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Expressions of Grace


                               1.     Grace is available to all men
                               We have noticed how Titus 2:11 says “the grace of God that
                               brings  salvation  has  appeared  to  all  men.”  The  grace  of
                               Christ our Saviour does not segregate or discriminate. It is
                               available and accessible to all human beings. It does not
                               matter whether one is morally upright or a fraudster, a thief,
                               rapist, prostitute, a paedophile and social outcast; all have
                               access to the grace of God. There is no living person that
                               cannot be influenced and radically changed if they come
                               under the influence of the grace of God.


                               Paul, for instance, was a murderer and persecutor of the
                               righteous;  yet,  grace  transformed  him.  The  madman  at
                               Gadara, in Mark Chapter 5, had lost his mind until grace
                               transformed him and gave him a new lease of life. The
                               import of that is that no matter the social advantages or
                               disadvantages, or the location in which a person lives or the
                               nature of work one does, grace is available to every human
                               being.

                               2.     Grace teaches the recipients of grace.
                               The next thing to be noticed about grace is that it brings the
                               revelation of the Kingdom of God to those who receive it.
                               Grace teaches us the manner of God’s Kingdom, its culture,
                               values  and  accompanying  lifestyle,  all  of  which  are
                               supernaturally  unveiled  and  implanted  in  us.  The
                               immediate effect is that what hitherto were mysteries of the
                               kingdom are comprehended once grace is accessed. It beats
                               me, therefore, when a person professes grace, yet they learn




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