The General overseer of The Deeper Christian Life Ministry- pastor Williams Folorunso kumuyi spoke explicitly on the possibility of God’s Grace through Christ in the ongoing Global Crusade in Kwara State. The Bible Don demystified the topic below:
(i) ABUNDANT GRACE FOR A LIFE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS – Romans 5:17,21; 2 Corinthians 1:12; 4:15-18; 1 Timothy 1:14-16. There is an abundance of grace from the Lord, if you are getting tired, or your present challenges and temptations seem heavier on you, go back to the Lord, and receive the abundance of the grace of God, “For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)” (Romans 5:17).
This grace is available for everyone. We don’t try to live the godly life by our strength but by the grace of God (2 Corinthians 1:12). Paul the Apostle was a terrible sinner, and hater of God and the gospel, but the grace of God came into his life, to transform him as the chiefest of sinners (1 Timothy 1:14-16). That what God did in his life, He can do in your life today, that God will turn your life around and people who see you today, will see the grace of God in your life. And you will be able to show the practical Christian life anywhere you go in Jesus Name.
(ii) ABIDING GRACE FOR THE LOVE OF THE REDEEMER – Acts 13:43; 11:23; Jude 1:4-5; Hebrews 10:29-31,38-39. You need to abide in that grace of God not rising and falling, coming in and going out. That grace will keep you holy and make you the man or woman you ought to be in Jesus Name. “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” (Acts 13:43).
(iii) FULLNESS AND SUFFICIENCY OF OUR RICH SAVIOUR (2 Corinthians 8:9; 9:8,15; John 1:16; Colossians 2:9-10)
Once we know Christ, that connection, engagement with Christ sets us free, and makes us victorious, “For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich” (2 Corinthians 8:9). It is the riches and abundance in Christ that set us free. The grace of God can sustain you in the time of trials and temptations. The grace of God is the gift of God that is unspeakable, unfathomable, and unsearchable (2 Corinthians 9:8). The grace that comes at salvation is not the end of the grace that you can have, the grace to live a victorious life, to turn around from the old creature to the new creature, having a new life that is joyful, successful, and overcoming, that grace is still available. It is the same way you had grace for salvation, sanctification, that you will have for service as well.
- THE PURPOSE OF SAVING GRACE IN HIS REGENERATED SAINTS. 1 John 3:5-9
It is by that grace we are saved that we are regenerated, reformed, and our lives take a new direction and purpose. “And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin” (1 John 3:5). The believer ought to know by himself from the word of God that He Christ was manifested to take away every form of sin – occasionally, habitual, fleshly, or evil sins, that He was manifested to take away all those things that will want to hinder you from the kingdom of God. The connection from the Saviour will prevent you from going into sin, that you will be very careful, thoughtful, that Christ lives in you now, and you cannot continue to do those evil things anymore. “Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him” (1 John 3:6). You see Him by grace, and that grace will make you deny ungodliness and worldly lust, it will separate you from sin, it will save you from sins. When salvation comes, freedom and victory over sin will come because of the grace of God (1 John 3:7-8).
