The access of grace is faith in both salvation (Eph. 2:8-9) and Christian growth (Rom. 5:2). Faith is not a work. Faith depends on the worker—God, and God works. This is God’s system of “by grace through faith.” God-dependence accesses Spirit-enabling. What an amazing plan of God!
For the believer grace is by faith and not of works (Eph. 2:8-9; 3:7). Therefore, grace is absolutely free—to us. But grace is not cheap. Jesus paid for it with His own “precious blood” (1 Pet. 1:18-19). The word precious means “of great price.” Grace costs. It cost Jesus much that it might be free to us. This is a truth we must allow the Spirit to illumine to our hearts.
May we value grace and not use it as an excuse to go our own way. May we appreciate what it cost Jesus. And because He offers grace freely, may we humbly take it repeatedly as the power to live unto God.
John Van Gelderen
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I read recently someone who said that Grace means at the end of my patience there is more patience, at the end of myself there is grace to go on.
Interesting. Thus the concept of supernatural enabling.
An elderly sister who knew the Lord so well once defined grace as “Christ imparted.” I found it beautiful to understand that the divine enablement comes to us as a Person and a Life.
Great articulation!