The Grace of Giving (Part 2)
Dr RJ Sing · 1 min read
“For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.”
The Law came through Moses, but Grace comes only through Jesus Christ. If we want Grace, it is made available to us only through Jesus Christ. We cannot earn Grace. Grace is manifested here in an exchange. Jesus was rich, but He became poor out of His Grace, in order that we, through His Grace, being poor might become Rich with His Riches. Jesus reversed the poverty curse that results from the broken law. So that, in return, through Grace, we might receive the wealth of the Kingdom of God.
Grace is only received through faith. Paul said in Ephesians: *“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.”Ephesians 2:8-9. Faith is the only way we can appropriate the Grace of God. The faith that appropriates God’s Grace works by love. This is the Scriptural Key to right giving. In other words, all of our giving must be motivated by our love for God and His Kingdom. Jesus became poor so that through His poverty, you could be rich. You can therefore count on being continually and abundantly supplied. You must begin to function in this wonderful Grace
