Title: The secret to receiving grace
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Title: The secret to receiving grace
Bible: 2 Corinthians 6:1-2
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This time, we would like to share a message with the title of “The Secret of Receiving Grace”.
Among the saints, there are many saints who seek to receive grace regardless of whether there is something to be done.
However, the problem is that it is okay if you go to a perfect place and receive grace, but you must go to the wrong place and listen to the Word, and then fall into heresy, and wander alone in temptation.
It is said that we are living in a generation in which it is difficult to experience God's grace than at any other time in the past.
Many people say that God's grace and love are worse than before.
But the God we believe in is the same God yesterday and today.
He is giving the same grace he gave to those of faith in the past with the same grace to us today.
We must realize that the problem is not with God or elsewhere, but with us.
Verse 1 of the text says, “Do not receive the grace of God in vain.”
Verse 2 says, “Behold, now is the acceptable time.”
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We must be able to discover the secret of receiving God's grace through the words of this text.
According to 1 Samuel 2:7-8,
“The Lord makes poor and makes rich; he humbles and exalts.
He raises the poor from the dust, lifts the needy from the dung heap, He makes nobles sit down with them, and set them on thrones of glory.”
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These words are to confess that the problem of our salvation and the problem of life are not in other places, but in God alone.
In other words, when we receive God's grace, we acknowledge our life as a life of grace when the problem of our salvation and life's problems are solved before God.
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So, how can we receive God's grace?
First, we must thoroughly believe in the Word of God and live as it is.
According to Joshua 1:8,
“Do not let this book of the law depart from your mouth, and meditate on it day and night, and observe all that is written in it, so that you may make your way prosperous.”
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The Word guides us on the path of life and is the food of life that nourishes our spirit.
In the Word, the covenant God made with us is recorded.
In other words, the word of God is the word that enables us as saints to realize the grace that comes from God.
Therefore, as saints, we must always be near to the Word.
We do not stop at reading and listening to the Word, but we must become understanding believers, and enlightened believers must live a life of witnessing through the practice of life.
The grace we receive from God's Word is not only enjoyed by us, but it has the power to express, teach, and have a beautiful influence in our lives.
God's Word says that there is nothing wrong with it.
We must find the answer to our life's problems in the Bible, and we must also find the direction we need to go in the Bible.
Second, pray to God with a fervent wish.
God's grace has 'prepared grace' and 'grace to receive'.
‘Prepared grace’ refers to the grace of blessing promised through the Bible, and ‘grace to receive’ refers to the grace we receive through earnest prayers with fervent wishes.
It was because of the woman's earnest plea that Jesus went to the Gentile land of Tire and healed the Syrophonic woman's demon-possessed daughter.
The Lord listened to the woman's supplication, pleading for her daughter with tears, and gave her grace.
In Isaiah 38, God decided to call Hezekiah, king of Judah, and sent a prophet to tell Hezekiah to prepare for death now.
But Hezekiah wept with tears and begged to prolong his life.
Hezekiah's prayer began with the fact that his life was based on the Word and following God's will.
Then, God saw Hezekiah's tears, heard his prayer, and extended his life by 15 years.
This is God's grace.
Therefore, I ask in the name of the Lord that we who are saints also realize that prayer is the way to receive God's grace, and that we become believers who work hard in our prayer life.
Third, the secret to receiving God's grace is a life of faith that pleases God.
The secret of receiving God's grace can be divided into three major categories. The first is the grace that is prepared, the second is the grace that we ask for, and the third is the grace that is given even when we do not ask.
However, this third grace, which is given without asking, is given when we please God, and when our religious life touches the heart of God and heats it up.
How can we please God?
God is pleased when we thoroughly confess Jesus Christ as Lord and walk in His ways by faith.
Conversely, if we move away from the Lord, we are hurting God's heart.
Parents are the happiest when their children understand and understand their parents' will and live according to their will.
Likewise, when we know and do God's will in our lives, God is most pleased.
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We are living by God's grace, and only when we receive more of God's grace can we live a victorious life.
Therefore, I hope you now have faith to long for God's grace.
And in order to receive this grace of God, I hope you will strive to obey the Word and live a prayer life, and live a life that warms the heart of God and pleases God.
I pray in the name of the Lord that you will become believers who realize the secret of receiving God's grace and experience the amazing work of adding God's grace to your life every day.