The Seven Colors of Grace, Part 5

The Seven Colors of Grace, Part 5

-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow
 
Hope
 
The heavens declare the glory of God (Psalm 19:1 NKJV).
 
Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope by grace, comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work (2 Thessalonians 2:16-17).
 
A heart without faith is a heart without hope.

It is not God’s will for anyone, in any generation, to live in hopelessness. There are those who live without hope, those who live with false hope, and those who live with true hope. It is true hope that fills the heart with “the blessed hope”, which is the second coming of Jesus Christ.
 
Looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ (Titus 2:13 NKJV).
 
Hope looks ahead to what is unseen with confident assurance and expectation that what God has promised will be fulfilled in His time. 
 
For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance (Romans 8:24-25 NKJV).
 
Hope is not something we acquire through wishful thinking or positive attitudes. Hope comes to us from God. He is the God of hope, and hope becomes ours when we believe His promises.

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The Seven Colors of Grace, Part 4

The Seven Colors of Grace, Part 4
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow
 
Faith
 
The heavens declare the glory of God (Psalm 19:1 NKJV).
 
But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him (Hebrews 11:6 NKJV).
 
In the previous postings the focus has been upon what God has given us in His promises, by His grace, and through His Son. In this posting the focus is upon how we can respond to what God has given.
 
Faith is our response to what God has given.
Faith makes it possible for us to become believers in God’s promises and receivers of the riches of His grace through Jesus Christ.
 
People like Able, Enoch, Abraham, and Noah all had one thing in common that separated them from others. It was their faith.
 
By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith (Hebrews 11:7 NKJV).
 
Faith is a living thing. It cannot thrive or survive on opinions, slogans, or self-help ideas. Faith, in order to be faith, must have a promise from God to trust in. Faith believes, receives, and rests in the promises of God who cannot lie. 
 
In a world where things are always changing, faith puts us on the side of what is changeless. God doesn’t change. Truth doesn’t change. The Holy Spirit doesn’t change. Jesus doesn’t change. 
 
God’s Word and the promises He has spoken are never outdated, misspoken, or uncertain. They are eternal. They are alive and always relevant in the lives of those who believe.
 
Our faith isn’t asked to take educated guesses, calculated risks, or follow hunches. Faith leads to confident obedience to what God has said. Faith is complete trust in God, knowing He cannot fail and will not get it wrong.
 
By faith, you will never be without a rock to stand upon, you will never be without a foundation to build upon, and you will never be without a Savior to call upon.
 
The just shall live by faith (Galatians 3:11 NKJV).

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The Seven Colors of Grace, Part 3

The Seven Colors of Grace, Part 3
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow
 
Jesus
 
The heavens declare the glory of God (Psalm 19:1 NKJV).
 
That in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus (Ephesians 2:7 NKJV).
 
How kind God is to us. It is a kindness that gave us the gift of His Son! We who deserve nothing have received everything God’s love could give, and He gives it to us in abundance. 
 
Grace doesn’t come to us out of thin air, it comes to us through a person. That person is Jesus Christ. Jesus is the embodiment of grace and He is the “yes” to every promise God has made. Jesus is the greatest gift love could ever give and in Jesus is found every spiritual blessing and every good and perfect gift. 
 
Grace and truth came through Jesus Christ (John 1:17). 
 
The following acronym helps define the meaning of grace found in Jesus Christ:
 
G-God’s gift of salvation 
R-Richly and freely 
A-Abounds toward us
C-Christ being the only source
E-Extending to us God’s mercy and forgiveness. 
 
The riches that are in Jesus Christ can fill the poorest person on earth with the greatest treasures a human heart could ever possess.
 
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich (2 Corinthians 8:9).
 
Jesus is the fullness of grace. Everything that Jesus is, He is in the fullest sense. Nothing in Jesus is given in small portions. The grace He imparts to us is abundant grace.
 
I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given to you by Christ Jesus, that you were enriched in everything by Him (1 Corinthians 1:4-5).
 
“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you” (2 Corinthians 13:14 NASB).

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The Seven Colors of Grace, Part 2

The Seven Colors of Grace, Part 2
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow
 
Grace
 
The heavens declare the glory of God (Psalm 19:1 NKJV).
 
God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work (2 Corinthians 9:8 NKJV).
 
How do the promises God has made to us become ours? How does salvation, forgiveness, peace, blessing, joy, strength, help, comfort, and hope arrive from God’s heart to ours? God has not chosen academic excellence, religious practices, hard work, good behavior, wealth, fame, or human influence as the way His promises arrive in our hearts and are experienced in our lives.
 
Everything that comes from God comes to us by grace. Every blessing, every gift, every favor is ours because of grace. Grace is given, it is not earned. Grace comes by receiving it, not earning it. Grace is based on mercy, not merit. Grace is a gift, not a reward. Grace makes it possible for us to receive from God what we do not deserve.
 
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 NKJV).
 
Grace is what God extends to us and imparts to us. It is something real. Grace means God has extended favor and kindness to us. Grace also means God has imparted His blessings in us. 
 
Grace is our sufficiency.
 
Through grace God brings the help we need in our times of need. Through grace God also places His righteous desires within us and strengthens us with the power necessary to fulfill those desires.
 
(See Romans 5:17, 2 Timothy 2:1, Hebrews 13:9, Hebrews 4:17).
 
For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men (Titus 2:11 NKJV).
 
God’s eyes do not search throughout the whole earth to find the most talented, highly educated, best looking, or most successful people so He can bless them and make His promises real in their lives. God is looking for hearts that want to be His, that want to know Him, that seek to please Him and that fully put their trust in Him.
 
For the eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His… (2 Chronicles 16:9 NASB).

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The Seven Colors of Grace, Part 1

The Seven Colors of Grace, Part 1
 
The heavens declare the glory of God (Psalm 19:1 NKJV).
 
Part 1, Promises
 
He has bestowed on us His precious and magnificent promises [of inexpressible value] (2 Peter 1:4 AMP).
 
The seven colors of grace remind us of who God is and what He has promised. In the rainbow God tells us He is a promise maker, and that He keeps His promises.

The Bible is filled with God’s promises. They are not empty promises spoken with empty words. They are spoken from God’s heart and express His will. When God speaks a promise, He is faithful to His word and has the power to fulfill what He has said.
 
God never speaks a promise lightly. He never misspeaks. Every promise is intended for good, for His glory, and to fulfill righteousness. His character and divine attributes stand behind every promise. God cannot lie. Only the truth is in Him. God is perfect, without flaw or imperfection. God is holy. Nothing is too hard for Him, and nothing is impossible. When God speaks a promise there is no enemy who can overrule Him, silence Him, or cancel what He has said. God is almighty and rules over all.
 
God has left nothing unsaid that needed to be said to encourage us, keep us strong, and anchor us to His love, His word, His presence, and His will.

Every promise that is needed to keep us steadfast, secure, and filled with confident hope has been spoken in His Scriptures and revealed through His Son.
 
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you,  who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time (1 Peter 1:3-5 NKJV).

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The Seven Colors of Grace, Introduction

The Seven Colors of Grace, Introduction
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow
 
I thank my God…for the grace of God which was given to you by Christ Jesus (1 Corinthians 1:4).
 
Grace is God’s goodness; it is the kindness of God’s heart. - A.W. Tozer
 
Spiritual light has many beams and prismatic colors….As all the colors blend into one resplendent rainbow, so all the glories of heaven and earth meet in Jesus. -C.H. Spurgeon
 
As each one has received a gift, minister to one another, as good stewards of the manifold (multi-colored) grace of God (1 Peter 4:10).
 
When I first read 1 Peter 4:10 and discovered that the word “manifold” can also be translated “multi-colored” it opened a new door of insight into the riches and fullness of God’s grace. It is a grace found in Jesus Christ alone, and can be depicted in each of the seven colors of God’s rainbow. 
 
As we focus on these colors it will be a spiritual focus. The aim is not to share scientific information about the rainbow (as interesting as that might be), but to present biblical truth to help you discover why God placed this amazing sight of seven glorious colors in the sky.
 
May His light shine upon you, may His grace bring you the greatest treasures of His love, and may His everlasting faithfulness bring to your life a heart filled with hope.

-Roy Lessin

Readers and Friends,

Join us each week on Wednesday as we pursue this wonderful series on The Seven Colors of Grace!
-Marina

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