Can I ask you a question, if I were to give you a gift all wrap up in pretty paper, and a pretty bow on top of it, would you open it, or would you just stare at it. Chances on you would differently open it and see what kind of gift that was inside. Over the next few posts that I put on here I would like to take the time and talk to you about God’s Grace. What is grace, it is an undeserved favor or gift, the undeserved forgiveness, kindness, and mercy that God gives us. In the book of Ephesians 2:4-9 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions-it is by grace you have been saved. And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. For it is grace you have been saved through faith-and this is not from yourselves it is the gift of God-not by works so that no one can boast.
John Wesley founder of the Methodist movement and early Methodists, grace was the powerful process by which believers came to experience God and know God’s salvation. Wesley believers coming to repentance. He believed grace could lead believers to love God with all of their beings and to love neighbors and the world as they loved themselves. Wesley understood God’s grace as a unified piece, but for teaching he defined grace as having three aspects.
Prevenient Grace is the grace that comes to us even before we know God. God showers it upon all people whether they are aware of it or not. Through prevenient grace, God takes the initiative in beginning a relationship with us. Prevenient grace is God’s way of showing us that no matter who we are or where we are, God is already there ahead of us, waiting for us. God’s prevenient grace precedes us wherever we go. This is the grace John Wesley believed is lavish and free and available to us all.
Grace and Peace to you My Friends
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