Standing in Grace ... Forever

Sometimes we get the idea that yes, we're saved by grace through faith, but now that we're saved, the Lord puts us on a "works system." We have to be good enough to keep our salvation. We can't really be sure we're going to heaven, because we don't know whether we'll "endure to the end." Here, again, knowing about the "administration of God's grace" that the Lord Jesus revealed to the Apostle Paul for us is the open door to a really blessed Christian experience. Not only are we saved by grace, but our standing before God every day is in His grace!

"We were welcomed by faith into this grace in which we stand..You are not under law, but under grace." Romans 5:2 & 6:14

How does law work?

The law says, 'Obey and God will bless you, disobey and God will curse you.' (See Deuteronomy 28:1-2, 15-16). Many Bible teachers today are teaching law instead of grace. They say "Give your tithes and God will bless you." "Be obedient and God will bless you." Wrong!!

This is the essence of the law. "Obey and be blessed, disobey and be cursed."

But Paul says we're not under law. We're under grace, we're standing in His grace. And remember how grace works... "If it is by grace then it is no longer by works..." Romans 11:6. Our standing with God is not on the basis of our works, not our obedience, not our tithes ... it is entirely on the basis of His grace, every moment of every day! Blessed with all spiritual blessings already by grace (Ephesians 1:3), everything that we do today for the Lord is motivated not by fear (Romans 8:15) but by gratitude (Colossians 3:17).

"Thank you Lord that you have already blessed me with every spiritual blessing, that you saved me by your grace in which I am now standing, that you have begun your good work in me and will carry it on to completion" (Philippians 1:6).

This is the Lord Jesus' Grace For Today.

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