the amazing case for grace
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JOSEPH KINGTHE
AMAZING
CASE FOR
GRACE
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DEDICATION
The grace of GOD belongs to all men. This book isdedicatedtoallmenbecausePreciousandIbelievethatthe door is wide open for everyone to gain from thefinishedworkofCHRIST.WebelieveinyoubecausewefoundoutthatGODdoesandproved it toallandsundryat thecross.Thatworkmeans that you are not condemned and are mostwelcometoFATHERGOD.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
To CHRIST JESUS, the amazing grace of GODbelongallpraiseandhonor.
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CONTENTSDEDICATION ....................................................................... 3ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ...................................................... 4SIN, THE LAW, CHRIST AND YOU! ................................. 6THE AMAZING CASE FOR GRACE ................................ 14GRACE IS THE LOVE OF GOD REVEALED .................. 25THE ETERNAL REIGN OF GRACE ................................. 32
GRACE DEFENDS YOU WHERE THE LAW
CONDEMNED YOU ........................................................... 39GRACE CELEBRATES YOU ............................................ 44THE GRACE OF GIVING AND YOUR
PROSPERITY ...................................................................... 51WE FELLOWSHIP TO CELEBRATE GRACE
NOT TO CONDEMN MEN ................................................ 63THE GRACE OF OUR LORD BE WITH YOU ................. 67
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SIN,THELAW,CHRISTANDYOU!
But now the r ighteousness of God without the lawis manifested, being witnessed by the law an d theprophets; Even the righteousness of God w h i ch i s
by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and up on all themthat believe: for there is no difference: For all havesinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being
justified freely by his grace through the redem ptionthat is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth t o
b e a pr opitiation through faith in his blood, to declarehis righteousness for the r emission of sins that are past,
through the forbearan ce of God; To declare,I say , atthis time his righteousness: that he m ight be just, and
the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.Rom ans 3:21-26
We need to understand this thing as deeply as it is:
Sin is not as big a problem as what it does. Sin is
essentially rebellion against GOD; what that does is
it works to separate you from GOD. GOD's
warning against sin is not merely a face value
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concern; HE is more concerned about you being
separate from HIM. Now when Adam sinned, the
day he did he died (was separate from GOD). Even
though GOD came to him in the garden, sin had
already begun its work of separating him so much
that he hid when he heard GOD.
The problem was not just sin; it was what sin did to
him. When sin reigned from Adam to Moses, that
means man submitted to the regime of being
separate from GOD. Yes, man sinned but the
problem was bigger than that; the fundamental
problem was that man was now legally submitted
under the regime of being made separate from
GOD. Now the law was given to Moses to make us
conscious of this.
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Before the law, we were by no means conscious of
the work of sin. People did bad things, yes; but
they were not aware what the bad/evil things they
were doing was actually doing to them insofar as
being separated from GOD is concerned. So the
law made us aware of what sin was doing in us in
separating us from GOD.
That then brings me to CHRIST. Notice that the
law in making us aware of our separation from
GOD had no legal right to reconcile us with GOD
nor did it have the power to do so. So, although thechildren of Israel were given the law, they
continued in sin; the difference between them and
the Gentiles is that they were aware of what sin
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was doing (in being separate from GOD) while the
Gentile wasn't.
Well, in so doing, the law then prepared Israel to
receive the Messiah because they were the only
people aware of the work of sin in separating us
from GOD; so they were the only ones that could
properly appreciate HIS ministry in seeking to
reconcile man with GOD.
At the cross, JESUS CHRIST ended the legal regime
of sin in working to separate us from GOD,
reconciling us with the FATHER. Mark this: HE
did not end sin; HE ended the power that sin has
over us in legally separating us from GOD. What
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The purpose of the law in making us aware of our
separation from GOD is made useless in CHRISTs
work which reconciles us with GOD. What this
means is that having been reconciled with GOD we
are now free from the sense of guilt and
condemnation separation from GOD elicits.
Think about it; we no longer need to hide from
GOD like Adam and Eve because of sin or tremble
with fear like Israel did at the mountain because of
the law. That is awesome! We are free from all that
fear; perfect love casts out all fear and sense of
condemnation. Truly, who the SON sets free is free
indeed!
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We are free; not to sin as some who still pay
allegiance to the law tend to think when they hear
the gospel (this is the gospel- not our righteous
work but CHRISTs righteous work; the gospel is
not that Christians are good people but that
CHRIST has made them good, as good as HE is).
We are free to be righteous, free to be consideredrighteous, free to work works of righteousness.
Based on what? Based on the finished work of
CHRIST at the cross when HE reconciled us with
GOD. Now we can be all that GOD is, reconciled
with HIM, one with HIM; in HIM and HIM in us.
That is what Christianity is really all about.
Beloveds, this is not a religion; not even just a
relationship with GOD; CHRISTIANITY IS
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RECONCILATION WITH GOD. It is being who
GOD is among men. Christianity is a revelation of
CHRIST.
Beloved, it begins here; you cannot 'DO' a Christian
until you really know what it is to 'BE' a Christian.
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THEAMAZINGCASEFORGRACE
Be it known unto you therefore, men a n dbrethren, that through this man is
preached un to you the forgiveness ofsins: And by him all that believe are
justified from all things, from w hich
ye could n ot be justified by the lawof Mose s. Acts 13:38, 39
For wh at the law could not do, in that it was weak
through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the
likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in
the flesh: That the righteousness of the law might be
fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the
Spirit. Roman s 8:3-5
GRACE is the effectual working power of theSPIRIT that translated the LORD from HIS glory in
heaven and made HIM a mere man; even enabling
HIM to obedient to the FATHER even unto death.
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popular among believers and that is the legalizing
of our faith. This unscrupulous paradigm begun in
the days of the early church when some converted
believers from the Jewish community thought it
necessary to mix the law with GRACE (Galatians
2:11-13).
To be sure, all that effort is ingenuine and an
unscrupulous and a blatant insult of the doctrine of
CHRIST (Galatians 5:7, 8); it is opposed to the
cross.
Notwithstanding, it was resisted; and part of the
legacy of that contention are the inspiring and most
profound letters of the apostle Paul and that of
John.
And yet, that dark effort has never ceased to fight
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on over the years. Today, it has experienced a
revival of sorts with many ministers and believers
teaching the law and practicing several old
covenant requirements with rigid attention, some
of which would have made Pharisees blush with
embarrassment.
What should be our response? Should we revive the law
or embrace GRACE, even at the expense of the law?
Beloveds, we have no business with the law as
JESUS fulfilled the whole of it and nailed it on the
cross. The SPIRIT of GOD speaks for so many
believers that have been duped by ministers of
condemnation that refuse to acknowledge the
riches CHRIST rendered men through HIS
sacrificial death at the cross. These pseudo-
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ministers refuse to acknowledge the work of
redemption and therefore the riches of GRACE.
In that folly, they make mockery of the cross of
CHRIST and the inexhaustible GRACE that HE
offers to all who will believe in HIM and desire the
righteousness HE lavishly and most generously
offers.
Beloveds, it is high time that we seized the full
weight of the new covenant and realize that it
makes the old one obsolete:
For if that first c o v e n a n t had bee n faultless, thenshould no placehave been sought for the second. For
finding fault with them, h esaith, Behold, the days come,saith the Lord, w hen I will make a new covenantwith the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
Not according to the covenant that I made withtheir fathers in the daywhen I took them by the
hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt;because they continued not in m y covenant, and
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I regarded them not,saith the Lord. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house ofIsrael after tho se days, saith the Lord; I will putmy laws into theirmind, and w rite them in their
hearts: and I will be to them a God, andthey shall be to me a people In that he saith,
A ne w c o v e n a n t , he hath m ade the first old. Nowthat which decayeth and waxeth o ld is
ready to vanish awa y. Hebrew s 8:7-10, 13
And more than that, it is far richer, with a moreexcellent glory:
For if the m inistration of condem nation b e glory,Much mo re doth the ministration of righteousness
exceed in glory. For even that which w as madeglorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the
glory that excelleth. For if that whichis done awayw a s glorious, much more that which
remaineth is gloriou s. 2 Corinthians 3:9-11
Where sin abound, the law was powerless to make
man righteous. But GRACE has much more
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abounded so that by one man many are made
righteous before GOD.
Thanks be to GOD for the praise of HIS glory.
It should be duly noted that the law was unable to
make even one person righteous. In spite its regime
yet all men sinned and fell short of the glory ofGOD.
But the testimony of GRACE outclasses that of the
law so that by GRACE is salvation come to men
(Ephesians 2:5). More than that; we should indeed
rejoice the marvelous GRACE of CHRIST that has
rendered all that believe the very glory of thehighest so that we have in CHRIST, the riches of
glory (Ephesians 1:18); indeed, the very glory HE
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had with the FATHER from the very beginning
(John 17:5, 22).
This glory is rendered those who believe by virtue
of their faith and the favor of CHRIST; and not by
any work that they may perform in their strength.
Now, you can be sure that anyone refusing you the
knowledge of GRACE while trumpeting the
knowledge of the law is pretending to be a minister
of righteousness but in reality their preference
belies their fruit as devious workers of
unrighteousness and marked blasphemers of the
glorious cross of CHRIST.
In pouring new wine in old wineskin, they risk youlosing the favor of GOD and the righteousness HE
gives.
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In this respect, GOD has indeed shown such
generous love.
What else can I say, what else should we say other
than express with the deepest gratitude our
heartfelt and highest appreciation:
OH LORD, thank YOU for GRACE; I thank YOU for
this inexpressible love, this immeasurable kindness,
this glorious of all virtues. Yes, I DO, I DO, I really,
whole heartedly, with every fiber of my being and
every iota of my person, I SO AND WITHOUT ANY
RESERVATION AND GREAT ENTHUSAISM, DO!
And LORD, my commitment is total, irrevocable,
immutable, unflinching, never regretted, with no end
and no parting, forever beloved, world without end, I
am yours forever, yours for keeps, yours without a
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doubt.
Yes, I am yours; yours to hold, yours to cherish, to
serve you and receive all your service for me. I love
YOU LORD and let all know it. Yes, I am forever
thankful for YOUR amazing grace, YOUR tender
mercies, YOUR wondrous love, YOUR loving-
kindness.
Your amazing GRACE is mine and forever has joined
me with YOUR esteemed deity. I am now a new
creation, an exalted specie, a first fruit of all creation,
one of a kind, a miracle working wonder, yes I DO!
AMEN!!!
Make that your prayer this day; share it with
others too and make them sure of theireverlasting communion with GOD Almighty
in the power of HIS GRACE.
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GRACEISTHELOVEOFGODREVEALED
In this was manifested the love of God toward us,because th at God sent his only begotten Son
into the world, that we m ight live through him.Herein is love, not that we loved God,
but that he loved us, and sen t his Son t o b e
the propitiation for our sins. 1 John 4:9, 10
This love, this affection, this divine, pure,
unbridled, and immeasurable compassion called
GRACE must be seized, rejoiced, fondly and
resolutely received, and forever treasured. The
glorious communion that it offers, a reconciliation
of your human frailty with GODs omnipotentdeity is the greatest privilege ever. The grace of
CHRIST is the grandest gesture GOD ever made.
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Beloved, it is the grace of GOD shown to us in
CHRIST JESUS that makes us ONE with GOD and
indeed the avowed Bride of the LAMB of glory
(Revelations 19:7).
To be sure, the law could never afford such a
gesture; nor could it ever suggest such an
enormous affection. To consider man in this sense
was so way out of its league that when CHRIST
appeared in Israel claiming to be the SON of GOD,
the teachers of the law couldnt stand it, they
accused HIM of blaspheme, and eventually killed
HIM (Mark 14:64).
They did so thinking they pleased GOD accordingto the law; all the while unaware about how little
they knew regarding HIS infinite love for men.
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But thanks be to GOD for HIS grace in CHRIST
where our communion with HIM is clearly made
manifest in our marriage to the LAMB. It is with
great joy that I assume the role of usher to your
royal wedding with CHRIST (although I am a
joyous and avowed bride of the LAMB myself):
Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour tohim: for the marr iage of the Lamb is come, and
his wife hath made herself ready. And to her wasgranted that she should be ar rayed in fine linen,
clean and w hite: for the fine linen is therighteousness of saints. And he saith unto me,
Write, Blessed a r e they which are called unto themar riage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto
me, These are the true sayings of God.Revelation 19:7-9
This is grace, this is affection beyond the legal
regime of the law; an awesome GOD has found
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common ground with you and betrothed you to
HIMSELF.
What that means is that GRACE is your ticket for
the GOD-life. Pay no other price for it. CHRIST
paid it all, now take the ticket and be all that GODis. Being HIS Bride, betrothed to HIM, you are HIS
kind and type so that HIS life is indeed your life.
Many people do not realize that CHRISTIANITY is
not a religion; many do not appreciate the richness
of mercies and the abundance of GRACE CHRIST
rendered all who believe in HIM, many miss out
on grace unaware that they forsake the love of
CHRIST.
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Beloved, faith in CHRIST offers the greatest love
ever. It is a glorious opportunity to be all that GOD
is, able to do all that HE does, fully endowed with
all that HE has. GRACE has made you a king and
priest in the order of Melchizedek; an eternal
monarch.
From that privileged honor, GRACE positions youto be reconciled with GOD, to be ONE with the
FATHER, nothing less than a son of the HIGHEST,
seated with HIM in glory and marvel ( 2
Corinthians 5:18, 19; John 1:12, 13; Ephesians 2:6 ).
Now this is far exceeding in measure to what some
other people suggest CHRISTIANITY to be whenthey purport it to be a relationship with GOD.
Look, the angels in heaven all have a relationship
with GOD and yet they aren't CHRISTIANS in a
strict sense. So did the prophets and patriarchs of
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the old covenant yet one of them was a
CHRISTIAN in any sense, none of them was
redeemed, sons of GOD in a proper sense.
GRACE, specifically, the GRACE OF OUR LORD
JESUS CHRIST, is an enormous gesture from GOD
to all who believe. It distinguishes you above allcreation to be the first fruit of all creation (James
1:18); meaning, by grace you are the best of all
GOD has made.
GRACE therefore, is a privileged entrance to
partaking of the divine nature wherein you are
assumed to be, because you have become, asovereign spirit being, akin with the FATHER (2
Peter 1:4).
That omnipotent worth was afforded by the death
of CHRIST on the cross when HE took your place
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so that you likewise may share in HIS everlasting
glory.
Now, concerning that measure, you have no more
price to pay, no more debt to pay, except the debt
of love and gratitude (Romans 13:8).
We are duty bound to love GOD because HE first
loved us and love all others because GOD is love
and if we are as HE is we must love all regardless:
In this was manifested the love of God towar dus, because that God sent his on ly begotten Soninto the world, that we m ight live through him.
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that heloved us, and sent his Son t o b e the propitiation
for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we oughtalso to love one another. No man hath seen God
at any time. If we love one another , God dwellethin us, and his love is per fected in us. 1 John 4:9-1
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THEETERNALREIGNOFGRACE
For if through the offence of one man y be dead,much m ore the grace of God, and the gift by grace,w h i ch i s by one man, Jesus Christ, hath aboundedunto many. And not as it w a s by one that sinned,
so i s the gift: for the judgment w a s by one tocondemnation, but the free gift is of many offencesunto justification. For if by one man's offence death
reigned by one; much mor e they which receiveabundance
of grace an d of the gift of righteousness shall reign inlife
by one, Jesu s Christ.) Rom ans 5:12-17
The regime of the law ended at Calvary; the
government of GRACE increases with no end. Let
GRACE reign over you and you can be assured to
reign in life.
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There are many people wrongly informed about
GODs ways. They presume that the regime of the
law abides to this day and when they look at
themselves or at others they rely on the lenses of
the law. And so their opinions are always
condescending towards others, even towards
themselves.Unfortunately this constitutes the largest group of
believers in our LORD CHRIST JESUS.
Back to the subject of the end of the law or better
still its regime and the eternal legacy of GRACE:
Many believers have been thoroughly misguided by messengers of darkness to think that
Christianity is founded on the law. They presume
that their faith in CHRIST is based on the Ten
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Commandments and more recently, several of the
other Levitical requirements and observances have
been included. There is in fact a very dubious
revival of the law going on today; sponsored as it
were, by a very dubious penchant for Israel and
everything Jewish. Most of this tendency bears a
self-righteous attempt at righteousness in contemptof the marvelous grace of GOD that CHRIST offers.
The consequence is an entrenchment of what
otherwise should be a defunct regime. The law in
its entirety, in all its requirements and all its
observances, are no longer referral objects for
believers since CHRIST died and fulfilled all for allmen:
For wh at the law could not do, in that it was
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weak thr ough the flesh, God sending his own Sonin the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin,
condemned sin in the flesh: That the righteousnessof the law m ight be fulfilled in us, who walk not
after the flesh, but after the Spir it.Romans 8:3, 4
Indeed, GRACE being a greater and exceedingly
richer measure of divine righteousness has come
and made the law absolutely obsolete. None lesser
than a former radical teacher of the law figured as
much:
For there is verily a disannulling of the
comm andmen t going before for the weaknessand unpr ofitableness thereof. For the lawmade nothing perfect, but the bringing inof a better hope d i d ; by the which we draw
nigh unto God. And inasmuch as not withoutan oath h e w a s m a d e p r ie s t: (For those priests
were made w ithout an oath; but this with an oathby him that said unto him, The Lord sware and
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will not repe nt, Thou a r t a priest for ever afterthe order of Melchisedec:) By so much w as Jesus
made a surety of a better testament.Hebr ews 7:18-22
Beloved, there is a new priesthood and indeed a
new testament. We abide in a new covenant that
totally obliterated the old one.
GRACE is the new wine that the LORD counseled
should not be kept in old wineskins (Mark 2:22).
Seeking to mix the two is to lose it all; the wine will
burst the old wineskin and pour out.
Indeed, this explains the weakness of most ofChristianity and that of most of her converts. We
have, for the most part, a faith that is mixed up,
comingling GRACE with the law and ending up
with an impotent hybrid that is unknown by GOD.
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If this trend must change (and change it will
because the MASTER returns for a church without
spot or blemish), then we must begin to see a
dying, a final burying of legalized Christianity in
all its pretentious multifaceted formats.
We must witness to the dying of Sabbath day
observance Christianity; a dying of tithing andother legal offering Christianity; a dying of
Passover, atonement and other festivity celebrating
Christianity; a dying of judgmental, condemning,
Ten Commandments based Christianity.
That seems like a tall order but it is the expected
order of the kingdom of heaven. When CHRISTsaid 'IT IS FINISHED!' (John 17:4; 19:30), HE meant
what HE said and said what HE meant; and let me
clarify that HE particularly referred to the law.
Infact, after HE said it, the temple grounds shook
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and the curtain in the temple that separated the
Holy of Holies from the inner court tore from up to
bottom in an amazing demonstration of the ending,
the finality, the certain conclusion of the old
covenant (Matthew 27:51).
If the MASTER ended it, then anyone continuing it
is out of HIS will, an enemy of the cross, and
indeed against HIS ministry.
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GRACEDEFENDSYOUWHERETHELAWCONDEMNEDYOU
And to Jesus the m ediator of the new covenant,and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better
things than t h a t o f Abel. Hebrew s 12:24
LISTEN UP; GRACE has decided to speak the
truth where others speak a lie about you. GRACE
has decided to validate your image, it has chosen
to be your advocate in the complex court of
opinion.
You want to find out about you? Listen up to the
voice of GRACE; it is speaking good things about
you.
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The voice of GRACE knows you more than any
other may claim to know you; it believes in you
over and above all the accusations and rumors that
others are peddling about.
STOP listening to them, cease from attending to
their bad mouthing and listen up.
Yes, they are talking you down but you must shift
your ears from their pathetic level to the heights of
glory. Now hear what GRACE is saying; GRACE
says, "You will not fail; you will not be dropped;
you will not be a victim; you just CANNOT be."
According to that lofty testimony that GRACE
bears about you, you are going up, you are
sanctified and justified by GOD and are sure to end
up better than those bad-mouthers are suggesting.
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Yes, the scorner shall be silenced, the mocker
humbled; your testimony will SURRISE them as
GOD prepares you a table in the presence of your
enemies.
Beloved of CHRIST, I am so glad to be your
emissary, I am so glad to be your message boy, I
am so glad to serve you the testimony of GRACE
and what it actually says about you. Listen up and
be all that GOD is saying about you.
In a world riddled with lies and accusations, you
are well advised to listen up to the esteemed voice
of GRACE. That is where critical truth lies. When
Ananias referred GOD to the renowned ill-repute
of Saul of Tarsus, mentioning how he violently
persecuted the church, GOD consulted the voice of
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GRACE urging him to consider how much this
persecutor of the brethren would do for the
kingdom of heaven:
Then Ananias answer ed, Lord, I have heard bymany of this man, how mu ch evil he hath done
to thy saints at Jerusalem: And here h e hath author ityfrom the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is achosen vessel unto me, to bear m y name before the
Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:For I will shew him how great things he must
suffer for my nam e's sake. Acts 9:13-16
Beloved, I am not so sure what the doubters,
mockers and scorners are saying about you; I am
not sure what the rumor mills are churning out
about you; I am not even sure about your own
mistakes, failures and faults. But this I know; none
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of that condemning record is louder and surer
about you than what GRACE has to say.
GRACE is full of truth; according to its testimony,
all your faults are hanged and nailed on the cross
some 2,000 years ago. Refuse to see yourself in bad
light and believe you are who GRACE says youare.
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GRACECELEBRATESYOU
Every good gift and every per fect gift is fromabove, and cometh down from the Father of
lights, with who m is no variableness, neithershadow of turning. Of his own w ill begat heus with the word of tru th, that we shou ld be
a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.Jam es 1:17, 18
GRACE has ordered me and I cannot relent; HE
has ordered me to assure you that you are the best,
the greatest, the most worthy, the finest, the most
deserving, the brightest; now, just believe HIS
testimony and shine to the uttermost.
This is not by your ability but GODs own volition;
it is HIS will that you are HIS first fruit, HIS
ultimate best.
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Now, I am duty bound to believe and declare this
glory to you all. The devil has deceived and
tormented you longer than necessary. Many of you
have been so victimized that you hardly believe in
yourself.
And yet GOD believes in you and demonstrated it
to all and sundry at Calvary. Yes, through that
immeasurable gesture of GRACE, HE proved yourworth.
Beloved, you have had it mentioned that HE paid a
difficult price; now I am ordered to reveal to you
the value of that price; the revelation of that
bargain.
You, beloved, were worth it all; you were fearfullyand wonderfully made, designed in the
omnipotent format of the MOST HIGH, to be the
best, the greatest, the most glorious being (Genesis
1:26, 27). You are GODs trophy, ransomed by HIS
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blood.
Has it occurred to you that the arch-angel Lucifer
rebelled with a third of the angels and yet GRACE
wasn't given to them; they were resolutely and
thoroughly resisted and to this day await the fate
that their rebellion deserves:
How ar t thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,son of the morning! h o w art thou cut down
to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!For thou hast said in thine hear t, I will ascendinto heaven, I will exalt my throne above thestars of God: I will sit also upon the m ount of
the congregation, in the sides of the nor th:
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;I will be like the most High.
Yet thou shalt be br ought down to hell, tothe sides of the pit. Isaiah 14:12-15
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None less than the LORD revealed to us the
resolute determination of heavens resistance when
HE declared HIS impeccable witness of Satans
damnation:
And he said unto them, I beheld Satan aslightning fall from he aven. Luke 10:18
Heaven did not waste a split second to disappoint
Lucifers desire to be as the MOST HIGH and yet,
there you are, GODs ultimate best, redeemable,
savable, worthy of GRACE because you were made
out of CHRIST, GODs brilliant masterpiece, HIS
workmanship, to be exactly like HE is:
For we are his workm anship, created inChrist Jesus unto good works, which Godhath before ordained that we shou ld walk
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in them. Ephesians 2:10
Forget those who lie about us not being worthy
and suggesting that CHRIST overpaid for us.
Believe me, HE is gracious but also just and when
HE died HE sought HIS own (John 10:11).
Beloved, make no mistakes about it; not every
rebellious being gained from GRACE. GRACE
covers men and not fallen angels because men are
made in HIS likeness and image while angels
aren't. The LORD gave up HIS life for HIS sheep,
for HIS kind. In this respect, man is redeemable but
angels aren't; forgiveness comes to man because
GOD cannot afford to lose man but HE can afford
to lose fallen angels.
Are you a believer? You think you are ordinary? That
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you are just another luckless being like many you know?
You just don't know thats what. Find out from the
witness of GRACE, find out from the witness of
CHRIST and you will come to terms with your
infinite worth.
Yes, GRACE, seizing GRACE, taking advantage of
GRACE, will propel you to reign in life:
For if by one m an's offence death reigned byone; much mor e they which receive abundance
of grace and of the gift of righteousness shallreign in life by one, Jesus Chr ist.) Romans 5:17
GRACE is your excuse to be the best dad, the best
mom, the best husband, the best wife, the best
minister, pastor, prophet, apostle, the best
evangelist, the best teacher, the best example,
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model, coach, the best neighbor, business
personality, the best landlord, tenant, the best
janitor, student, the best citizen, leader, the best
you that there ever could be.
Get GRACE, seize it, abide by it, and just be the
best.
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THEGRACEOFGIVINGANDYOURPROSPERITY
Therefore, as ye abound in everyt h ing , in faith, and u tterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see thatye aboun d in this grace also. I speak not by
comm andment, but by occasion of the
forwar dness of others, and to prove thesincerity of your love. For ye kn ow the
grace of our Lord Jesus Chr ist, that, thoughhe was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor ,
that ye through his poverty might be rich.2 Corinthia ns 8:7-9
Why seek to prosper by the LAWS OF GIVING when
you can prosper far more by the GRACE OF GIVING?
GRACE offers a greater prosperity than the law
could afford. May you excel in this GRACE also.
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I believe in prosperity, I believe in your prosperity,
and have quite a lot to say on the GRACE OF
GIVING and how this ties in on your enormous
prosperity in CHRIST JESUS.
Beloved, watch this chapter, read it with marked
interest, again and again; because I will be saying a
lot on a subject that has been so distorted in the
church so much that many believers are indeed
alienated from the infinite prosperity they have in
CHRIST.
This one chapter will radicalize your finances. In it
I will dissect, provoke, and set your mind on things
above from whence you can control things
beneath.
You will discover how much GRACE has indeed
deposited on your account and how you can
actually withdraw from those loaded coffers to live
a life of splendor and wonder.
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For now, believe this: there is nothing like a poor
believer in CHRIST. That contemplation is a blunt
lie informed by undue attention given to the
material realm. Ministers who suggest they are
making saints rich are messengers of darkness
seeking to hoodwink the saints from perceiving the
GRACE OF CHRIST which is the seal of their
abundant wealth and immeasurable prosperity(Ephesians 1:18).
Are you a believer?You have faith in CHRIST? You do
not need to fulfill any law to prosper; that measure
belonged to a lesser pedigree than the new
creation.
In material weakness, you better know that you arespiritually strong because GOD is with you always.
That perception is the key to translating your
material circumstances to suit your glorious
spiritual realities.
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Now, concerning prosperity, particularly the
prosperity of the saints, there is a lot to be said, a
lot more than is generally being said.
Firstly, permit me to clarify that I am not against
the laws of GOD. I doubt if anyone has the SPIRIT
of GOD that he/she could be sincerely opposed to
the law of GOD, including those pertaining to
prosperity.
However, I am a minister of reconciliation, a
messenger of GRACE and not the law which
condemns. As a minister of the new covenant, I am
fully aware that the glory of GRACE is indeed
superior to the glory of the law (2 Corinthians 3:9).
The law was unable to make anyone righteous
before GOD, including the Jews but GRACE has
made many righteous before GOD including the
Gentiles (Galatians 3:11; Romans 5:19).
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It must be properly understood that even in
regards to material prosperity, the world was not
promised to those who abide by the law as much
as those who abide by the grace of GOD:
For the prom ise, that he should be the heir ofthe world, w a s not to Abraham, or to his seed,
through the law, but through the righteousnessof faith. Romans 4:13
Make no mistakes about it; the wealth of this world
is piled up for the just (Proverbs 13:22; Ecclesiastes
2:26). That just generation is this one that we are
living in that is just not according to the law but
according to the grace of CHRIST.
Mark you, no one is justified before GOD
according to the law (Galatians 3:11). In that
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measure, all have sinned and fall short of the glory
of GOD (Romans 3:23).
What that tells me is that, unless you abide in the
grace of GOD wrought in CHRIST JESUS, you
cannot gain the end time prosperity that the
scriptures say shall occasion in the camp of the just.
Grace then is the key means to material prosperity
in this day.
Furthermore, one needs to compare the prosperity
of the two, the measures that were guaranteed in
obedience to the law and that in submission to thegrace of GOD: According to the prosperity of the
law, you are guaranteed to prosper in the city and
in the countryside, in your coming in and your
going out (Deuteronomy 28:6). However,
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according to the prosperity of GRACE, you are the
prosperity in the city and in the countryside, you
are the prosperity in your coming in and your
going out.
Beloved, the blessing of the nations is not those
who prosper according to the law but according tothe grace of GOD through faith in CHRIST JESUS
(Galatians 3:7-9).
How is it so? Well, those who walk under grace
have been blessed with all spiritual blessings
pertaining to life and godliness (Ephesians 1:3); it is
they that have gained the blessing of Abraham and
through whom the nations shall be blessed.
It is essential that you realize that it is by GRACE
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and not the law that you are joined together with
CHRIST, reconciled you with GOD, and are indeed
joint heirs with CHRIST over all that GOD has in
heaven, on earth, and the fullness thereof:
The Spirit itself beareth w itness with ourspirit, that we are the children of God:
And if children, then heirs; h eirs of God,and joint-heirs with Chr ist; if so be that
we su ffer w ith h i m , that we may be alsoglorified together. Rom ans 3:16, 17
Yes, now that you have received the grace through
faith in CHRIST JESUS, GOD has no more promise
of prosperity for you except a fulfillment.
Look, in that glorious measure, you have it all.
That is why the apostle Paul understanding this
assures us that all the promises of GOD are yea
and amen in CHRIST JESUS (2 Corinthians 1:20).
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Beloved, in the GRACE of CHRIST, you are not
poor, CANNOT be poor, and should cease to
consider yourself in that light. Far from it, you are
the riches of GODs glory. You are infinitely
endowed and all of heaven knows. Now, the
FATHER has sent me to let you know it as well.
Can you believe and receive this GRACE?
Beloved, GRACE is quintessential to the faith of the
believer, it is central to our faith; my dearest friend,
we are not saved through our obedience of the law
but by GRACE:
For by grace are ye saved through faith; andthat not of yourselves: i t i s the gift of God:Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Ephesian s 2:8, 9
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Similarly, neither do we walk in prosperity by the
measure of the law but the infinite bounty that
GRACE affords us.
The devil has taken advantage of the ignorance of
many believers and indeed ministers to promote a
prosperity message that is essentially legalistic and
utterly irrelevant to the new covenant believer. The
believer in CHRIST is above the law; he/she
transcends its requirements as he/she is indeed the
righteousness of GOD in CHRIST.
That privilege positions you to reign with CHRIST.GRACE ensures this and has established your
glory in CHRIST so that as HE is so are you in this
world (1 John 4:17).
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Wait a minute; do you realize what this means? It
means that according to GRACE, you are not poor
but extremely rich. You are as rich as CHRIST is, in
whom all the fullness of GOD dwells (Colossians
1:19). That means that you are as rich as GOD is.
That is awesome, that is GRACE.
Beloved, in CHRIST, you do not give to be rich but
indeed give because you are rich. There is no such
thing like prospering believers in a strict sense
because the believer is afforded all the GRACE of
GOD which is sufficient for all.
Those who teach about prosperity in light of laws
live in the flesh and use vain material impressions
to assume whether you are rich or not.
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If they knew what the word says, they wouldn't
seek to make believers rich but would instead teach
believers to abide in the GRACE wherein they are
already rich.
Beloved, as a believer you need to take advantage
of GRACE and not take advantage of the law.
Taking advantage of GRACE would propel the
believer to enjoy the full benefit of all that CHRIST
has. It will cause you to awaken to your infinite
prosperity as joint heir with CHRIST. That realm is
accessed by faith in CHRIST and NOT BY
WORKING ACCORDING TO THE DICTATES OF
THE LAW.
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WEFELLOWSHIPTOCELEBRATEGRACENOTTOCONDEMNMEN
Blessed b e the God and Father of our Lor dJesus Christ, who hath blessed us w ith all
spiritual blessings in heave nlyplaces in Chr ist:According as he hath chosen us in him beforethe foundation of the world, that we sho uld be
holy and without blame before him in love:Having predestinated us unto the adoption ofchildren by Jesus Chr ist to himself, according
to the good pleasure of h is will,To the praise of the glory of his grace, w herein
he hath ma de us accepted in the beloved.In whom w e have redemption through his blood,
the forgiveness of sins, according to the richesof his grace ; Ephesian s 1:3-7
You go to church? Make sure you are attending a
service where GRACE is celebrated and not
where sin is mourned. GRACE reports are what
we need every Sunday and not sin reports. For
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where sin abounds, GRACE shall much more
abound.
GRACE is what the saints ought to celebrate, it is
what church is all about; we congregate to rejoice,
partake and fellowship in the GRACE of CHRIST.
Now, sadly though, many ministers insult the
privilege they have in guiding the celebration of
GRACE in ministering condemnation and
judgment. It is tragic that rather than rejoice the
GRACE OF CHRIST, many ministers of
condemnation have changed service into a litany ofsin. They preach sin and condemnation,
pronouncing judgment and ridiculing the excellent
GRACE of CHRIST.
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Beloved, if you are attending such a church, run
out of it. It is anti-CHRIST and ignorant of what
GRACE has rendered the church and indeed all
men.
Beloved, GRACE is not weak, it should not be
ignored or ridiculed but it should be promoted.GRACE has been given, it should be rejoiced, and
is indeed the answer that the world needs.
GRACE is the effectual working power of the
SPIRIT; and it is superior to the law, superior to
sin, to every failure and challenge of humanity.
When the church gathers it must fellowship in theGRACE. When a minister teaches, he/she must
communicate the GRACE of GOD. And when the
saints leave church, they should leave full of
GRACE to dispense it to a world riddled in trouble
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and fear. Believers should gather to be loaded with
more GRACE to minister to others who are not
able to come to church.
Nothing personal against your church or pastor
but beloved, if GRACE isn't being served that is not
a church nor are you under a minister of CHRIST.
GRACE is what Christianity is all about, it is our
message, and it is our life.
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THEGRACEOFOURLORDBEWITHYOU
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ b e with you all.Am en. Revelation 22:21
A heavenly lot can be dived from this prayer that
signed off the apostles letters that form what we
call the New Testament.
In that GRACE is a host of wonders untold, a rich
banquet of glory divine, a mountain of blessing so
high that it defies mortal ponder.
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At a personal level, as I interface with all of you
that believe CHRIST and have read this work, the
words of this GRACE richly remind me of our
communion, our distinct fellowship, our glorious
heritage in CHRIST. I am overjoyed to meet you
all, so blessed by your friendship in ways that no
other association compares or even begins tocompare.
Yes, only church and other inter-ministerial
congregations avail the same privilege. Whenever I
write to you or receive from you, it is like I am
writing to GOD or reading directly from HIM. Youare emissaries of HIS GRACE, exalted persons
that I sit together with at the right hand of GOD
and I will forever treasure our bond. You are my
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co-brides, fellow royal-priests, my corporate joint-
heirs with CHRIST, blessed brethren to whom I am
forever equally yoked in CHRIST. I will esteem
you forever, bless you forever, rejoice you forever.
MAY THIS GRACE BE WITH YOU ALWAYS.
AMEN!!