a few things below here.
1) Revelational Grace - Grace As the revelation of The Word of God - 2 Corinthians 12:9, 10
"And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness."
That grace is God's revelation for Paul to do the work of the ministry not in his strength but God. Paul realized that he could not do anything in his own strength or ability to stop any persecution from coming into his ministry. Instead of complaining about his persecution and feeling sorry for himself, Paul continued to receive and stand on the Gracious Grace of God. Paul moved into the realm of faith and he was able to access into God's Sufficient Grace. He switched from discouragement to faith by speaking God's Word in his mouth. Paul said, "For when I am weak, then am I strong in God".
Satan has no place to be influencing your life, your family and your finances. God has given you grace and strength to overcome him and reign in this life.
2) Praying Grace - Grace to support others in prayers. Here it tells in 2 Corinthians 9:14
"... and by their prayer for you, who long for you because of the exceeding (much more) grace of God in you. Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!"
There is one group of Christians praying for another group of believers. When the grace of God is so abundantly present in our lives, others can be drawn by that grace, desiring to pray and intercede for them, to be with them, learn from them and be impacted by that exceeding grace of God. As we are editing the message of the good new of grace our hearts are reaching out to those who needs prayers and to be with them in need and weakness. May this prayerful grace spread and minister to those in need.
3) Daily Victorious Grace - Grace that give us victory after victory in our daily lives.
In Roman 5:17 - "much more those who receive abundance (much more) of grace and of the gift
of righteousness will reign in life through ONE, JESUS CHRIST."
Grace will start to reigns in our hearts. They that receive the abundance (much more) grace shall reign in life in our hearts. With this grace you have every spiritual authority, help, blessings, wisdom, knowledge, favor, life, beauty, power in the Holy Spirit. You in fact have all things in this life by Jesus Christ. This grace will defeat your enemies - overcoming temptation, sin, failures, weakness, confusion, fear and doubt. Sin includes works of the flesh - strife, division, jealousy, envy, and unforgiveness to name a few shall not have dominion (rule) over you. Grace reigns and rules over them and have power over them.
Paul also speaks of that grace "that the grace of God given to me by the effectual working of His power" in Ephesian 3:7 and also "the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love (I Timothy 1:14) And he believed that his labor was not in vain but he labored more abundantly than they all in the "much more" grace of God. (I Corinthians 15:10) And Paul encouraged them saying, "God is able to make all grace (much more) abound towards you; that you always have all sufficiency in all things and have an abundance for every good work."
vs. 9 says, "For He has dispersed abroad (not talking about finance or missions giving only) He has given to the poor: His righteousness remains forever."
vs. 10 "Now may God who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food (includes spiritual food) supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness. This is focus on his more and much more grace of God that is abounding towards us in Christ for every good work." Is preaching the gospel of grace a good work? Is blessing others and pray for them a good work? Is giving to the gospel a good work? Then God will multiply our seed and increases our fruits of God's righteousness and we will never run dry of His GRACIOUS GRACE! His generous gracious grace will be flooded into our lives!
MAY THIS EXCEEDING GRACE OF GOD BE IN YOU! THANKS TO GOD FOR THIS INDESCRIBABLE GIFT!
As I said before, grace is like an ocean and we have just gone for a swim here and there only. God's thought are higher than our thoughts. We could never exhaust or deplete God's grace. There are much, much more than we imagine. I like the different translations below.
The New English Bible says, "Where sin was thus multiplied, grace immeasurably exceeded it."
J.B. Phillips paraphrases it, "Through sin is shown to be wide and deep, thank God his grace is wider and deeper still." Donald Grey Barnhouse quoted, "Where sin reached a high-water mark, grace completely flooded the world." D. Martin Lloyd Jones used the word "engulfed" for "flooded" here. God will not withhold gracious grace because of sin.
This gift of grace is unspeakable and indescribable. Let me mention a few things below here.
1) Revelational Grace - Grace As the revelation of The Word of God - 2 Corinthians 12:9, 10
"And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness."
That grace is God's revelation for Paul to do the work of the ministry not in his strength but God. Paul realized that he could not do anything in his own strength or ability to stop any persecution from coming into his ministry. Instead of complaining about his persecution and feeling sorry for himself, Paul continued to receive and stand on the Gracious Grace of God. Paul moved into the realm of faith and he was able to access into God's Sufficient Grace. He switched from discouragement to faith by speaking God's Word in his mouth. Paul said, "For when I am weak, then am I strong in God".
Satan has no place to be influencing your life, your family and your finances. God has given you grace and strength to overcome him and reign in this life.
2) Praying Grace - Grace to support others in prayers. Here it tells in 2 Corinthians 9:14
"... and by their prayer for you, who long for you because of the exceeding (much more) grace of God in you. Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!"
There is one group of Christians praying for another group of believers. When the grace of God is so abundantly present in our lives, others can be drawn by that grace, desiring to pray and intercede for them, to be with them, learn from them and be impacted by that exceeding grace of God. As we are editing the message of the good new of grace our hearts are reaching out to those who needs prayers and to be with them in need and weakness. May this prayerful grace spread and minister to those in need.
3) Daily Victorious Grace - Grace that give us victory after victory in our daily lives.
In Roman 5:17 - "much more those who receive abundance (much more) of grace and of the gift
of righteousness will reign in life through ONE, JESUS CHRIST."
Grace will start to reigns in our hearts. They that receive the abundance (much more) grace shall reign in life in our hearts. With this grace you have every spiritual authority, help, blessings, wisdom, knowledge, favor, life, beauty, power in the Holy Spirit. You in fact have all things in this life by Jesus Christ. This grace will defeat your enemies - overcoming temptation, sin, failures, weakness, confusion, fear and doubt. Sin includes works of the flesh - strife, division, jealousy, envy, and unforgiveness to name a few shall not have dominion (rule) over you. Grace reigns and rules over them and have power over them.
Paul also speaks of that grace "that the grace of God given to me by the effectual working of His power" in Ephesian 3:7 and also "the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love (I Timothy 1:14) And he believed that his labor was not in vain but he labored more abundantly than they all in the "much more" grace of God. (I Corinthians 15:10) And Paul encouraged them saying, "God is able to make all grace (much more) abound towards you; that you always have all sufficiency in all things and have an abundance for every good work."
vs. 9 says, "For He has dispersed abroad (not talking about finance or missions giving only) He has given to the poor: His righteousness remains forever."
vs. 10 "Now may God who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food (includes spiritual food) supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness. This is focus on his more and much more grace of God that is abounding towards us in Christ for every good work." Is preaching the gospel of grace a good work? Is blessing others and pray for them a good work? Is giving to the gospel a good work? Then God will multiply our seed and increases our fruits of God's righteousness and we will never run dry of His GRACIOUS GRACE! His generous gracious grace will be flooded into our lives!
MAY THIS EXCEEDING GRACE OF GOD BE IN YOU! THANKS TO GOD FOR THIS INDESCRIBABLE GIFT!
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