*Pastor Byron Stewart; 2nd Corinthians 6*
Have you paused lately to consider God’s incredible grace in and over your life? What He has done in order to stir our hearts and open our eyes is so beyond our ability to comprehend. It literally is miraculous!
Paul, the apostle, pleaded with the Corinthian believers “to not receive the grace of God in vain.” I think this may very well be the single most crucial concern in any person’s life. How anyone responds to God’s grace reveals his or her level of understanding and appreciation, or lack thereof. Some will insult God’s grace, another will be disinterested, while another will bring shame upon God’s grace, and yet another will withhold having knowledge and experience of God’s grace. How sad to receive such grace in vain.
Paul was concerned that mishandling grace would lead to offensive attitudes & actions that would ultimately diminish the testimony of the ministry. He then challenged believers by commending himself and fellow workers as ministers of God. This is what should happen to anyone who rightly responds to God’s amazing grace … that we might live in such a way that others would recognize the Validation our Testimony.
