Tag: Christianity 101
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Post 21 The Grace of the Holy Spirit – Spiritual Gifts
The person of the Holy Spirit is not someone unique to the New Testament. The Holy Spirit has co-existed with Father God from the beginning. We see the Spirit of God at work in Creation- Genesis 1:1-2, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and…
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Post 20 The Grace of Jesus Christ Part 3
In the last several posts we have focused on the gift of grace of the Father- Jesus. Then we looked at the gift of grace of Jesus– the Holy Spirit. We will now look at one more important area in which Jesus gave us gifts. This final gift of Jesus is meant for the Church. Now it…
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Post 19 The Grace of Jesus Christ Part 2
In the last several posts we have focused on the gift of the grace of the Father- Jesus. “For God so loved the world He gave His only Son…” Then we looked at the gift of grace of Jesus– the Holy Spirit.“ I will not leave you as orphans, but I will send you another…
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Post 18 The Grace of Jesus Christ
We are continuing in the theme of the Grace of God. In the last post, we mentioned the Trinity and that God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit are One. All three parts of the Godhead share the same nature and that is the nature of Grace. God’s grace can be…
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Post 17 The Grace of Father God
In our last post, I mentioned that the Word Grace in Greek was “Charis” or “Charisma” which means spiritual gift. The word grace is used throughout the New Testament and speaks to the character and nature of God. God is a gift-giving God! James 1:17 says the following, “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from…
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Post 16 Love and Grace?
This brief statement in Ephesians 2:8-9 is the message of the Gospel or the “Good News” in a nutshell! “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast”. Let’s examine this statement more closely.