chigo93:
Very insightful

chigo93:
Very insightful

jiggaz:
This is an interesting article by Andrew Wommack, a great Man Of God.....
The Gospel is the most basic, foundational message of the
New Testament, yet it’s the most misunderstood. Today’s
religious system is not preaching the same Gospel that Paul
did. They mix it with the Law, and that isn’t the Gospel at
all.
The book of Romans was written to explain the Gospel so
that anybody could understand it. Paul, the writer, made it
so simple that you’d have to have somebody help you to
misunderstand it. And, unfortunately, we’ve had a lot of
help!
Paul started off with this statement in Romans 1:16:
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power
of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew
first, and also to the Greek.
That is a radical statement. This word “gospel” in the
original Greek is a word that was seldom used at the time
this was written. Nobody talked this way, because the word
literally means nearly-too-good-to-be-true news. It referred
to news that was so awesome, nothing really justified using
it. Nothing was nearly too good to be true.
But Paul said he was not ashamed of the Gospel. Why? “For
it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth;
to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.” The Gospel is the
power of God, and that’s talking about grace. Acts 20:24
and Galatians 1:6 both use the terms “gospel” and “grace”
interchangeably. It’s saying that when you understand the
Gospel, or the grace of God, it’ll release the power of God
into your life . That’s huge!
The next verse in Romans 1 says,
For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to
faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
Notice that righteousness is not revealed from Law to Law,
from good deed to good deed—it’s revealed from faith to
faith. Here’s a good piece of information to consider: Sin
won’t stop the power of God for salvation in your life but
trusting in your own good works will . That’s what “the
righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith” means.
You receive the righteousness of God by grace through faith
(Eph. 2:! God won’t withdraw His power because of sin in
your life. That’s why it’s nearly-too-good-to-be-true news.
When you talk like this, people with a religious mindset
immediately say, “Well, what about sin? This sounds like
you’re just giving people a license to sin.” Not so! Last I
checked, people were sinning without a license! I’m not
advocating sin. But, see, this is the immediate reaction
when you start talking about righteousness by faith. They
think you need to make people aware of their sin and the
wrath of God.
But that’s why Paul said in the next verses,
For the wrath of God is [already] revealed from heaven against
all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth
in unrighteousness; [19] Because that which may be known of
God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
Romans 1:18-19, brackets mine
Notice it says it’s manifest in them, not to them, for God
has shown it unto them. God has put in every single person
who has ever breathed an intuitive knowledge that they are
a sinner and that they deserve rejection instead of
acceptance. You don’t need to tell people this; they already
know it.
We aren’t called to convict people of their sin but to
convince them that the only way they can obtain
righteousness, or right standing, with God is through
putting faith in what Jesus did for them, not through
something they’ve done. That’s why I spend so much of my
time on this, and it’s what many of my teaching materials
are devoted to.
Let’s look at Luke 18:9-14 to verify this:
And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in
themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: [10]
Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee,
and the other a publican. [11] The Pharisee stood and prayed
thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men
are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
[12] I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
[13] And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so
much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast,
saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. [14] I tell you, this man
went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every
one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth
himself shall be exalted.
This is a powerful parable. Let me ask you: Are you like the
Pharisee or the publican? I’m not talking about your actions
but your trust. Do you trust in what you do for the Lord or
what He has done for you? If a person is putting faith in all
of their religious acts—all of their holiness—then that will
actually block them from righteousness and relationship
with God. But the person who maybe hasn’t been as good,
yet they’ve humbled themselves and cried out to God, this
is the one who enters into right standing with God.
That’s what it says in Romans 9:30-32a:
What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not
after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the
righteousness which is of faith. [31] But Israel, which followed
after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of
righteousness. [32] Wherefore? Because they sought it not by
faith, but as it were by the works of the law.
This says there are two types of righteousness: a faith
righteousness and a righteousness that comes by the Law.
Righteousness by the Law is a righteousness based on
performance. Another way to say it is “self-righteousness.”
The truth is, nobody can perform well enough to get Law
righteousness, because the Bible says in Isaiah 64:6 that
“all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags.” And James 2:10
says that if you keep the Law and yet offend in one point,
you are guilty of breaking the entire thing . In other words, if
you did ninety-nine out of a hundred things right and one
thing wrong, according to the Law of righteousness, you
would be unrighteous. BUT! If you put your faith in Jesus,
you would receive His righteousness—faith righteousness—
even though you did ninety-nine out of a hundred things
wrong! What a deal!


There are many people today who wouldn’t consider
themselves to be seeking after Law righteousness, but they
really are. Their only hope of entering into heaven instead
of hell is that they go to church, they try to be good, they
live up to some standard of morality. That’s what this is
talking about when it says the Jews weren’t seeking
righteousness by faith but by the Law. They were trying to
earn what God had given as a gift.


The rest of Romans 9:32 says,
For they stumbled at that stumblingstone.
It is offensive to people, particularly if they have a lot of
holy actions to their names, when you tell them that all
their good deeds don’t make them righteous before God.
Then when you tell them sinners who only put faith in God
are more righteous than they are (Matt. 21:28-32), that
really puts them over the top!
They say, “You mean I’m not any better than the person
who’s been out living in sin?”
That’s exactly what I’m saying. That’s exactly what Paul
and Jesus said.
“Well, what have I been doing all this for?”
Good deeds will help you, to a degree, in your relationships
with people, but they won’t give you any clout with God.
You could have more holy acts than anyone you know, but
who wants to be the best sinner who ever went to hell? All
have sinned and come short of the glory of God (Rom.
3:23).


We need a Savior! The only thing we have to offer is faith.
We just believe the nearly-too-good-to-be-true news that
Jesus died for us and paid a debt we couldn’t pay and gave
us a righteousness we couldn’t earn. It’s faith
righteousness!
“Well, I believe in Jesus, but I believe I also have to live holy
to be accepted by God.”
That’s saying Jesus’ payment for sin wasn’t enough—that
you have to add to what Jesus has done—and I believe that
is the greatest sin of all! Jesus either paid for it all, or He
paid for nothing at all! It’s not Jesus plus you; it’s Jesus or
you! It’s not you doing the best you can and then Jesus
making up the difference with grace and mercy. If you try to
mix the two, you have totally polluted what Jesus has done.
It’s either faith righteousness or your righteousness, but not
a combination of the two (Rom. 11:6).
It takes a supernatural revelation by the Holy Spirit to be
able to understand this. But once you do, it’ll transform the
way that you view God, the way that you relate to God, and
the way that you receive from God. The Gospel is the power
of God unto salvation. I encourage you to just humble
yourself and ask God for a supernatural revelation of this
truth. It’s tremendous.


When you truly get a hold of the grace of God, I guarantee
you, it sets you free from sin, not free to sin. You’ll wind up
living holier accidentally than you ever have on purpose.
You’ll serve God out of love stricter and stronger than you
ever would have out of legalism.


Jesus said you shall know the truth and the truth shall make
you free (John 8:32). It’s not truth that sets you free; it’s
the truth you know that sets you free. But before you can
know it, you’ve got to hear it. Faith comes by hearing and
hearing by the Word of God (Rom. 10:17).

http://www.awmi.net/extra/article/grace_power

segebobo:
I'm still trying to fully comprehend the full meaning of this Grace

segebobo:
I'm still trying to fully comprehend the full meaning of this Grace

segebobo:
I'm still trying to fully comprehend the full meaning of this Grace

bxcode:
Andrew Wommack is a rare preacher in this our generation, God had really used him to reveal his supernatural love and power to me. I have lots of his teachings like A better way to pray, Knowing God, Grace and faith, Limiting God etc. and the intimacy I have come to develope with Jesus ever since is my greatest treasure now and I wouldn't trade it for anything on this earth. It's been awesome
God is truly love and he is good God.

jiggaz:
Right believing brings about Right Living.... Happy Sunday people...

jiggaz:
Noted

jiggaz:
Right believing brings about Right Living.... Happy Sunday people...

segebobo:
I'm still trying to fully comprehend the full meaning of this Grace

Goshen360:

Some say Grace is God's "unmerited favour" - that is, you get from God what you didn't merit (as a sinner). But when I understood this message of the Grace of God, I came to the understanding that it is "everything God had done for us (humanity & Christians) through the DBR that is, death, burial and resurrection of Christ. There's no person that preaches\teaches Grace without exploring these 3 aspects of the finished works of Christ and upon these is the Christian faith built.
New Living Translation
And if Christ has not been raised, then all our preaching is useless, and your faith is useless.
1 Corinthians 15:14
New American Standard Bible
and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins.
1 Corinthians 15:17
Glory be to God, Hallelujah!

ABDULADINO:
Absolutely agree with everything womack said.
Grace is a free gift. But if someone gives you a gift that frees you there is much more moral obligation to reciprocate with thanks than when he comes with rules that says this is the reason for the gift.Grace was never meant for us to disgrace God.

jiggaz:
good morning

Charisplus:
Truly awesome!
I bless God for Andrew Wommack. His messages actually started me on this journey of experiencing the grace of God. When you really understand this message you end up living a life full of thanks to the One who has shown you so much love and you "accidentally" live a "holier" life than when you have to keep observing rules and laws!