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GRACE, Exploring Its Riches


                               the moment Jesus received grace He went about diligent
                               work in strategic areas:
                               i.   He used His grace to deal with the spiritual root of
                                    issues on earth, confronting the devil in his territory
                                    and prevailing over him in it (Colossians 2:15). This is
                                    strategic victory, as most issues and maladies befalling
                                    humanity are controlled from the realm of the spirit.

                               ii.  He went about doing good by liberating people out of
                                    ignorance with His teachings about the Kingdom of
                                    God. He also demonstrated superior power, and by
                                    His grace liberated those oppressed of the devil in any
                                    form.
                               iii. He did not restrict Himself to a geographical location:
                                    “He went about doing good....” He went to cities and
                                    villages in an age when there were neither vehicles nor
                                    air travel. He must have done a lot of trekking.


                               We see that with Jesus grace was not enough to please the
                               Father. He engaged grace diligently. In imitation of Christ,
                               the Christian in any field of human endeavour is required
                               not only to receive grace but to be diligent to put grace to
                               effective use as Jesus did. Whether in ministry, marriage,
                               business,  politics,  daily  living,  scholarship,  parenting  or
                               entrepreneurship,  grace  must  be  received  and  put  to
                               diligent  use.  We  need  to  teach  these  values  in  this
                               generation.  Grace  does  not  replace  hard  work.  It
                               complements and amplifies hard work.







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