The Amazing Grace Of God

His love abides from everlasting to everlasting.

By
The Man Who Saw God Face To Face
Raphael Okechukwu Nweze


Parable Of The Unfortunate Ants
         Johnson was a boy of about 15 years of age. He had just returned from evening visit to a friend. He sat down in a chair to rest. After a while, it occurred to his mind to check his provisions, because he would be returning to school boarding house the following day.
         He opened a carton and looked inside. He was surprised to see ants on a packet of sugar, which his father bought for him. He lifted the packet, opened it and looked inside. What he saw was alarming – ants swarming inside the packet.
         He rushed outside, smacked the ants off his pocket onto the ground. Next, he marched all over the tiny living things with his two feet. The numerous ants died there and then.
         For licking sugar, the numerous ants were mercilessly killed. Consider humanity, who eat fruits and vegetables, drink water and wines, and eat honey and milk. And yet, God has not killed us.
         Consider humanity, who tap all the natural resources inside the ground; from crude oil to natural gas, from solid minerals to gold and diamonds; from cement to assorted types of rocks. And yet, God has not complained or killed us.
         Compare and consider. For committing one offence, the ants were mercilessly smashed to death. What of humanity who commit uncountable sins, and yet God has not kill us?

His love abides forever,
and His mercies forever more.

23 Thus says the LORD:
"Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom,
Let not the mighty man glory in his might,
Nor let the rich man glory in his riches;
24 But let him who glories glory in this,
That he understands and knows Me ,
That I am the LORD, exercising loving-kindness,
judgment, and righteousness in the earth.
For in these I delight," says the LORD.
Jeremiah 9:23-24

5 Now the LORD descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. 6 And the LORD passed before him and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth, 7 keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children's children to the third and the fourth generation." Exodus 34:5-7

9 For if you return to the LORD, your brethren and your children will be treated with compassion by those who lead them captive, so that they may come back to this land; for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful , and will not turn His face from you if you return to Him." 2 Chronicles 30:9

What Is Grace?
         Grace is a free and unmerited favour, given out of loving kindess and mercy.
         Also grace means mercy or goodwill.
         The height of grace, the ultimate, is God’s own death on the cross for the salvation of mankind. For while men were yet sinners, God paid the penalty, so that none should perish but that all should have everlasting life.
         Grace Is The Aboundant Love Of God, who is always busy attending to our various needs through the ministering Angels
         God’s love is made manifest in creation. It includes the vast resources of nature, and the knowledge and skill to tap them; the solar system, and the meticulous supervision that manifest and maintain them; the uncountable Guardian Angels that watch over us to ensure our safety and wellbeing; the over sufficient supply of light for our everyday prosperity; the diversity of domestic animals that give us food and nutrients, cultivate our farms, carry our burdens and serve us; the multitudes of prophets and ministers for our spiritual growth and life; etc.
         The conclusion is this: God is love, loving and beloved; full of kindess and mercies. And blessed are the people whose God is the Lord.

The Importance Of Grace
  1. That all should live, and not die.
  2. That we may have life and have it abundantly.
  3. That all should succeed and prosper.
  4. That all should have peace and rest, and not crisis and burden.
  5. That all those who have put themselves in different kinds of bondage and captivity should be set free.
  6. Teaches us to love one another as the Father loves all.
  7. The free gift of His name to each of us, so that we become and remain victorious in every way of life.
  8. The soul of a man, which soul is God’s gift of Himself to each and everyone of us.
  9. The full payment of penalty of sin, which no other could have paid.
  10. The restoration of humanity to divine state of glory and honour.
  11. The right to come into the presence of the Almighty, whose holiness is awesome.
  12. The opportunity to become perfect even as our heavenly Father is perfect.
  13. All actions are performed by the holy forces of the nature. The same Holy Spirit works in all and in every environment, enabling our various benefits, skills and services.
  14. Even, no exercise is a wasted effort.
  15. Steady recovery of whatever man looses out of carelessness and heedlessness.