Grace, Mercy, and Peace!

Dear Readers around the world! May the Grace, Mercy and Peace from God our Heavenly Father, and our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ be with you all, now and forever! Amen!

So precious are the greetings that are given from one Christian to another! Christians have abundant measures of Grace, Mercy and Peace! These are wonderful gifts given to each person that has believed in the redemptive work of Jesus Christ by Faith for his own salvation. These are given to each one that has repented and believed the Gospel of Jesus Christ!

Do we understand the difference between Grace and Mercy? Grace is when God gives us what we do not deserve. It is the unmerited favor in the sight of God. Ephes. 2:7-8
That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. 8For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Such a wonderful word is Grace! All the riches and glories of heaven above are given to the believers! What could be finer than that? Nothing at all!

Mercy is a similar but yet very different word. Mercy is when God does not give us what we do deserve. 1 Peter 1:3 (KJV)
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
We have deserved nothing but punishment. Isaiah 53:6
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. Romans 3:10
As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one.
We all are all together unworthy. However, Jesus Paid it All, all to Him we owe!

Romans 5:8
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
What a wonderful word Mercy it is when we understand that it is of the Lord’s Mercy that we are not consumed. Jesus died for us as sinful men so that we can be saved! What never ending Mercy for mankind!

Peace! Now believers have such a peace! When we understand God’s Grace and Mercy, then we surely can be at peace. Philip. 4:7
And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

There is no other peace worth having in this world, other than this peace of God! If you not have this peace, turn to His Word. Turn to the Christians around you! Pray often for the comfort which comes from the Holy Spirit according to Jesus promise when He said in John 15:26
But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:

The Holy Spirit which is the comforter abides in the hearts of all true believers! Scripture tells us: 2 Cor. 3:17
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
This Liberty is for the believers only. This is not liberty for our flesh to do as we wish, but rather this is Liberty to have peace, joy, happiness, in the Holy Ghost. The children of God are free, and they have every right to be the most joyful people on earth.

Do you dear reader, have this Peace and Liberty today? I pray that you are a possessor of this Peace and Liberty. Remember however, that if you are not counted among the elect of God today, or if someone you know is not yet a believer, today is the day of Grace. Today is a day of Grace and Mercy if man would humble himself, repent, and believe by Faith. Acts 3:19
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;

May these few verses from God’s word find a lodging place in the hearts of one or many of the people that God Loves, which as we know is everyone!

May God Bless your week!