GOOD
HOPE THROUGH GRACE
Robert
E. Hanna
Scripture Reading: II Thessalonians 2:16,17
"Amazing grace, how sweet the sound!" The composer of the beloved old hymn expressed it well. The limitlessness of God's grace is beyond our scope of comprehension. The apostle of grace and revelator of the mystery, Paul has given us voluminous testimony of the wonders of His grace. He magnifies the solace to be derived from God's grace, that we might find tranquility and assurance as we anticipate the glorious appearing.
Paul writes to the Thessalonian saints, "Now our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work" ... everlasting consolation and good hope! What treasure do we possess by God's marvelous grace! The world turns to all manner of human counsel, the very peace that we as believers possess, simply because we have accepted the free gift of salvation by grace through faith.
The plight of the Gentiles in ages past is graphically recounted by the apostle as he writes to the members of the Body of Christ: "Remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; that at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth ofIsrael, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world" (Ephesians 2:11, 12). But now-"God, even our Father which hath loved us, ... hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace."
"Amazing grace, how sweet the sound!" The composer of the beloved old hymn expressed it well. The limitlessness of God's grace is beyond our scope of comprehension. The apostle of grace and revelator of the mystery, Paul has given us voluminous testimony of the wonders of His grace. He magnifies the solace to be derived from God's grace, that we might find tranquility and assurance as we anticipate the glorious appearing.
Paul writes to the Thessalonian saints, "Now our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work" ... everlasting consolation and good hope! What treasure do we possess by God's marvelous grace! The world turns to all manner of human counsel, the very peace that we as believers possess, simply because we have accepted the free gift of salvation by grace through faith.
The plight of the Gentiles in ages past is graphically recounted by the apostle as he writes to the members of the Body of Christ: "Remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; that at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth ofIsrael, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world" (Ephesians 2:11, 12). But now-"God, even our Father which hath loved us, ... hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace."
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