I want to speak spontaneously on a joyful note of *GRACE
I am going to make it personal experience building on scriptural quoting.
I’ll be explaining grace with a story of Paul somewhere in the book of Acts.
A chief captain upon finding out that Paul was a Roman because his city though a Jew was a colony of Rome exclaimed and doubted Paul.
He told Paul: Do you know how much I paid to buy my citizenship?
Paul smiled: Mine was free because I am a freeborn Roman citizen.
Read the scripture below because I’ll be using it in my explanation:
Acts 22:24-29 KJV
The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him. [25] And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned? [26] When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman. [27] Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea. [28] And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born. [29] Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
1. In this life, we live from different world.
Some undertake all they do from the physical while some project their lives discourse from the spiritual realm.
2. It costs some people great fortune what others get for free.
Everyone will not suffer to get certain opportunity through.
In the olden days Romans colonized and ruled the world, so if you are a Roman citizens you are not allowed to suffer. No one is allowed to molest you as a Roman citizen.
When the Chief Captain realized Paul was a Roman citizen he withdrew the scourge and made him go free.
What if Paul never told the Chief Captain? He would have suffered for nothing. This is how many Christians suffer in life. They are citizens of heaven… Zion of the heavenly yet the earthly molest them and they kept quiet.
See when the enemy maltreat you, report at the headquarters. Never keep quiet for maltreatment from the hordes of evil.
My trust is: *I AM FREEBORN, NO PRICE*
I hope I can explain it clearly. I hope so.
When you’re a child of God, you cease from paying any price to get things done just as a Roman native will have nothing to pay being born free.
A South African native will not have a dime to pay to get his citizenship. And as a citizen, there are inalienable rights and privileges which you don’t struggle to get. They are yours to possess.
The Chief captain paid a high price to purchase his citizenship because he’s coming from outside.
When you’re born again (and you know) you are playing as an insider. You are not outside, you are a decision maker on this earth because those who are of God are the inside player.
In investment, those who play from the inside don’t suffer financial losses in stock trading.
The Bible says: All things work for my good. This can only be for inside player.
Therefore, you’re not beggarly in life and disposition. If you understand this: you’ll not be a prayer collector running from pillar to post.
You’ll command things as sons and daughters in the house. A freeborn son in a house does not struggle to access his Father’s estate.
Then if you’re a child of God, must you whimper to get things done?
*This is where we are going:
The new life we are called into is freely given.
No price tag
No struggle.
The more the struggle the less of God. Many times when I see how much people pay to access spiritual truth, revelation, help and blessings I smile because all this things God freely gave to me at NO COST. Some boast of the fasting, prayers and crying they have to undertake to receive the blessings.
But under the dispensation of grace the bible says:
*FREELY YOU RECEIVE, FREELY GIVE*
Grace means that you receive everything you have (including righteous living) on account of Jesus death and sacrifice. No price, only believe.
Grace means, it is God that works in you both to will and to do.
Grace means, because you’re a son in the house, you have access to
Divinity
Abundance
Health
Help
Etc.
All that the prodigal son needs to enjoy life is being at home with the father. All he needs to suffer is to be away out of the father’s presence. It was while he was away from the father’s presence that he had to pay with his sweat and struggle.
Adam had everything free until he fell into sin. Afterwards, he had to struggle and sweat to live… To struggle and sweat to till for food.
When your struggle is too much and not in good proportion with the blessings it is either of two reasons:
1. Sin is found in your life, and you’re not repenting of it and not ready for genuine repentance.
2. The devil is molesting you because you’re ignorant of who you are.
*True grace takes away the struggles of life because you’re freeborn, a citizen of the greatest kingdom in the universe.
Check your life. Are you living by grace or by struggles? If you live by struggles, please pray… As you pray God will step into your life and it will be a new day.
And you’ll cease struggling in spiritual things and physical realm. All because you belong to the most transcendental kingdom.
Thank you… We will continue on this grace next time by his grace.
