The Exceeding Greatness of His Grace
by Mitchell Tan
November 20, 2019
BY GRACE WE ARE GREATLY BLESSED SPIRITUALLY
God’s wonderful attributes can be deeply appreciated with regard to the salvation given to us. His love is the underlying reason that brought about salvation. Through His love, He has been most merciful in not leaving us in the deadness of sin and to be condemned in judgment. Instead, it is by grace that we have been saved through faith. And we have been greatly blessed spiritually. By grace, the power of God has saved and blessed us positionally in the spiritual realm.
1. GRACE – SAVED FROM DEATH TO LIFE
“Even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together …”
Ephesians 2:5-6
A. MADE US ALIVE WITH CHRIST
When we were still dead in sin, God has made us come alive together with Christ. We have found spiritual life in Him. We have come alive to all things that are spiritual; our faith in Christ is alive, we have found life from the word of God and we have become alive to all things spiritual.
B. RAISED US UP TOGETHER
We have been raised up from the deadness of sin and trespasses. God’s power has raised us up together with Christ. Even as Christ has been raised from the dead, even so we through that same amazing power has been raised up together to be with the Lord Jesus
2. GRACE – EXALTED TOGETHER WITH CHRIST
“… And made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus …”
Ephesians 2:6
It is by His grace that He has made us sit together in the heavenly places with the Lord Jesus. In Christ Jesus, we have been placed with an undeserved honour that He has been given. What a special privilege and honour for all of us to be seated spiritually with Christ our Lord! It takes faith for us to be able to see these invisible yet concrete spiritual blessings that have been given by God.
3. GRACE – SHOWING TO THE WORLD THE GREATNESS OF HIS GRACE
“… That in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.”
Ephesians 2:7
The grace of God in giving us such wonderful spiritual blessings is not limited to the point of salvation. There is tremendous purpose behind this. His great grace would be revealed further in the ages to come.
A. TO FULLY SHOW THE EXCEEDING RICHES OF HIS GRACE
The Lord’s glorious grace shown to us at the point of salvation is just the beginning. There is so much more that we can discover of the grace of God. The surpassing richness of His grace would be fully shown to the world in the many years ahead.
B. TO EXPERIENCE HIS KINDNESS TOWARD US IN CHRIST JESUS
We would be able to experience the great kindness and goodness of God toward us in salvation. There would be many wonderful and glorious things that we would experience. The world will see the greatness of His grace as He will gather in one all things in Christ. There would be a wonderful spiritual inheritance waiting to be given to us in heaven. There would be the full redemption of our soul. Truly the grace of God is to be deeply treasured. Let’s look forward to discovering further the Lord’s exceeding grace in His wonderful plan of salvation.
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