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What Is Grace? by pressplay411(m): 12:16pm On Jun 01, 2019
Knowledge with Understanding is Power and Deliverance. That is what produces the Wisdom of God in Man.

Our definition/understanding of Grace determines what it can make out of us.
Grace, like every other identity of God is multifaceted.

-There's a dimension of Grace that is defined as God's Unmerited Favour. Ephesians 2:8
-There's another dimension of Grace that is defined as Access to God's unlimited provisions and supplies. 2 Corinthians 9:8
-There's yet another dimension of Grace which is defined as the Enablement of God to become like Christ. Titus 2:11-12

Those who only define Grace as Unmerited Favour can easily be misled to think they can continue in sin as Grace abounds. But in the words of Apostle Paul, God Forbid.

Those who define Grace as Access to God's unlimited provisions and supplies tend to be easily misled with the gospel of prosperity (financial, money)

Those who define Grace as Enablement for Christ-likeness more often than not tend to be self-righteous.

But those who define Grace in the Light of all three definitions walk in the Wholeness of the Manifestation of Grace.

Grace truly is the Unmerited Favour of God that gives us Access to the All-sufficiency of God through the blood of Jesus Christ and supplies us with the enablement to be like Christ for the establishment of God's Kingdom and Righteousness.

Grace and Understanding to us all.

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Re: What Is Grace? by orisa37: 12:38pm On Jun 01, 2019
Grace is The Blessings of God that make you act, interact and move freely without discrimination or incrimination of sort.

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Re: What Is Grace? by Nobody: 3:22pm On Jun 01, 2019
Adam is a sinner who deserves to die{Genesis 3:19} so all his children are doomed for life to continue dying and their age limit diminishing! Psalms 49:7-12 Romans 5:12
So for God to have taken the step to redeem Adam's children in order to restore them back to his first plan for Adam which is living forever, it's kindness NOT deserved or GRACE!
God's good plans is for OBEDIENT children of DISOBEDIENT Adam, whoever remains disobedient amongst Adam's descendants can't attain to that special favour!
So we don't deserve all what God is doing to redeem us,therefore we need to show appreciation for his undeserved kindness{GRACE}
That only saving grace is to IDENTIFY his only begotten son who will teach us how to please his father well { John 3:16-18} Jesus laid down the principles and handed it over to few faithful Jews whom he gave the task to go and TEACH all other people! Matthew 28:20
Satan is determined to complicate issues by establishing different kinds of religion all in the name of Jesus{God's son} This will make it difficult for both obedient and arrogant descendants of Adam to know exactly what Jesus taught which is the only saving grace! That is why Satan made sure that all the pioneers of Jesus' teachings were killed but before then they had penned everything down for OBEDIENT individuals to know all that their Master, Lord and King taught them. Revelations 12:17
Today there are many religious groups teaching people what is common traditions of men, but Jesus' true followers are in the neighbourhood ready to teach us the bitter truth that's not according to man's tradition which have been manipulated countless times by Satan! So everywhere people see them, they hate them because their teachings is not in tune with common human traditions! John 17:14-16
While the GRACE is for all, it will only benefit those who are able to IDENTIFY Jesus' true followers whom an ancient prophet called JEWS in a spiritual sense! Zachariah 8:23
That is why another prophet said salvation of many is dicey! Zephaniah 2:2-3 compared to Luke 13:24
Thanks!

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Re: What Is Grace? by budaatum: 10:34pm On Jun 01, 2019
pressplay411:
Knowledge with Understanding is Power and Deliverance. That is what produces the Wisdom of God in Man.

Our definition/understanding of Grace determines what it can make out of us.
Grace, like every other identity of God is multifaceted.

-There's a dimension of Grace that is defined as God's Unmerited Favour. Ephesians 2:8
-There's another dimension of Grace that is defined as Access to God's unlimited provisions and supplies. 2 Corinthians 9:8
-There's another dimension of Grace which is defined as the Enablement of God to become like Christ. Titus 2:11-12

Those who only define Grace as Unmerited Favour can easily be misled to think they can continue in sin as Grace abounds. But in the words of Apostle Paul, God Forbid.

Those who define Grace as Access to God's unlimited provisions and supplies tend to be easily misled with the gospel of prosperity (financial, money)

Those who define Grace as Enablement for Christ-likeness more often than not tend to be self-righteous.

But those who define Grace in the Light of all three definitions walk in the Wholeness of the Manifestation of Grace.

Grace truly is the Unmerited Favour of God that gives us Access to the All-sufficiency of God through the blood of Jesus Christ and supplies us with the enablement to be like Christ for the establishment of God's Kingdom and Righteousness.

Grace and Understanding to us all.
Thank you.

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Re: What Is Grace? by pressplay411(m): 11:20pm On Jun 01, 2019
orisa37:
Grace is The Blessings of God that make you act, interact and move freely without discrimination or incrimination of sort.

What do you mean by incrimination?
Re: What Is Grace? by pressplay411(m): 11:23pm On Jun 01, 2019
Maximus69:
Adam is a sinner who deserves to die{Genesis 3:19} so all his children are doomed for life to continue dying and their age limit diminishing! Psalms 49:7-12 Romans 5:12
So for God to have taken the step to redeem Adam's children in order to restore them back to his first plan for Adam which is living forever, it's kindness NOT deserved or GRACE!
God's good plans is for OBEDIENT children of DISOBEDIENT Adam, whoever remains disobedient amongst Adam's descendants can't attain to that special favour!
So we don't deserve all what God is doing to redeem us,therefore we need to show appreciation for his undeserved kindness{GRACE}
That only saving grace is to IDENTIFY his only begotten son who will teach us how to please his father well { John 3:16-18} Jesus laid down the principles and handed it over to few faithful Jews whom he gave the task to go and TEACH all other people! Matthew 28:20
Satan is determined to complicate issues by establishing different kinds of religion all in the name of Jesus{God's son} This will make it difficult for both obedient and arrogant descendants of Adam to know exactly what Jesus taught which is the only saving grace! That is why Satan made sure that all the pioneers of Jesus' teachings were killed but before then they had penned everything down for OBEDIENT individuals to know all that their Master, Lord and King taught them. Revelations 12:17
Today there are many religious groups teaching people what is common traditions of men, but Jesus' true followers are in the neighbourhood ready to teach us the bitter truth that's not according to man's tradition which have been manipulated countless times by Satan! So everywhere people see them, they hate them because their teachings is not in tune with common human traditions! John 17:14-16
While the GRACE is for all, it will only benefit those who are able to IDENTIFY Jesus' true followers whom an ancient prophet called JEWS in a spiritual sense! Zachariah 8:23
That is why another prophet said salvation of many is dicey! Zephaniah 2:2-3 compared to Luke 13:24
Thanks!

How Satan corrupted the gospel of Grace is astounding. He truly is crafty and divisive.
Thanks for sharing.
Re: What Is Grace? by Nobody: 5:22am On Jun 02, 2019
The word grace from the gospel perspective means two different things:

1. The Spirit of God

2. The second chance of God.

Now the first was what God had spoken to apostle Paul about, when he told him "my grace is sufficient for you", for it is similar to His saying "it's not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit".

Therefore God was actually telling Paul to be more dependent on His Spirit and not on his own personal ability or knowledge to carry out the task that He'd saddled him with, for as He also said "my strength is made perfect in weakness", and God's strength is the capacity of His Spirit.

Then grace in the second sense is the window that God created for the righteous and obedient descendants of Adam to enable them escape the eternal damnation of his disobedience which they inherited from him being his seed.

Therefore the idea is for the righteous and the obedient not to suffer the consequence of another man's (Adam) decisions or actions having shown that they would have done things differently had they been in man shoes.

So it was meant to help them make their obedience and righteousness good and eternal life worthy, as if to wipe the slate clean and start afresh from the beginning, so that by doing what God commanded them to do, they would not perish as man did but have eternal life.

So that's the huge job God grace had done for mankind, to give them the same opportunity that man had in the beginning, without the condemnation of any other person's actions upon their own head, for Adam didn't inherit the consequence of any other person's disobedience but only lost his eternal life because of his.

So in a sense because of God's grace, if they would be punished, it wouldn't be for Adam's sins(Disobedience) which Jesus died for, but for their own sins(disobedience) just as Adam himself was punished for his own sins(disobedience).

So in a nut shell that's what Grace, the second chance of God, has made available to the descendants of Adam.
Re: What Is Grace? by pressplay411(m): 6:20am On Jun 02, 2019
jesusjnr:
The word grace from the gospel perspective means two different things:

1. The Spirit of God

2. The second chance of God.

Now the first was what God had spoken to apostle Paul about, when he told him "my grace is sufficient for you", for it is similar to His saying "it's not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit".

Therefore God was actually telling Paul to be more dependent on His Spirit and not on his own personal ability or knowledge to carry out the task that He'd saddled him with, for as He also said "my strength is made perfect in weakness", and God's strength is the capacity of His Spirit.

Then grace in the second sense is the window that God created for the righteous and obedient descendants of Adam to enable them escape the eternal damnation of his disobedience which they inherited from him being his seed.

Therefore the idea is for the righteous and the obedient not to suffer the consequence of another man's (Adam) decisions or actions having shown that they would have done things differently had they been in man shoes.

So it was meant to help them make their obedience and righteousness good and eternal life worthy, as if to wipe the slate clean and start afresh from the beginning, so that by doing what God commanded them to do, they would not perish as man did but have eternal life.

So that's the huge job God grace had done for mankind, to give them the same opportunity that man had in the beginning, without the condemnation of any other person's actions upon their own head, for Adam didn't inherit the consequence of any other person's disobedience but only lost his eternal life because of his.

So in a sense because of God's grace, if they would be punished, it wouldn't be for Adam's sins(Disobedience) which Jesus died for, but for their own sins(disobedience) just as Adam himself was punished for his own sins(disobedience).

So in a nut shell that's what Grace, the second chance of God, has made available to the descendants of Adam.

Well said, that's also right.
Everything we have in Grace is supplied through the Spirit of God and is another chance given to us undeservedly.

My definitions were also derived from the different contexts Grace is used scripturally. Do check the scriptures I referenced.

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Re: What Is Grace? by NobleAngell(f): 7:46am On Jun 02, 2019
I think grace has to do with privilege to live without being condemned despite our short comings. It also is the ability and enablement to live a Christ-like life without being carried away. Grace helps us to live in the world without being of the world.

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Re: What Is Grace? by orisa37: 8:54am On Jun 02, 2019
pressplay411:


What do you mean by incrimination?
.


In a legit relationship, you feel that your surbodinate is somehow somekind. You frame this feelings of yours against him to hold a meeting without him. You have incriminated him by your feelings to discriminate him from your meeting.

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Re: What Is Grace? by specie103(m): 9:04am On Jun 02, 2019
Well done there
Re: What Is Grace? by Lexusgs430: 9:05am On Jun 02, 2019
Grace is the name of a Runzgal, i contracted last night..... Her happy endings, superb...........
Re: What Is Grace? by RDPMAN: 9:05am On Jun 02, 2019
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Re: What Is Grace? by nairalanduseles: 9:06am On Jun 02, 2019
Grace is a myth
Hard work
And diligence pays

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Re: What Is Grace? by blesson04(m): 9:08am On Jun 02, 2019
Grace is My EX- GIRLFRIEND'S NAME

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Re: What Is Grace? by Nobody: 9:08am On Jun 02, 2019
Grace is an Olosho! sad
Re: What Is Grace? by godunia(m): 9:09am On Jun 02, 2019
Grace is feminine name any other meaning you give it is yours

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Re: What Is Grace? by ufuosco: 9:12am On Jun 02, 2019
Grace simply means when God is running your race.

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Re: What Is Grace? by Conqueror89: 9:13am On Jun 02, 2019
Maximus69:
Adam is a sinner who deserves to die{Genesis 3:19} so all his children are doomed for life to continue dying and their age limit diminishing! Psalms 49:7-12 Romans 5:12
So for God to have taken the step to redeem Adam's children in order to restore them back to his first plan for Adam which is living forever, it's kindness NOT deserved or GRACE!
God's good plans is for OBEDIENT children of DISOBEDIENT Adam, whoever remains disobedient amongst Adam's descendants can't attain to that special favour!
So we don't deserve all what God is doing to redeem us,therefore we need to show appreciation for his undeserved kindness{GRACE}
That only saving grace is to IDENTIFY his only begotten son who will teach us how to please his father well { John 3:16-18} Jesus laid down the principles and handed it over to few faithful Jews whom he gave the task to go and TEACH all other people! Matthew 28:20
Satan is determined to complicate issues by establishing different kinds of religion all in the name of Jesus{God's son} This will make it difficult for both obedient and arrogant descendants of Adam to know exactly what Jesus taught which is the only saving grace! That is why Satan made sure that all the pioneers of Jesus' teachings were killed but before then they had penned everything down for OBEDIENT individuals to know all that their Master, Lord and King taught them. Revelations 12:17
Today there are many religious groups teaching people what is common traditions of men, but Jesus' true followers are in the neighbourhood ready to teach us the bitter truth that's not according to man's tradition which have been manipulated countless times by Satan! So everywhere people see them, they hate them because their teachings is not in tune with common human traditions! John 17:14-16
While the GRACE is for all, it will only benefit those who are able to IDENTIFY Jesus' true followers whom an ancient prophet called JEWS in a spiritual sense! Zachariah 8:23
That is why another prophet said salvation of many is dicey! Zephaniah 2:2-3 compared to Luke 13:24
Thanks!
Are you referring to Jehovah witness? Cos i would like to know and identify jesus true followers.
Re: What Is Grace? by Heylius(m): 9:44am On Jun 02, 2019
Grace is going for NNPC aptitude test looking at the question paper not knowing any single question there

Wrote what you know and summit ..
Out of 60k people that came


In a week they called you to start work
That's Grace bro

Rising from nothing to something that's grace bro..

Someone seeing you and helping you that's grace bro

Seeing the brightness of today that's grace bro

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Re: What Is Grace? by jeremiahbdrc(m): 9:49am On Jun 02, 2019
grace is when jah is running my race

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Re: What Is Grace? by shollyshine(m): 10:06am On Jun 02, 2019
When I look at my life I know there is something called Grace

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Re: What Is Grace? by UnclePati: 10:21am On Jun 02, 2019
Grace mean....... FORGIVENESS

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Re: What Is Grace? by GrowYourSales(m): 10:26am On Jun 02, 2019
My conclusion op is confused

Trust me he doesn't know what he's saying
Re: What Is Grace? by daylae(m): 10:31am On Jun 02, 2019
Grace give to us what we don't deserve and earn for us what we don't fight for; grace approve us without principle and make us reap where we have not sowed.

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Re: What Is Grace? by STENON(f): 10:32am On Jun 02, 2019
Grace is what makes God to embarrass you with blessing at where and when you least expected it.

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Re: What Is Grace? by AngelicBeing: 10:43am On Jun 02, 2019
GRACE means unmerited favor, (G) GOD'S (R) RESOURCES (A) AT (C)CHRIST (E) EXPENSE.

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Re: What Is Grace? by megacity: 10:47am On Jun 02, 2019
Grace is the name of one woman in my village
Re: What Is Grace? by Nobody: 11:03am On Jun 02, 2019
Alright.
Re: What Is Grace? by femi4: 11:53am On Jun 02, 2019
"And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth" (John 1:14).

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Re: What Is Grace? by Lamasta(m): 12:04pm On Jun 02, 2019
It is only GRACE that will make You not to be disGRACE.
It is only GRACE that will will enlarge your CAPACITY.
Grace will make you STANDOUT among Your pears.
GRACE will take You to the top EFFORTLESSLY.
GRACE will make your ordinary become EXTRAORDINARY.
GRACR will give You UNMERITED FAVOUR.
GRACE GRACE GRACE GRACE GRACE GRACE GRACE GRACE TAKE IT TAKE IT TAKE IT TAKE IT BRAGA DO ZA

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