Note: With the video-speech’s introduction, it may seem that I’ve said: “Grace’s Power”, but the intention is Grace-As-Power. Please excuse my lazy pronunciation at that point.
At the left is the cover page of “Grace and the Gospel for Video” which is the file and text from which I speak by the video’s presentation. This is the same link as-is-linked in the video’s caption.
I’ve discovered through this study that God’s Grace is more correctly: His character. It’s the character of God’s Spirit who’s given to believers in Christ through our belief in Christ’s resurrection.
According to Ephesians 2:8-9 our souls are saved by God’s grace though our faith. God’s character transforms our souls as He patiently works His own character – the character of Christ – into our lives.
“Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience means salvation”, ~2 Peter 3:15 “The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance”, ~2 Peter 3:9.
“Now after John the Baptist was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel“, ~Mark 1:14-15.
Without repentance there’s no possibility of believing in the Eternal Gospel! because it’s not a natural way of thinking. To have faith in God is God-derived! The knowledge of this process may be crucial for comprehending the video and its speech-script.
From the Blue Letter Bible‘s site, repentance means:
“a change of mind: as it appears in one who repents of a purpose he has formed, or of something he has done. especially the change of mind of those who have begun to abhor their errors and misdeeds (wrong speech), and have determined to enter upon a better course of life, so that it embraces both a recognition of sin and sorrow for it, by hearty amendment, the tokens and effects of which are good deeds (correct speech)”.
Therefore true repentance results in a new conduct, new speech and a new or renewed claim of spiritual life. That’s a miracle of the heart that only Holy Spirit can work “in cahoots” with God’s Word: the Bible’s knowledge.
This is the aim and purpose of the video and study: that a heart renewal will result from this knowledge and its application in any person’t life, as your own Life!
We have this great need for trusting God anew and forever!
Life, Love & Unity 