Grace is a Person. His name is Jesus Christ.

We often categorize pastors according to their ministry e.g. His ministry is "Holiness"/His ministry is "Prosperity."/His ministry is "Deliverance." Many try to put "Grace" in this ministry box. As if He is a subject in Theology or just one of the many virtues that believers should possess. Not so!

Beloved of God, Grace is not a thing or a subject like "holiness" or "prosperity." Grace is a Person. His name is Jesus Christ. Titus 2:11 says of Him: 

"God’s marvelous grace has manifested in person, bringing salvation for everyone."

Verse 14 of the same Titus 2 says: "He gave His life to free us from every kind of sin, to cleanse us, and to make us His very own people, totally committed to doing good deeds."

Also Matthew 1:21 says of Him: "She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”

When you have Grace, you have it all- holiness, prosperity, healing, freedom from captivity, every blessing of God. Those sins and shortcomings that you struggle with and which antichrist pastors say God will punish you for if you don't save yourself from them, He sent His own Son to save us from them all, because He loves us so.

Beloved of God, by Grace, flee from all those religious, law-toting wolves who imply that we children of Grace just sit around committing sins as we like, twiddling our fingers idly and have no works to show for our faith, as if Grace (Jesus Christ Himself) is synonymous with idleness and committing sins with reckless abandon. Never! This is a big antichrist lie that is designed to prevent churchgoers from giving Grace the chance to save the sinner from his sins and transform lives.

Being in Christ (under Grace) without having works (of faith) to show for our salvation is even more impossible than being submerged under water without getting wet. The fruit of the Spirit is the "wet." Loving others is the "wet." Godliness is the "wet." Diligence is the "wet." Right living is the "wet." Salvation from sins is the "wet."For all our (freely!) giving, receiving and our exploits, Christ gets all the glory.

This is Grace- undeserved, unearned, unmerited favour.

Right believing always produces right living.

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