1134 - All Our Blessings Come from God's Grace Supply#
1134 - All our blessings come from God's grace supply
(JP Text Group - Organized by the Life of Eagles)
The topic we are sharing is that all our blessings come from God's grace supply.
First, let’s read John 1:14-18.
14 The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth. We have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father. 15 John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’” 16 For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.
The Bible tells us to rightly divide the word of truth. Today, many people have misinterpreted grace and truth. Many say that grace is God's mercy, God's supply; truth is God's requirement; the law is a necessary condition for sanctification. But from what we just read, we see that the correct distinction is that the law came through Moses and was delivered by Moses. But grace and truth came through our Lord Jesus Christ, which proves that grace and truth are on the other side.
In Greek, grace and truth are a singular word. Its usage is similar to the nine fruits of the Spirit mentioned in the Bible. Although there are nine, it is one fruit. The word used there is also a singular word. So grace is not a doctrine, but the gospel. Do not treat grace as a doctrine to teach; that is incorrect. Grace is the gospel; grace is not a teaching, not a theory, but the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. Thank the Lord!
Because we say that grace and truth come from Jesus Christ, He is a person, not a theory.
Today we share the first point: Under the law, human behavior is revealed; under grace, God's works are manifested.
In 2 Corinthians 3:7, it tells us,
Now if the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at Moses' face because of its glory, which was being brought to an end.
What is the ministry of death carved in letters on stone? If you read the first five books of the Bible, known as the Pentateuch, you will know that the only thing carved in stone is the Ten Commandments. It tells us that the ministry of death carved in stone is not without grace; there will be some glory, some glory that leads people to repentance, just like Moses. When Moses was before God, his face also had some glory from God. But this glory was gradually fading. The commandments carved in stone will also fade away like this glory.
The Bible tells us that God has called us to be able to bear the ministry of the new covenant. The old covenant, the ministry of death carved in stone, brings death to people, but the ministry of the new covenant brings life. What does the ministry of the new covenant do? It proclaims the gospel of life. Today, it is not by the law, not by the commandments that people receive life, but by the Holy Spirit that people receive life.
After God gave the law, what people focused on was not how great God is; after the law was given, what people focused on was their own behavior. So after the law was given, you will see the Ten Commandments mostly saying: you shall not do this, you shall not do that, you shall not do such things, otherwise you will be cursed. It wants you to see that your behavior is terrible, the purpose is to make you aware of your sin, to make you confess your sins, to examine your own faults.
But on the day of Pentecost, God gave the Holy Spirit, and from that time on, the disciples no longer looked at themselves, but at the resurrected Jesus Christ. They preached God's love, preached God's forgiveness, preached what Jesus accomplished on the cross. Come and believe in Him, for Jesus Christ has already paid the price for your sins, and you can come boldly before God to believe in Him; He has accepted you, completely accepted you. So at that time, people of different languages and different races were preaching the same gospel. That is the resurrected Jesus Christ.
Today we are doing the same thing. We were born in different places, with different cultural backgrounds, and we are all preaching the same gospel, which is the resurrected Jesus Christ. Under the law, human behavior, both the bad and the good aspects of your own behavior, are revealed. But under grace, it is God's works that are manifested. Because in most cases, you will see that human behavior is mostly bad. But when God's works are manifested, what you see will all be good. Because from Jesus, you see His goodness, His beauty, His forgiveness, His acceptance. This is God's work. Just like the scripture we just read, no one has ever seen God. The only Son, who is at the Father's side, has made Him known.
So when you see Jesus' behavior today, you should know that is how God accepts you. So Jesus accepts those marginalized people in society, those who are sick, those who are lame, those who are blind; Jesus accepted these people. You should also know that if you are one of these people, Jesus is willing to accept you. Of course, Jesus also accepted some officials, even some powerful people. If you are one of them, you should know that Jesus is also willing to accept such people. He does not reject anyone; everyone who seeks Him, Jesus gives them answers. So this puts all our focus on Jesus, He is the supplier of all our grace.
Some Christians get sick, and some people unfortunately suffer from depression. This problem itself is already unfortunate, but worse is that traditional churches give them the answer that you need to examine whether you have sinned? Have you distanced yourself from God? Have you offended God? That is why these things happen to you. This is the ministry of death under the law.
Today we have seen from the Bible that getting sick is not because of sin. Jesus, two thousand years ago, has already removed the sins of God's children. The moment you believe in Him, Jesus has removed all your sins. One of the reasons people get sick is that they do not know that their sins have been fully paid. This sickness is because of a sense of guilt, being condemned, a sense of reproach in their body. Your spirit will not filter the messages you convey to it.
If you watch a horror movie, you will feel scared. This is because you have conveyed such a terrifying image to your spirit. So it cannot discern whether it is good or bad; it will accept everything, and the feedback it gives you is fear. Similarly, if you send a message to your body that you are sick, your body will execute it accordingly because it has no discernment ability; whatever you give it, it accepts. Where does this information come from? From what your eyes see, from what your mouth declares.
For example, someone might understand this: usually, when the people around you catch a cold, you will subconsciously say to yourself, I need to be careful, otherwise, I will catch a cold soon. No, this is not what you should be thinking about. You should think that Jesus is with me; He will keep me. If you think, oh, I need to be careful, or take some medicine to prevent it, or whatever... When you give your body such a command, your cellular DNA will start to respond accordingly, and what happens? It starts to tense up, and you will feel tense. When you see someone coughing, you will move away from them because you are scared. This is you giving your body and heart a wrong command. So when you are under such wrong commands, what you need to do is to look back to the grace of Jesus Christ.
It is not that when we accept the Lord Jesus, we completely become saints and will no longer sin. Today you will still sin. What should you do at this time? You must look back to what Jesus Christ has accomplished for you and then make a correct declaration to yourself. This declaration is: Jesus is my punishment; for this sin, Jesus has already paid the penalty. The Jesus who died on the cross has paid the price for this sin. On the cross, Jesus died for me; that is my testimony. Then your body will cooperate with the command you declare, and at that moment, peace will arise from within you. You will strongly feel Jesus' love and forgiveness within you, and healing will also come forth from you.
On the contrary, if you sin and keep confessing your sins today, every time you confess, you deepen your body's memory of sin, and this sin becomes more entrenched within you. This will not help you overcome the sin; instead, it will make you more self-reproachful, like a vicious cycle, and you will never escape its bondage.
Only when you look to Jesus, turning all your focus back to Him, looking to His grace supply, can you overcome.
So Ephesians 1:7 tells us that in Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace.
Thank the Lord, today we have redemption, and our trespasses are forgiven according to God's rich grace, not according to ours. God blesses you according to His rich grace, according to His measure. Similarly, God forgives your sins today, not according to your understanding of sin, but according to His understanding of sin. He forgives you completely based on His understanding of sin. Because we cannot know how many sins we have committed in our lives. Even in a week, you cannot remember everything completely. Sometimes you do not even know what sins you have committed.
God knows all of this completely. He understands sin far deeper than you do. He knows far better what serious consequences sin brings upon you, yet God still forgives you according to the abundance of His grace.
Today, some people still emphasize that God only forgives after we confess our sins, but they do not realize that people's understanding of sin is too limited. God forgives you today, not according to what you know, but according to what He knows, completely forgiving you. Similarly, through the blood of His Son, we have redemption; people usually do not know how long the efficacy of Jesus Christ's blood lasts. It not only forgives the sins you have committed in the past, but it can also forgive the sins you will commit in the future. This is the efficacy of the precious blood of Jesus Christ.
Do not underestimate the power and scope of Jesus' blood. God forgives you according to His abundance, according to all of this, based on the efficacy of the precious blood that Jesus paid on the cross. At this time, what can we do? Just thank the Lord.
Today, facing such forgiveness from Jesus Christ, such salvation from Jesus Christ, we can only express our gratitude to God. Because any of our actions at this time cannot help at all. We can only say, "Lord, you know me better than I know myself." Thank the Lord, so from now on, you do not need to fear God anymore, because all of this has been paid by Jesus; all of this comes from God's grace supply. Your salvation completely comes from God's grace supply. So the Bible tells us that today you are no longer under the law, but under grace.
Today, we who believe that Jesus has completed this work of redemption are conveying the ministry of the new covenant; we are the ministers of the new covenant, so do not confuse the law with grace.
In Matthew 9:16-17, Jesus Himself said:
16 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch tears away from the garment, and a worse tear is made. 17 Neither is new wine put into old wineskins. If it is, the skins burst, and the wine is spilled, and the skins are destroyed. But new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved.”
What He refers to here is very clear: new clothes and new wine refer to the new covenant, which refers to grace. Old clothes and old wineskins refer to the law. Therefore, Jesus has brought us into complete grace. People are always overly confident in their efforts, their performance, and their achievements. For such people, Jesus uses the law to let them know their inability. So some people may have some doubts and ask: Why did Jesus tell some people to keep these laws and commandments? Because these people want to express themselves through their performance and efforts, so at this time, Jesus gives them the law.
For example, everyone might understand this.
In Luke 18, it records such an event:
A ruler asked Jesus, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” This person wanted to inherit eternal life through his efforts and achievements. At this time, Jesus' answer was very simple: “You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honor your father and mother.’”
Do you see? Jesus gave him the law. What does Jesus mean? Jesus means that when you want to obtain eternal life through your own efforts and performance, you better keep all the laws. Do not pick and choose; you should keep all of them, because if you break one, you have broken them all. The purpose of the law is to make people aware of their sins, to let you know that you cannot keep all the laws.
Today is the same; if you memorize the law more thoroughly, you will know how evil you are. If you are an unbelieving brother or sister, you can memorize just the Ten Commandments every day. Every morning, recite the Ten Commandments, and then go about your day; you will find how evil you are, and you will often realize that you are constantly sinning. This is the effect of the law. The law cannot make a person holy; only the grace of Jesus Christ supplies us with holiness. It is not something you earn; it is given to you by Jesus. You just need to receive His holiness. We receive the holiness of Jesus Christ; this is still God's grace supply. Thank the Lord, this is very important.
We share the second point: All blessings are supplied by the grace of Jesus Christ.
Thank the Lord, what is the devil most afraid of? The most afraid is that the law in your heart is removed, so you do not know how evil you are, do not realize you are in sin every day, and do not know that the devil is deceiving you every day. So whenever someone preaches grace, there will always be voices around you saying, “Hey, you need to be careful; what that person is saying is not entirely in line with the Bible. He only speaks part of the Bible. I tell you, do not think that God is only grace; God is also a consuming fire! Do not treat God's commandments lightly; it is not a joke.”
I believe that such voices will not only appear around you but also around me. Do you know who is most afraid? It is the devil because you have taken away his weapon. He controls people through the law and sin. As a result, we tell him that sin has no effect on you anymore. You are telling the devil, “Devil, I have completely seen through you; your little tricks are obvious to me, and you can no longer deceive me.” At this time, he can only use those around you who do not understand grace to tell them, “Hey! You need to tell him that he is wrong.” He will try every means to prevent people from facing this reality. So today we need to know that the devil's weapon has been taken away from you; do not let the law take root in your heart. You need to look to the grace supply of Jesus Christ. Hallelujah!
God does not justify people through the law but through Jesus Christ. Thank the Lord, what people need is not the law of Moses but the grace supply of God; all of this comes from God's supply. What people need to see is not the law but Jesus. Because only Jesus is the source of all our blessings, Hallelujah!
Many people talk about what it means to be under grace. What it means to be under grace is that the righteousness of Jesus Christ is your righteousness. You look to all this as the grace supply from the Son of God; this is called being under grace. All of this is not earned by your behavior, not by your efforts; all of this is supplied to you by God, freely given to you. To receive this is to be under grace.
We do not strive to become holy; we receive the holiness of Jesus Christ, which is my holiness. Jesus is my supply; Jesus is my life; Jesus is my healing; Jesus is my health. All of this is supplied to me by Him, not earned by my efforts. When you think this way, you are under grace. So you can say Jesus is your all-sufficient supply. So what happens when a person is separated from Jesus Christ, separated from God's grace?
Galatians 5:4 tells us that you who would be justified by the law have fallen away from grace.
When a person tries to use their behavior, their performance, and their obedience to exchange for God's blessings, they replace God's freely given grace with their own efforts. Just like we have been saying, the worker receives wages; this is not called grace. Only the one who does not work receives wages; this is called grace.
If today you are desperately offering for the Lord, working hard for the Lord, and then at night you say to God, “God, look, I have done so much for you today. Now it is evening; shouldn’t you listen to my prayer and fulfill this matter for me?” This is called falling away from grace; this is no longer grace.
You think you have given a lot for the Lord; you think you have offered a lot for the Lord, so you say to God, “Lord, I have done so much for you. Now you should do something for me!” You are waiting for a quid pro quo; this is not called grace. This is called being under the law. Under the law, if you obey, you will be blessed; if you do not obey, you will be cursed; this is being under the law.
So today, do not do what Jesus Christ has already accomplished, especially the work before the cross, which you cannot bear. Jesus has already done it for you. If you are still willing to do the work that Jesus was humiliated and beaten for before the cross, you will not find rest because you will always feel that the work is not finished. If today you feel you still need to confess your sins, it means that Jesus' work is not finished, that Jesus has not completely forgiven your sins, which means your battle with the devil is not over; it is still ongoing. It means salvation has not been fully accomplished. But the Bible has already told us that when Jesus was on the cross, just before He died, He shouted, “It is finished.”
He has completed all the work of redemption, has placed all the salvation and the price of sin upon Himself, and then He bore it all. Finally, He cried out to God, “It is finished.” You need to accept this fact, this supply from God; your salvation completely comes from such a supply from Jesus.
Today is the same; your health also comes from God's grace supply on the cross. Because of the wounds He suffered, today you are to receive His health from His wounds. Where does your peace come from today? It is not earned by your efforts; you see that Jesus has borne the penalty for you. This work has been completed, and you receive His peace from Him. Because of the punishment He suffered, you have peace. This is not earned by your efforts; it is you receiving His supply. You believe that He has already accomplished such a peace blessing for you, so you receive it from His hand. Hallelujah!
Today, even if you do good, many Christians tell us that you should talk about grace, but you should also talk about how Christians should have good behavior! But do you know? Even the power to do good comes from God's grace. If God does not give you the heart to do good, how can you do good? Everything is the grace supply of Jesus Christ. Hallelujah! So put down your thoughts, put down your efforts, and strive to enter into the Lord's rest.
When you have difficulties, you need to turn back and look to your Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus is your supply of salvation; when you are sick, you need to look to the supply of Jesus Christ; He is your supply of healing; when you are at a loss, you need to look to the supply of Jesus Christ; He is your supply of direction. You need to receive all this, not by your efforts, but freely received from God; this is the grace supply. Hallelujah!
The law cannot stop sin from spreading in your body, but grace can stop sin from developing within you. So when Jesus preached on earth, the people around Him did not all become saints; those around Him were also sinners. But what happened? Jesus did not say, “You are sinners; stay away from me, or you will infect me.” No, when Jesus faced a group of sinners, He actively sought them out, touched them, and they were healed. Hallelujah!
Do you see? When Jesus touched the leper, the leprosy immediately disappeared. This leper was not healed by his good behavior; he did not say he kept the law. He simply looked to the grace supply of Jesus Christ.
He said, “I do not know what I can do; I only know that if you are willing, you can make me clean.” I know I cannot do anything, but today I only know that as long as you are willing to give me grace, I can be clean.
So he came before the Lord Jesus and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”
This was the only hope of this leper coming to Jesus. He did not say, “I have kept the law; Jesus, you should heal me.” He only said, “Lord, the only thing I can do now is to look to you.”
Jesus said, “I am willing; be clean.” This person came before Jesus; Jesus did not say, “Hey, kid, first confess your sins; see that you are full of sin from head to toe. First confess your sins, and then I can cleanse you.” No, Jesus did not say that.
This person said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”
Jesus said, “I am willing.”
This is our Lord Jesus. His supply is always there. If you are willing to receive His supply, He will give you such grace supply. Hallelujah! Our faith comes from God's grace supply.
Romans mentions that if our faith comes from the law, then our faith is in vain, and the promise is nullified.
Romans 4:13 tells us that for the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.
Thank the Lord, what does it mean to inherit the world? In fact, inheriting the world is a huge blessing given to us by God, which includes your health and your wealth. As Christians, do not say, “Oh, as Christians, we should not talk about money; talking about money makes you unspiritual.” No, the first thing God gives to His children is something they can feel.
Thank the Lord, when God met Abraham, the first thing He told him was, “I will bless you, and I will make you a blessing to all nations.” Thank the Lord, did you notice that when God first met Abraham, He did not say, “Abraham, you must believe in me; believe in me, and I will let you enter heaven. If you do not believe me, I will cast you into hell.” No, when God met Abraham, He said, “You must follow me; I will give you a great blessing. I will make you a blessing to all nations. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you, I will curse.” Thank the Lord, this is God's promise to Abraham, which is to inherit the world; he will become a blessing to all nations.
When Abraham was old and sent his servant to find a wife for his son Isaac, this servant went to the house of Laban, who later became Isaac's wife, Rebekah. When this servant arrived at Laban's house, he made such a testimony:
In Genesis 24:35, he said, “The Lord has greatly blessed my master, and he has become great, and he has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male servants and female servants, camels and donkeys.”
What he saw was indeed the blessing that God had given to Abraham. It clearly states that the Lord has greatly blessed my master. What does he have? Flocks and herds, silver and gold, male servants and female servants, camels and donkeys.
This includes all aspects of life. Today, if you translate this, what does it mean? It means there are animals, gold and silver, servants, and means of transportation; God has taken care of every aspect. Did you notice, brothers and sisters, this servant saw how God treated his master; he saw the blessings that Abraham inherited, and he saw it with his own eyes.
So God not only promised Abraham to inherit the world but also told us that Abraham's offspring will also inherit the world. We who believe in Jesus Christ are all Abraham's offspring, so you should also believe that the blessings like Abraham will also come upon us. This includes you and me today, including those who hear the gospel. Do not doubt; do not care about how others judge you. You need to see if God has such a promise for you. If God has such a promise, then hold on to that promise tightly and look to His supply. Hallelujah!
The essence of the law is to demand: do not do this, or you will be cursed; do this, and you will be blessed. But every time you hear similar messages, you need to know that you are no longer under the law. The essence of grace is supply. Under grace, God gives us righteousness as a gift.
If you see what Jesus accomplished on the cross, you should see that God's supply is operating every day. Grace does not operate based on your prayers; you should see that you are praying in grace. We do not win by prayer; we pray in the victory of Christ. Today, many people say they pray hard to win and overcome the devil. No, you are declaring his defeat in the victory.
Let me give another example. We know we should read the Bible because the Bible is the word of God, the source of our strength. But under the law, people will tell you that if you do not read the Bible, you will be weak; if you do not read the Bible, you will lose contact with God; if you do not read the Bible, God will not be pleased with you; if you do not do this, God will do something to you; God will not listen to your prayers... This way, you are being demanded; you must do this to earn God's blessings. This is being under the law.
But in grace, the Holy Spirit will tell you that the Bible is a book filled with the most blessings and treasures in the world, specially prepared for you. The words in it will make you prosper and succeed in everything in the world. It not only tells you that you will live abundantly and smoothly in the world but also includes all the abundant supplies of the kingdom of heaven written in it. All the answers to your life’s problems are in it. Welcome to read it!
Brothers and sisters, if you hear the Bible as such a precious and valuable book, you will be very willing to see what is written in it. You are not being demanded; it is a heart of longing. Do you see the difference? This is not a demand; it is God's supply to you.
Today we have stated a fact: God indeed supplies the Bible to us so that we can find answers to problems in life. So when you preach the gospel, God will supply you to enjoy His joy and His miracles in ministry. When you help brothers and sisters in difficulty, God will let you receive a kind of gratitude supply that others can never have. All of this is God's grace supply. Thank the Lord, you need to see God's grace supply in your life, running every day, every moment.
And our response to God's grace supply is to offer thanks to Him. In Hebrew, “grace” and “thanksgiving” are the same word. Therefore, when you feel God's grace operating in you, when you see it, you should loudly thank God! Hallelujah!
When Jesus took the five loaves and two fish, He saw the grace supply of God. He said, “Heavenly Father, I thank you that you will use these five loaves and two fish to feed the five thousand men before us.” He saw the abundant grace supply of God.
If today you want to give, do not say, “Today I give, so I will have a lot of money. I have sown seeds, so God will repay me a hundredfold.” This is not grace supply. You must look to the cross of Jesus; you must know that Jesus has already supplied you. I do not give to become rich; I give because of Jesus Christ; I am already rich. I will not worry about my supply tomorrow because God will provide what I need tomorrow. His supply is always running. So when you give, you will give generously.
When you understand that all this work comes from God's grace supply, you are already under grace. So today we need to expand our awareness of giving. This giving can be placed in your church's offering box, can directly help brothers and sisters in difficulty, or can be given directly to the preacher you feel moved by, etc. All of this is done in Jesus. What you want is to see that in the grace supply, God has always been supplying you. You need to see that God takes responsibility for you every day; this is being under grace.
Under the law, the Bible tells us that if you do not forgive others, your Father in heaven will not forgive your trespasses.
But under grace, Ephesians 4 tells us that you should be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
These two ways are completely different. The law tells you that if you do not forgive others, God will not forgive you. This seems like a condition. But what is the supply under grace? It is to let us look again at the forgiveness of Jesus Christ.
We who believe in the Lord will still sin and fail, but God has forgiven us in Christ. Because Jesus Christ has paid the price for our sins, God has completely forgiven us. Just like Jesus said to Peter, “You are not to forgive your brother seven times, but seventy times seven.” Seventy itself is a great completeness, and “seven” is also a completeness. His meaning is that you must completely forgive your brother. Thank the Lord!
When Jesus taught His disciples this, He indeed did so. He faced those who insulted Him, those who beat Him, those who mocked Him, and Jesus said to them, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” So when you understand that Jesus forgives you and accepts you, you will have the strength to accept those who offend you. This strength still comes from God.
Our change is all from God's grace supply. If you do not see God's grace supply in you, you cannot live out the likeness of Christ. Only when you are under grace, seeing that God is abundantly supplying you every day, will you have a forgiving heart. Your motivation will no longer be the same because you see that God has forgiven you every day. You see the love of Jesus Christ, the acceptance of Jesus Christ.
Two thousand years ago, the Son of God was separated from God's blessings for us, so that we are no longer separated from God. Because of the perfect sacrifice of Jesus Christ, He is the most beautiful offering, surpassing all the offerings of bulls and goats. Therefore, God has completely forgiven us today; Jesus became our curse so that we could receive blessings from Him. So today, all our supplies, all grace, all blessings come from Jesus Christ.
This brings us back to the beginning of the article we shared: the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. So today, as Christians, do not look to yourself; turn your eyes to God. Hallelujah! Fix your eyes on Jesus Christ. When you see every day that Jesus has forgiven you, accepted you, given you grace, strengthened you, and supplied you with faith, you will receive the strength to act.
Our salvation comes from God, from the grace freely given by Jesus. There is no place for your actions in this. We receive salvation through faith in Jesus Christ; this is also God's grace supply. Today, you are blessed because of God's grace supply, not because our actions have improved today, but because God blesses you according to the way Jesus does, according to how much He delights in Jesus.
So when we have good behavior, you will not boast because you know that even the power to do good, even good behavior comes from God's supply. I can do nothing on my own. At this time, you will find that a Christian under grace has many good behaviors but will not be proud because he knows that all of this is given by God.
Similarly, when he sins, he will not immediately fall into self-reproach, guilt, or weakness, unable to get up. Because he knows that God no longer remembers his sins; He will support me. He will not cast me away because of my bad behavior today. This is all in the words of the Bible, letting us know that God has always been supplying us. Hallelujah! So everything is the abundant supply of Christ; everything is the grace supply of Christ.
What we need to do today is to enter into the work that Jesus has completed, looking to what He did on the cross, receiving His rest. What we do is continuously receive from Jesus, and we will have the strength to change every day. How much change can this message bring you? Your inner self must change first, and then your outward behavior will change. You must first see the grace supply of Jesus Christ.
You say, “What if I have not seen it?” In your daily prayers, say, “Lord, open my eyes so that I can see every day that your grace has been supplied to me.” If you pray this way, God will surely open your eyes to see. Hallelujah!
So when you see the grace supply of Christ, God will let you see the release of your faith. Today, do not strive to say, “Lord, give me faith! I have no faith; I am weak.” You need to see God's abundant supply, see that God is smiling at you, watching over you, protecting you. How can you not have faith? Just like a little child, he may not walk steadily, but when his hand is in his parent's hand, he has faith.
Brothers and sisters, today if you feel weak, put your hand in Jesus' hand and believe in the words of Christ. Brothers and sisters, when you feel you can do nothing, fix your eyes on Jesus, and you will find that He is your strength. Hallelujah! So we do not seek, “Lord, let me have good behavior! Let me have a great change!” First, let God's grace operate in you, and then you will see the real change in your behavior. Hallelujah! Thank and praise the Lord!
Let us review what we shared today: all our blessings come from God's grace supply. And we have a mediator between us and God, whose name is Jesus Christ. So grace and truth come from Jesus Christ. Therefore, whenever we feel condemned, we have placed ourselves under the law, but today we are no longer under the law; we are all under grace. All of this comes from the abundant supply of Christ. He became the sin offering for us; He became the price of sin for us; He became the curse of God for us. So today we receive all supplies from Jesus.
Thank the Lord, so when you see that everything you have comes from the supply of Jesus, your eyes should be on Jesus Christ every day. You see how Jesus treats people; at this time, you will imitate the likeness of Jesus. Hallelujah! When you do this, you will experience unexpected peace and joy. This is the change we Christians experience.
Next, let us pray:
Loving Heavenly Father, we truly thank and praise your grace. Lord, yes, the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth indeed came through Jesus Christ. When Moses brought the law among the people, what people received was fear, and they all ran away. But when Jesus came into the world, He brought the supply of grace and truth. So the people were willing to draw near to Him; they were willing to gather to Him.
Today we are drawn to your presence by the love of Jesus Christ. We see that Jesus paid the price for me on the cross; we seek Jesus and believe in Jesus. Because we know we cannot do anything on our own, we need to look to the grace of Jesus Christ, look to your supply. Every day, in our lives, we need to look to your supply because we need to rely on you in everything. Because only you are perfect; in you, there is no failure.
Lord, as I continually receive your love, I can love others. Because this strength comes from you! May God especially bless the brothers and sisters who are listening today. No matter what the environment is like now, do not look at your environment; no matter how your body is now, do not look at yourself. Turn your eyes to our Lord Jesus Christ; what you see from Him is not a demand; He wants to supply you. Because He is the God of supply; He is all grace; He is the source of all blessings. Thank and praise the Lord!
Every day let us fix our eyes on Jesus Christ, look to His supply, and receive His rest! Thank and praise the Lord! The more we receive, the greater our change will be. Hallelujah! Glory be to our Father in heaven. In the victorious name of our Lord Jesus Christ, we pray, Amen!