Grace and Working Together
2 CORINTHIANS 6:1 Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
Our salvation and our ability to serve God is not because of our own efforts or merits, it is a gift that is bestowed upon us by God's Grace which is unmerited favour and love.
By grace we have received salvation by repenting and trusting in Jesus. We have been born again. But this is not a license or liberty to sin. ROMANS 6:15.JAMES 4:6.
TITUS 2:11-12.11For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, 12Teaching us, that denying ungodliness, and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and piously, in this present world;
Yes we obtain God’s grace for salvation, but also to walk and live in the spirit. Important that we do not receive God's grace in vain. We are transformed by the grace God.
JOHN 10:27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
To follow God we put him first. And we live live our lives according to His Word.
28 And I give to them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any pluck them out of my hand. 29My Father, who gave them to me, is greater than all; and none is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
PHILLIPIANS 2:13 For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him NLT 1 CORINTHIANS 15:10 1 CORINTHIANS 3:10.
The Apostle Paul acknowledged that God’s grace enabled him to perform his God given assignment. We are to do the same.
1 PETER 4:10 As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. WBT.
As saints we have the responsibility to make use of what God has given us. We are stewards of God. To use our gifts to serve each other. We have to allow God to work through us by submitting to him.
ACTS 13:43 Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
And finally there is a grace to obtain at the end.
1 Peter 1:13 Therefore, prepare your minds for action, be sober and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. New Heart English Bible
Grace to come God' divine favour to give us eternal life. And a resurrected glorified body. To be with Jesus evermore. Final salvation.
