The Word of His Grace

Call to Prayer

Title: The Word of His Grace

By: Daniel Peter

Date: 02.04.2024

Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, who was bearing witness to the word of His grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
‭‭Acts‬ ‭14:3‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

God is a communicator, and His medium of communication goes beyond words; scriptures affirm that the heavens declare His glory (Psalm 19:1) and that He can make stones to cry out (Luke 19:40). One of the means of communication He uses to make His mind known is the order of the biblical events.

To help us understand and appreciate grace, He made access to the blessing a reward until the coming of Christ, though He bore witness of His graciousness using the life of Abraham. For example, Adam’s life was dependent on his ability to keep God’s instruction not to partake of the knowledge of good and evil (Gen. 2:17), and we saw how the Israelites were given commands which they were to obey for them to be blessed; they were blessed as long as they obeyed (see Deu. 28). Again, apart from the fact that the blessing was dependent on their works, their children also suffered for the mistakes of their parents; that is, the consequences of their sins was generational.

At the coming of Jesus Christ, and after His death and resurrection, access to the blessing became a gift, for His obedience has been accounted to us. In other words, the access to the blessing in the New Testament does not depend on our ability to keep His commands but on our faith. God has made it by faith that the blessing of Abraham can come on all without discrimination (Gal. 3:14). The law proclaimed “Obey God so you will be blessed“, but the Gospel proclaims “You are blessed because of the obedience of Jesus Christ”. Therefore, the Gospel is the declaration of the grace of God.

The grace of God didn’t just give us access to the blessing (or riches) at Christ’s expense. Still, it enables us to be able to suffer the same thing as Christ (2 Cor 8:9, Rom. 8:17). This suffering in the New Testament is not a result of the consequences of sin (though God still judges sin), but a testament of our union with Him (Phil. 3:10). And this suffering precedes glory (Rom. 8:17, 1 Peter 4:3)

Prayer Point:

Let’s thank God for His word today. Let’s ask Him to help all believe in the Gospel, so we can all experience its riches.