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If “Grace” reigns today, and the Apostle Paul states emphatically that it does,
then it must reign from “the Throne of Grace” in Heaven.
“Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But
where sin abounded, Grace did much more abound: That as sin
hath reigned unto death, even so might Grace reign through
righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord”
(Rom. 5:20,21).
Thank God that Grace Was Dispensed when He could have Justly poured out
His Righteous Judgment upon a Christ-rejecting world. There was nothing in
prophecy to prevent His wrath upon mankind except His Own Heart of Love
toward an undeserving world.
God, in Grace, Reached down from heaven to save His chief enemy on earth,
Saul of Tarsus. The very one, who represented a doomed world, was the one
to whom our Lord Was Pleased to Reveal “the Unsearchable Riches” of His Grace.
In the Epistles of St. Paul, we have “Grace” and “Peace” to enter God’s
Presence without fear Through the Finished Work of Christ on Calvary:
In this new Dispensation, Jews and Gentiles are Bidden By God, Himself, to
come confidently into His Presence “Through Jesus Christ our Lord”:
Indeed, Old Testament saints could not even imagine the access we have today
into God’s Presence “By His Own Blood” (Heb. 9:12). In Grace He Gives us a Full
and Complete Audience whenever we call:
(RS Miller)
GRACE And Peace...
ACCESS TO GOD BY GRACE!
If “Grace” reigns today, and the Apostle Paul states emphatically that it does,
then it must reign from “the Throne of Grace” in Heaven.
“Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But
where sin abounded, Grace did much more abound: That as sin
hath reigned unto death, even so might Grace reign through
righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord”
(Rom. 5:20,21).
Thank God that Grace Was Dispensed when He could have Justly poured out
His Righteous Judgment upon a Christ-rejecting world. There was nothing in
prophecy to prevent His wrath upon mankind except His Own Heart of Love
toward an undeserving world.
God, in Grace, Reached down from heaven to save His chief enemy on earth,
Saul of Tarsus. The very one, who represented a doomed world, was the one
to whom our Lord Was Pleased to Reveal “the Unsearchable Riches” of His Grace.
In the Epistles of St. Paul, we have “Grace” and “Peace” to enter God’s
Presence without fear Through the Finished Work of Christ on Calvary:
“Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into
the Holiest By the Blood of Jesus” (Heb. 10:19).
the Holiest By the Blood of Jesus” (Heb. 10:19).
In this new Dispensation, Jews and Gentiles are Bidden By God, Himself, to
come confidently into His Presence “Through Jesus Christ our Lord”:
“IN WHOM WE HAVE BOLDNESS AND ACCESS WITH
CONFIDENCE BY THE FAITH OF HIM” (Eph. 3:11,12).
CONFIDENCE BY THE FAITH OF HIM” (Eph. 3:11,12).
Indeed, Old Testament saints could not even imagine the access we have today
into God’s Presence “By His Own Blood” (Heb. 9:12). In Grace He Gives us a Full
and Complete Audience whenever we call:
“LET US THEREFORE COME BOLDLY UNTO THE THRONE
OF GRACE, THAT WE MAY OBTAIN MERCY, AND FIND GRACE
TO HELP IN TIME OF NEED” (Heb. 4:14-16).
"OF GRACE, THAT WE MAY OBTAIN MERCY, AND FIND GRACE
TO HELP IN TIME OF NEED” (Heb. 4:14-16).
(RS Miller)
GRACE And Peace...
