"O Lord, You are my God; I will exalt You, I will praise Your name, for You have done wonderful things, even purposes planned of old [and fulfilled] in faithfulness and truth." (Isaiah 25:1 AMPC)

"Now while Paul was awaiting them at Athens, his spirit was grieved and roused to anger as he saw that the city was full of idols.

17 So he reasoned and argued in the synagogue with the Jews and those who worshiped there, and in the marketplace [where assemblies are held] day after day with any who chanced to be there.

18 And some also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him and began to engage in discussion. And some said, What is this babbler with his scrap-heap learning trying to say? Others said, He seems to be an announcer of foreign deities—because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.

19 And they took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus [Mars Hill meeting place], saying, May we know what this novel (unheard of and unprecedented) teaching is which you are openly declaring?

20 For you set forth some startling things, foreign and strange to our ears; we wish to know therefore just what these things mean—

21 For the Athenians, all of them, and the foreign residents and visitors among them spent all their leisure time in nothing except telling or hearing something newer than the last—

22 So Paul, standing in the center of the Areopagus [Mars Hill meeting place], said: Men of Athens, I perceive in every way [on every hand and with every turn I make] that you are most religious or very reverent to demons.

23 For as I passed along and carefully observed your objects of worship, I came also upon an altar with this inscription, To the unknown god. Now what you are already worshiping as unknown, this I set forth to you.

24 The God Who produced and formed the world and all things in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in handmade shrines.

25 Neither is He served by human hands, as though He lacked anything, for it is He Himself Who gives life and breath and all things to all [people].

26 And He made from one [common origin, one source, one blood] all nations of men to settle on the face of the earth, having definitely determined [their] allotted periods of time and the fixed boundaries of their habitation (their settlements, lands, and abodes),

27 So that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel after Him and find Him, although He is not far from each one of us.

28 For in Him we live and move and have our being; as even some of your [own] poets have said, For we are also His offspring.

29 Since then we are God’s offspring, we ought not to suppose that Deity (the Godhead) is like gold or silver or stone, [of the nature of] a representation by human art and imagination, or anything constructed or invented.

30 Such [former] ages of ignorance God, it is true, ignored and allowed to pass unnoticed; but now He charges all people everywhere to repent (to change their minds for the better and heartily to amend their ways, with abhorrence of their past sins),

31 Because He has fixed a day when He will judge the world righteously (justly) by a Man Whom He has destined and appointed for that task, and He has made this credible and given conviction and assurance and evidence to everyone by raising Him from the dead.

32 Now when they had heard [that there had been] a resurrection from the dead, some scoffed; but others said, We will hear you again about this matter.

33 So Paul went out from among them.

34 But some men were on his side and joined him and believed (became Christians); among them were Dionysius, a judge of the Areopagus, and a woman named Damaris, and some others with them." (Acts. 17:16-34 AMPC)

"Such [former] ages of ignorance God, it is true, ignored and allowed to pass unnoticed; but now He charges all people everywhere to repent (to change their minds for the better and heartily to amend their ways, with abhorrence of their past sins)," (Acts 17:30 AMPC)

"For *inside Him(Jesus Christ Crucified) we live and we move and we have our being/existence*; as even some of your [own] poets have said, For we are also His offspring." (Acts 17:28 AMPC)

"At that particular time Jesus went through the fields of standing grain on the Sabbath; and His disciples were hungry, and they began to pick off the spikes of grain and to eat.
2 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to Him, See there! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful and not permitted on the Sabbath.
3 He said to them, Have you not even read what David did when he was hungry, and those who accompanied him—
4 How he went into the house of God and ate the loaves of the showbread—which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for the men who accompanied him, but for the priests only?
5 Or have you never read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple violate the sanctity of the Sabbath [breaking it] and yet are guiltless?
6 But I tell you, Something greater and more exalted and more majestic than the temple is here!
7 And if you had only known what this saying means, I desire mercy [readiness to help, to spare, to forgive] rather than sacrifice and sacrificial victims, you would not have condemned the guiltless.
8 For the Son of Man is Lord [even] of the Sabbath."
(Matthew 12:1-8 AMPC)

"And if you had only known what this saying means, I desire mercy [readiness to help, to spare, to forgive] rather than sacrifice and sacrificial victims, you would not have condemned the guiltless." (Matthew 12:7 AMPC)

Jesus desires to *give human being MERCY OF GOD fresh each second WHICH IS THE ONLY CAPACITY that human being can use TO PLEASE GOD ACCORDING TO THE RIGHTEOUS STANDARD OF GOD*; He is not interested in *receiving our self-righteousness/efforts/intelligence/logic/ideologies/philosophies/dogmas/doctrines/strengths/might/power*

thus
"Praised (honored, blessed) be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah)! By *His boundless/overflowing/abundant/exceeding mercy* we have been *born again to an ever-living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead*,

4 *[Born anew] into "an inheritance" which is beyond the reach of change and decay [imperishable], unsullied and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,*

5 Who are *being guarded (garrisoned) by "God’s power" through [your] faith [till you fully inherit that final] salvation that is ready to be revealed [for you] in the last time.* " (1 Peter 1:3-5 AMPC)


It is the *acceptance of this MERCY FROM JESUS CHRIST CRUCIFIED* that enables any human being *to recognize and use effectively the grace of God which is "available inside every human being whether believer or unbeliever" to repent from sin, receive salvation ONLY THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS DEATH AND RESURRECTION then continue to manifest consistent and progressive LIFESTYLE OF THE NEW CREATION MAN IN CHRIST TILL ETERNITY*
thus
"Let us then fearlessly and confidently and boldly draw near to the throne of grace (the throne of God’s unmerited favor to us sinners), that we may receive mercy [for our failures] and find grace to help in good time for every need [appropriate help and well-timed help, coming just when we need it]." (Hebrews 4:16 AMPC)

"Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may *obtain mercy*, and *find grace* to help in time of need." (Hebrews 4:16 KJV)

"For the *grace of God* that *brings salvation(causes brokenness of human heart towards sin, repentance from sin/flesh and confession of faith in the finished works of Jesus Christ on the Cross and Eternal Life in His Resurrection from death)* has *appeared to all men(human beings)*,

12 this same grace teaches us how to resist/reject/renounce(say "no" to) sin, this same grace teaches us how to resist/reject/renounce(say "no" to) worldly lusts/passions/emotions/imaginations, this same grace teaches us how to live holy(GOD-NATURED) lives on this earth consistently and progressively through all the private and public circumstances of our daily lives (here in Nigeria/Europe/USA as married or singles), this same grace teaches us how to live righteous(morality) lives on this earth consistently and progressively through all the private and public circumstances of our daily lives (here in Nigeria/Europe/USA as married or singles), and this same grace teaches us how to live self-controlled(disciplined) lives on this earth consistently and progressively through all the private and public circumstances of our daily lives (here in Nigeria/Europe/USA as married or singles), in this present world(not inside Heave after our biological death);

13 Looking for that blessed hope, and *the glorious appearing of "the great God" and our Saviour Jesus Christ* ;" (Titus 2:11-13)


"Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, *let us have grace*, *whereby we may "serve God acceptably" with reverence and godly fear:*

29 For our God is a consuming fire." (Hebrews 12:28-29 KJV)


"Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For *it is a good thing that the heart be established/strengthened with grace*; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein." (Hebrews 13:9 KJV)

"Follow *peace with all men, and holiness*, *without which no man shall see the Lord*:

15 Looking diligently *lest any man fail of the grace of God*; *lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled*;

16 *Lest there be any "fornicator", or "profane person", as "Esau", who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.

17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: *for he found no place of repentance*, though *he sought it carefully with tears* ." (Hebrews 12:14-17 KJV)

We are not talking about grace gotten from allah or pastor or priest or human being or muhammed or nature or humanism RATHER THE GRACE FOUND IN JESUS CHRIST CRUCIFIED WHO IS THE SON OF GOD AND WHO IS ALSO GOD
thus
"Thou therefore, my son, *be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus* ." (2 Timothy 2:1 KJV)

"He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

12 But as many as received him, to them *gave He "power" to become the "sons of God", even to them that believe on his name*:

13 Which *were born*, "not of blood", nor of the "will of the flesh", nor of the "will of man", *but of God*.

14 And the *Word was made flesh(human being)*, 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 1:11-14 KJV)

Great Grace Brethren!!!