Grace is Christ with Our Human Spirit
Grace came when God incarnated in Jesus. Through His death and resurrection, we were qualified to receive grace and now for everyone who believes grace is with our human spirit. This grace has much to do with our preparation for New Jerusalem.
The book of Galatians concludes with a word concerning grace. “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers” (6:18). In Greek an expression such as “the grace of Christ” is an expression of apposition, with “Christ” in apposition to “grace.” This indicates that grace is Christ. The same is true of the expressions “the love of God” and “the life of God.” In the former “love” and “God” are in apposition, indicating that love is God; in the latter, “life” and “God” are in apposition, indicating that life is God.*
A blessing of grace is at the beginning and/or end of almost every New Testament epistle. Peter ends his second epistle with the exhortation to “grow in grace;” grace is not a thing to hold, it is the living person of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Grace is with our human spirit; both Galatians and 2 Timothy end with grace and our human spirit. May this grace spread in our being to fill every part of us, saturating us with the Lord. May we grow in this grace unto the full realization of New Jerusalem!
* Life-Study of the New Testament, Conclusion Messages: The Church, the Kingdom, and the New Jerusalem, message 260, p. 2715, by Witness Lee. Published 1998 and © by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, California.
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Posted by Don on December 20, 2024
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