
Growing in Grace-Apostle James Mbugua
You can grow in grace; grace grows; it matures. Each of us must grow in grace. When we grow in grace our function in our work or ministry is more effective. We must come to a place where the growth of our work, ministry and resources cannot be explained but by grace. What God has called us to do must be done by grace. Grace is the most important asset for a believer.
GRACE & GIFTS
The Greek root Word for Grace is Charis while for Gifts is Charisma.
God’s GREAT riches come to us packaged in the form of GRACE. Grace saturates our lives, grace percolates into us; grace is the nature of God; grace is the fullness of God; grace comes by impartation; grace is a dispensation ( administration) while gifts operate in our lives; gifts come upon us ; gifts is the power of God; gifts come by activation; a gift is a service for function.
God’s exceedingly (beyond the usual mark, surpassing, excellent, superintendent, immeasurable) great riches (fullness, abundance, valuableness, wealth) comes to us packaged in the form of GRACE.
EPHESIANS 2:6–7 ‘… and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.” (ESV)
THE PACKAGING OF GRACE
2 PETER 3:17–18 “Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness. 18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever. Amen” KJV
-Grace is an integral part of the word of God. The Word of God is the package in which grace comes to us.
-Grace comes packaged in the Word; ‘..and the Word was God..’ (John 1; 14–18).
-Grace is activated with believing in the Lord Jesus.
-That Word comes to us in a man; incarnation — Christ in Jesus — Christ in you
-Grace is released when the Word becomes flesh; becomes the life in a man.
-The word becomes flesh when we receive, accept, believe practice it in real life. Grace works best where it is activated by faith. For grace to be grace, we have to accept and receive it as a gift and not a wage. it
is the work of God in us and not our own works. Eph 2: 8–10.
-Grace comes to dwell among us (mantles never return to heaven).
-Glory is the manifestation or visibility of the grace of God.
-Grace comes accompanied by truth ( accurate knowledge of God)
-It is released in measures and dimensions until we all come to the fullness of God
-Grace comes to declare or manifest God (EXEGEOMAI).
ESTABLISHMENT IN GRACE
Establishment means setting up, formation, founding, initiation or pioneering. Nothing can be established until it finds its natural habitat; its natural environment. We therefore need to be planted in the house of the Lord.
-This is an excerpt from a Young Professionals Forum Lesson-

