Grace! Grace!

Friend, never forget that the grace of God is one of the most strong, efficacious and abundant wonders in the universe! Often times, we are so overwhelmed and bombarded by the apparent power of sin in our lives, that we never stop to consider that God's grace is actually stronger than our sin! It's true..

The Bible says, "But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many" (Rom 5:15)..

It goes to say: "For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous" (Rom 5:19).

Here is another translation: "There is no comparison between God's gift and Adam's failure. If humanity died as the result of one person's failure, it is certainly true that God's kindness and the gift given through the kindness of one person, Jesus Christ, have been showered on humanity... It is certain that death ruled because of one person's failure. It's even more certain that those who receive God's overflowing kindness and the gift of his approval will rule in life because of one person, Jesus Christ" (Rom 5:15, 17; GWT).

Can you see what is happening here? The grace of God is exponentially stronger than the power of sin! Even though Adam's trespass birthed the entire human race into federal sin and darkness (Ps 51:5; 58:3; Gen 5:3), Jesus, the last Adam, has supplied a new evident power that wonderfully outweighs the first. It's called grace! The grace of God is so effective, in fact, that it's able to completely reverse the effects of sin for all peoples! His grace literally tramples Adam's sin (our sin)! "To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace" (Eph 1:6-7). The efficacy is astounding! In Adam many were made sinners, but in Christ Jesus many shall be made righteous! This isn't only a covering over of sin, but rather a complete eradication of sin! This is the power of His cross! Such overwhelming grace is to be our divine possession; We aren't expected to live in defeat. Aren't you grateful? Oh what a wonder He is!

"Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it" (Zech 4:7).