Grace is only through Christ

Hello Everyone,
This week we have tried to use an acrostic to help us understand G-R-A-C-E. We have discussed that Grace is a G-FREE GIFT, and you R - RECEIVE BY FAITH, and it is A - AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE.

Today I want to declare to you that:

C - GRACE COMES THROUGH CHRIST.
John 1:17 "The law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ."

Why through Jesus Christ? Why is Jesus Christ the only way to heaven? Why not somebody else?
Because He paid the price of admission He's already paid for your salvation. Nobody else has or can. On the cross, He paid for your sins.

Grace is free, no doubt about that. But it is not cheap. It cost Jesus Christ His life.
The law tells me when I do wrong. It says, "You blew it!" But Grace says, "Here's how to get back on track. You're forgiven. Let's get going in the right direction."

Romans 5:15b …God's grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many!

In the Bible, the favorite description for someone who has grace, who's accepted God's grace, the favorite description for a believer, is the term "in Christ."

That phrase, "in Christ", is used over 120 times in the New Testament. It refers to somebody who has found salvation through the grace of God, being in Christ.

The Bible says that Jesus Christ takes my life with all the scars, with all the tatters, with all the mistakes, with all the guilty things in my life and the Bible says that when I come to Jesus Christ and I say,

"Jesus Christ, I open my life up to You and I want to accept Your free gift of salvation" then God puts me “in Christ”.

When I'm in Christ, can you see my imperfections? Can you see the things that I'm ashamed of?
Can you see the things that have ripped up my life and other people? All you can see when I'm in Christ is Christ.

When God looks at me with eyes of grace He only sees the perfection of Jesus Christ.
Galatians 2:21 I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!"
If you could be saved and could get to heaven on your own merits, the cross was a waste.

You're either going to get into heaven in Christ, or you're not going.
It's a free gift. You just accept it in faith. It is all because of what
Jesus Christ did for me on the cross.

Another acrostic of GRACE is God's Riches At Christ's Expense.
It comes through Christ and only through Christ.

Thank GOD!
All for Jesus
Pastor
Phil