Speaking of John the Baptist
John 1:30 This is He of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for He was before me.
If the child of God wants to receive grace, the child of God has to give grace. You have to be gracious in your relationships. To whom much is given much is required.
What Grace is, where Grace came from, and why grace is given to us. When was the Grace of God given to me?
Grace was given to you billions of years ago in eternity past before you were ever even created the grace was given to you.
Rev. 13:8 All who live on the earth will worship Him, everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been slaughtered. Grace is that which happened to us in eternity past and truth is that which reveals it to us. John 1:17 For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.
Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
Grace is the fact that Jesus Christ was slain before the foundation of the world and truth is that in time which reveals the tremendous plan of God. It takes more faith to believe in Satan’s counterfeit religions than it does to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ.
And yet people actually believe something else over the grace and truth of our Lord Jesus Christ.
What does it mean Grace is that has already happened in eternity past?
What does it mean the Lamb of God was slain before the foundation of the world? What does it mean the law came by Moses but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ?
Here is what it means: It means that millions and millions of years ago that every problem every difficulty, every disaster, every tragedy that you would ever face, God already knew about and He made a provision for you. There is not anything you could ever go through in time that God has an already made a perfect divine provision for you. Romans 8:29-30 tells us that if God gave us His son how much more would He freely give to us all things through Him? God already gave you the best that He has to offer years ago, before you were even born, He knew that you were going to have a sin nature passed down from your parents. God knew this billions and billions of years ago, He knew every single choice that you were going to make, every single wrong decision, every single wrong thought, He knew it all yet He made a provision for you years ago. Grace is you understanding the provisions of God that was given to you before you even made one mistake. This provision is a reality. If you don’t understand that: There is not a problem that you will ever face that God has not already made a provision for. Grace will never be a reality to you if you don’t understand that. This provision existed millions and millions of years ago. God has finished His work, there is nothing that you could make God do, God already knows everything that He is going to do and there’s nothing that you or I can do to change that. The problem that you’re faced with, the difficulty, the tragedy, the disaster, the test, the temptation, whatever it may be… Grace tells us that God has already provided everything that you need for that provision. The Bible doesn’t say that (just) Grace came by Jesus Christ does it? It says: Grace and Truth came by Jesus Christ. Unless you know the truth you will never have grace. Unless you know the grace you will never have truth. Unless you have the truth you will never know grace. Unless you have the grace you will never know truth. The whole key to grace and truth is that they came together and they are one through our Lord Jesus Christ. Many people know truth but they don’t know Grace, they know the letter that kills but they don’t know the spirit that give’s life.
There are many that think they know Grace but all they know is lasciviousness and the means of not trying to live a holy life before God and they called carnality and living slothful and living passive an example of the grace of God. Grace is not a license to sin.
Titus 2:11 and 12, grace is given to deny ungodliness, not to cause us to stay in it and say God knows my heart I can just make all kinds of mistakes He loves me so I can live in sin. That’s not grace that’s called deception.
The actual utilization of this provision Grace and eternity past can only be based upon you knowing the truth.

Unless you know the truth you - will never know grace, you will miss appropriate grace. God’s plan is grace, His whole plan is grace but that plan of grace is declared to us in time by what we call truth. Unless you know Bible doctrine you’ll never know grace because it’s doctrine that declares the grace of God. The law was given by Moses but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. When you know doctrine you’ll understand grace. You’ll be able to utilize the grace of God when you know doctrine. Unless you know doctrine you’ll never understand Grace.
Part 10 of our John Series

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