Message for November 7, 2021 from Pastor Shirley

Growing in Revelation of the Access we have in  Christ who is Everything. 

2 Peter 3:18 “But continue to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  To him be glory, now and forever! Amen.

Peter encourages the church to continue to grow in grace. To grow in grace is to mature as a Christian. We don’t get more and more grace. We grow in the revelation of the grace we have been given.  As our minds are renewed with the Word we begin to understand the power which comes to us through the grace that is already in us. It is not about what we do but what God has done and is doing in us by grace.  Ephesians 2:8 “For by grace are you saved, through faith, and that not of yourselves. The way entered into a relationship with God is because of His grace that he has extended toward us. This is understanding of what Jesus did and to grow in recognition of this grace we have been given at our new birth. Jesus went to the cross and gave His life a ransom that secured for us access to God. This he accomplished by his death, reconciling us to God.  To have the favor and the grace of God, we accessed it through Christ.   Romans 5:2 “By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.”