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GRACE, Exploring Its Riches

them was indicating when He testified
beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glories
that would follow. To them it was revealed that,
not to themselves, but to us they were ministering
the things which now have been reported to you
through those who have preached the gospel to you
by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things
which angels desire to look into. Therefore gird up
the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope
fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at
the revelation of Jesus Christ.”

Grace Entry Point – Repentance

Else anyone should miss the point, God’s grace though
readily available through Christ to all men, to all humanity,
and no matter who, and is available at anytime and
anywhere; yet it is not everyone you see on our streets that
manifests God’s grace. I wish they all do; but they don’t,
and the reason is clearly revealed in the Holy Scriptures.

In just four verses (Titus 2:11-14), Apostle Paul
encapsulates the entry point of grace into a man’s life, and
what it begins to do in man thereafter. “For the grace of God
that brings salvation hasappeared to all men, teaching us
that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live
soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, looking
for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great
God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for us, that

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