Grace is powerful and active. It is not passive or
reactive in the least. Grace is proactive. Grace is Jesus Christ
living his life in you.Grace is the power
and the life of
God manifesting in us.
I've come to realize this, that it's not grace that
causes passivity in people but actually just poor understanding of
GRACE. Perverted grace says do
nothing… its says
you can't do anything... if God is not doing it then...he is not doing it...God will put food in your mouth....if you don't forgive then GOD does't want you to forgive..... that is false GRACE..
PROACTIVE grace
says God IS AT
WORK IN ME
. Grace shows us how much gold is there
and awakens a desire to live in it. No longer will you try and earn Gods love, acceptance, favor,
blessings or avoid his curse, punishment and disapproval, now it's because you
know him and love him and have faith in him and your new nature is full of him
and awakened! You discover that anything less than all of heaven manifesting
all around you is unacceptable, since you are a royal priest and a mighty child
of God with full authority and rights to a great inheritance.
Grace awakens your spirit
man…. You know that
living a dirty
life is unacceptable …. There is
no room for
swimming in ocean of evil.
For GOD IS AT WITH YOU.
Passive grace is a dead
grace… proactive is grace
is a living Grace
James: Faith without works is dead. Don’t tell me you
have faith if the way you live doesn’t back up what you say. (James 2:17–18)
John: Love without deeds is dead. Don’t tell me you
love if the way you live doesn’t back up what you say. (1 John 3:17–18)
Paul: Grace without holiness is dead. Don’t tell me
you revel in God’s grace if the way you live doesn’t back up what you say.
(Romans 6:12–14)
Jesus: Discipleship without obedience is dead. Don’t
tell me I’m your Lord if the way you live doesn’t back up what you say.
(Matthew 7:21)
Jesus calls us to believe (Mark 1:15; 9:23). For
Jesus, believing is never mere intellectual assent to a creed. It always
implies and requires action. James’s statement that faith without works is dead
is backed up by the entire Bible. If you believe God, you will do what he says
(Matthew 7:21; John 14:15).
Jesus calls us to follow him (John 10:27). Following
Jesus is a life of pursuit of Jesus. It is a call to renounce everything (Luke
14:33). Yes, everything. We keep nothing from Jesus, and what we have, we
receive from him and steward for him. We are not our own; we are his (1
Corinthians 6:19–20). Our lives become an active seeking of Christ’s kingdom
ahead of everything else (Matthew 6:33).
Jesus calls us to receive this grace by exercising
faith — by making behavioral demands on us. He does this because (1) our
behaviors are the external demonstrations of our true internal desires, and (2)
our behaviors themselves become a means of sanctifying grace. “If you know
these things, blessed are you if you do them” (John 13:17). Holy habits
actually work to deepen our beliefs, increase our affections, and intensify our
desires.
In an age of paralyzing complexity, we need to live a simple life by
believing and
acting on the word of GOD.
Grace is sweet….
Grace is proactive …grace is
eternal
