You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.Galatians 5:4
What is the grace of God? Simply put, the grace of God is God blessing, healing, delivering and prospering you because of Jesus. The grace of God is His unearned, unmerited and undeserved favor toward you simply because of Jesus’ finished work at the cross.
Because God’s grace is based on Jesus’ work and not yours, the only way you fall from this grace is by believing that you can earn, merit and deserve it through your obedience and good works.
For example, you fall from grace when you say, “God has to answer my prayer because I have prayed long enough.” You also fall from grace when you think that because you are serving in church or you have kicked a bad habit, God is pleased with you and He has to bless you.
When you think that it is by your efforts and obedience that you receive God’s blessings, you become like the Pharisees. They believed that their law-keeping justified them and ensured that God would bless them. But the truth is that when you believe like them, “you have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace”. This means that you are cut off from Christ, who is your salvation, Redeemer, healer and provider. Christ has become of no effect to you!
My friend, surely you would want Christ to be of effect to you. People to whom Christ is of effect receive from Him the miracle they need. When He is of effect to them, He is their healer and they get healed. He is their wisdom and they are wise before man. He is their good success and they experience good success in all that they do.
Beloved, for Christ to always be of effect to you and to never nullify the grace of God operating in your life, just remember and believe that it is because of Christ and His finished work — His blood, His stripes, His death, His obedience — that you are justified, healed, prosperous and blessed!
Thought For The Day
The only way you fall from God’s grace is by believing that you can earn, merit and deserve it through your obedience and good works.
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Thank you God for your message today
It is by HIS grace indeed !
Thnk U Father 4 Ur Grace Towards me!
I don’t have to FEEL that I “Have to”, I can rely on MY “I Want to”. Thank you Jesus.
prays be to God of all seasons
Thank u 4 today’s thought i appreciate
amen pastor
Thank you for the great message Pastor. I praise Jesus for what He did to me.
thank you lord by your grace I am save! in today’s message I believed that it’s all about
J E S U S!……..
THANK YOU LORD!
Amen. Thank you for the Grace God.
Faithful, are u God . God’s grace is upon my life and family because I have JESUS. Thank you pastor prince .
surely i want Christ to be of effect to me. AMEN~!
This is powerful message and you have preached it at the right time.. because sometimes i tend to believe in my own works than what Jesus Christ has already done for me at the Cross.
Am blessed by your first example ; the whole of yesterday i was wrestling with God believing that because i have prayed long enough to get a new job God has to answer my prayer.
I thank God for your message it has uplifted my spirit.
God bless you!
Halleluyah!! pastor prince you are God sent,now i also teach about grace,pls pray 4 us here in kenya, i have never heard any preacher preach the true gospel of christ,i pray that the HolySpirit teach us all.