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1 Corinthians

1 Corinthians 
Day 
Day 200

"By the grace of God..."

Text: 1 Corinthians 15:10

THE GRACE OF GOD

The word “grace” was never used in a theoretical manner in Paul’s writing. Grace, the unmerited favour of God was very personal, real and precious!

“But by the grace of God I am what I am,
and His grace toward me was not in vain;
but I laboured more abundantly than they all,
yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
Therefore, whether it was I or they,
so we preach and so you believed.”
1 Corinthians 15:10-11

1. “By the grace of God I am what I am”

a) Paul was conscious of what the Lord had enabled him to do.
b) He had been put into the ministry of God (1 Timothy 1:12).
c) He had been appointed a preacher.
d) An apostle
e) A teacher of the Gentiles (2 Timothy 1:11).
f) We could add a lot more things that Paul had become!
g) Paul attributed all he had done to the grace of God.

2. “His grace toward me was not in vain”

a) Paul made full use of the grace God gave.
b) He did not allow that grace to be given in vain.

3. “I laboured more abundantly than they all”

a) Paul worked very, very hard.
b) If he were to compare with others, he could say that he had indeed laboured more than others!

4. “Yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me”

a) Paul was quick to add that it was the grace of God that was with him.
b) He heavily depended on the grace of God.
c) That grace was meant to be employed in life and ministry.
d) He was most conscious of God’s grace in his life.

5. “So we preach and so you believed”

a) All the apostles preached the same gospel.
b) And many came to believe in Jesus Christ the Lord through the preaching of the gospel.