"Luther Quotations"; #1A
“Grace
and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ...”
(Galatians 1;3)
“Grace”
indicates our locational position with God (as seen from devotional #1).
Christian, your position/location
with
God is one of “under grace”
(Romans 6; 14, 15). The moment you came to faith in Jesus Christ you
were spiritually/invisibly transferred from “under the law”
(God's wrath) to a position of “under grace”
(God's mercy and peace).
Other
scriptures reinforce this happy truth of how Christ has accomplished
this positional/locational transference for the Christian from one of wrath to
grace/love:
1. Colossians 1; 13
“He
has delivered
us from the domain of darkness and transferred
us into the kingdom of His
beloved
son.”
2. Ephesians 2; 6
“And
you were dead
in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked...-by grace you
have been
saved-and
(He) raised
us up with Him and seated
us
with Him in the heavenly
places
in Christ
Jesus...”
3. Ephesians 2;12-13
“-
remember that you were at that time separated
from Christ...But now in Christ Jesus you who were
once
far
off have
been brought
near by
the blood of Christ.”
How has this positional
transference taken place? Each of the following passages indicate that this blessing experienced by Christians is accomplished by "grace." (See Ephesians 1; 2, 6, 7, 2; 5, 7, 8)
That is, Christ has accomplished this locational change on our behalf and applied it to us who believe as a free, unmerited GIFT!
That is, Christ has accomplished this locational change on our behalf and applied it to us who believe as a free, unmerited GIFT!
Hear
Luther on the benefits Christians experience through the grace/gift of Christ:
“Through
(CHRIST ALONE) we are assured of the forgiveness of sins, and once we
have obtained this, our conscience
is at rest and is comforted by the word of grace.
If we are comforted and heartened by
the
grace
of
God...we are able to bear all troubles valiantly and to overcome
them, even death itself.
This
peace of God is not given to the world...it is given to those who
believe (TRUST SOLELY IN
CHRIST).
And this happens only by the grace
of God.” (p.33)
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