Hebrews 12:28 (KJV)
Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear
After Terso believed in the Lord Jesus, he met some brethren on campus who has much grace to pray and fast. Because he was close to them, he also received this grace to pray and wait on the Lord. Because of this, there was great power in their midst, such that through them great miracles were performed.
But as Terso left the country to another country for studies, he found that the grace he enjoyed while on campus seemed to be waning. He could no longer pray the way he could and his spiritual adventure appeared to now be an uphill battle.
He had routines and disciplines he trusted to keep him in grace, but that was where his problem was. He trusted in systems rather than in Christ for grace.
You are saved by grace through faith, not of yourself and not of works lest you should boast, but it is the gift of God (see Ephesians 2:8-9).
Whenever you see a man under grace working hard, it is because grace is powering him, and he would not be able to take credit for it but would attribute it to the grace of God (see 1 Cor 15:10).
When you see a man begin to take credit for the work of grace, he is beginning to fall from grace and walk in disgrace. This was exactly what happened with the people of Israel. By the time the gospel was revealed, they had forgotten that their election as God’s people was simply because of God’s grace and not the works that followed. They could not receive grace because they were already full of trust in their own works and routines.
Go into today remembering that grace produces good works but trusting in good works do not produce grace, only trusting in Christ alone imparts grace(see John 1:16). Grace is received and multiplied by trusting in Christ and abiding (knowing and growing in) in Him (see John 15:4, 2 Pet 1:2,).
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