BY GRACE

"Grace that it is activated by Faith."

Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound! My Grace is sufficient for thee. How does this Grace work? There are definitions, explanations, even acronyms for what it is, but until we fall into it, and rely helplessly on it, Grace remains a nebulous Christian term!

When Paul explains Grace, he's always quick to point out that it is activated by Faith. We know that Truth, but until we determine to appropriate that Truth, or more simply, to believe it, it remains an impotent, religious rhetoric! Astounding! The most powerful force available to man, reduced to a mere creed for a life we vainly aspire to.

Just as we expectantly look for the fulfillment of a friend's promise, or we believe the injection of antibiotics will make us feel better, we must learn to throw all our hope into the firm reliability of God's Word! Expecting what He said, He will do! Only then, will our Faith begin to grow. Faith grows and matures even more surely than the finest seed. It also produces evidence, almost immediately, for the one who yearns to see.

Venture to believe! It's how you got saved! And if He spared not His Son to save you, how much more will He supply everything you could possibly need, to bring you to that place which He has called you? It's all by Grace...through Faith!

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For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
~Romans 4:3 KJV

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
~Ephesians 2:8 KJV

He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
~Romans 8:32 KJV

And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
~2 Corinthians 12:9 KJV

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
~Hebrews 11:1 KJV

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
~Ephesians 2:10 KJV