Grace to Everyone

“But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift...” Ephesians 4:7. 

You might be saying to yourself and others that you are not talented and not capable of doing anything valuable. That is not true. Everybody has got some kind of gift or grace from God. It maybe smaller in size or effect when it is used, but it is not about the size of gift, but about using it according to God’s given purpose. You see, God sees the value of things differently than us. We look at the size and tend to exalt talents that are more powerful, attractive, and impressive or make more money. God values people who faithfully use what they have been given. And it does not matter how big is your gift, but how faithfully you use it. You are valuable, because God created you and loves you, not because of what you have or don’t. Never forget that!

By grace through faith

„For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.“ Ephesians 2: 8-9

I have already written a number of posts from the second chapter of Ephesians. Let’s do one more. It is such a rich epistle that you do not want to skip a single verse. 

Two things save us from wrath of God and they are: grace and faith. Grace shows where the source of salvation is and faith enables us to connect to the source. I am happy that Paul added the part about works. They won’t save us. The Word of God does not leave us any possibility to boast or claim that we are good enough to be saved. We are not. It is all through His Grace and it is all by faith.

Dead to sin

Romans 6:1: “What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase?”

So, shall we? Grace set us free from the power of sin. Being free how can we continue staying in sin? No way! Let the grace increase and sin decrease. We do not want to be slaves to sin. Every Christian should consider himself to be dead to sin. A dead person cannot be tempted. He does not feel any lures of sin. He cannot be deceived. Being dead to sin is an attitude that we should have in our minds. Then will grace increase and our sins decrease.