The Power Of The Gospel Of Grace
by Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
“…the gospel… is come unto you, as it is in all the world, and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth” (Col. 1:5,6).
How
wonderful to see the gospel of the grace of God do its work! Paul had
never even seen the Colossians. He had only sent missionaries to them
from Ephesus with the good news of the grace of God, but this had
produced amazing results.
Wherever
the gospel of the grace of God is preached in its purity it produces
results. No one hearing that message can go away the same. Either he
will consider it utter foolishness and be hardened by it, or he will see
its vital importance and be softened by it. Ultimately he will either
be eternally condemned, or eternally saved and justified by his response
to that message.
“The preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness, but unto us which are saved it is the power of God” (I Cor. 1:18).“Christ crucified… unto them which are called… the power of God and the wisdom of God”
(I Cor. 1:23,24).“The power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth” (Rom. 1:16).
Mark
well: it is “the gospel of the grace of God,” the “preaching of the
cross,” that produces such results. The law of Moses never did, “For
what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh,” God
sent His Son to accomplish for us (Rom. 8:3,4). This is why Paul
proclaimed, at Antioch of Pisidia:
“Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this Man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins; and by Him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses” (Acts 13:38,39).
God’s
message to us is a message of love, proclaiming to even the vilest
sinner that he may be “justified freely by [God’s] grace, through the
redemption that is in Christ Jesus” (Rom. 3:24)
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