Grace and Our Privileged Access
Dearly beloved and highly favored sons of God, we live in the period of time called the Administration of the Grace of God in the Word of God.
God gave us the gospel of grace, He determined the Administration of Grace, He reveals that we are saved by His grace, we are justified by grace and have the remission of sins by the riches of His grace, we have access by grace, we stand in grace, and it will take Him the ages to come to show us the exceeding riches of His grace to us in Christ Jesus, to mention a few. Grace, grace, all is by His marvelous grace that He freely gave us in Christ!
Grace is Divine favor; it is God’s friendly willingness to bless. God’s grace is a free act of kindness given to all men in Christ. It is not hindered by sin, nor is it conditional upon works. The Father’s attitude and disposition toward us is expressed by His great grace to us in Christ. On the part of the Giver grace demonstrates kindness, and on the the recipient should be thankful for this undeserved favor.
Through the revelation of His great grace to us in Christ we learn that God became our Father, and we became His children. We are born of His spirit, and are now members of His household.
Christ presented us to the Father as holy and without blame. The Father gave us sonship by the good pleasure of His will unto the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He highly favored us in the beloved one, Jesus Christ.
By His grace, the Father blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realm.
The Father provided us with access by giving us the gift of holy spirit by His kind grace, but not merely access, not just the bare right of entry, not a timid uncertain approach, but, “In whom [Christ] we have boldness and access with confidence through the believing in him [Christ].” Oh beloved, believe what is yours in Christ.
The Father’s throne is a throne of grace and He encourages us to approach it boldly so that we may obtain mercy, and find what? “…Grace to help in time of need.”
Access was exclusively the Father's idea. He does not have us grovel and beg Him for access and an open ear to hear our prayers. He does not block our entry, nor does He shut the door in our faces when we approach Him because we are not good enough, or too sinful; no, we get talked out of believing what He has freely given us by His grace in Christ Jesus.
Why do we have access, dearly beloved? The Father provided His children with access by one spirit – the spirit of sonship in the new birth, and he did it by His grace toward us in Christ Jesus.
The access of Ephesians 2, is amplified in 3:12, then in verse 14 we find the reason: “I bow my knees unto the Father.” This is not “saying prayers;” it is drawing near to “the Father.” Verse 14 is immediately followed by reference to the “family” associated with the Father. We are by grace, members of this great redeemed family, freely given privileged access to our Father by the spirit.
We have access to Him with unveiled face, because by one offering Jesus Christ has perfected forever those who are sanctified.
We enter the Holiest of All, which is the presence of God, with boldness and confidence as sanctified ones, as those that Christ has perfected forever!
Dearly beloved, Jesus paid for our access by his blood, and he presented us to the Father as holy and without blame. Our entrance is by a new and living way, which Jesus ratified for us through the vail, that is, through his flesh. Therefore let us approach with a true heart in absolute certainty of believing.
How does He say to approach Him? We are to approach with a true heart with the absolute certainty of believing…the absolute certainty of believing!
Believe who you are in Christ and use your privileged access to the Father as He intended it to be used; with boldness and confidence and with the absolute certainty of believing.
Dearly beloved, we have the unspeakable privilege in Christ to know the joy of access to the Father.
Yes, it is grace, grace, and more grace all they way to the day we will be glorified with Christ. Live with thanksgiving for His great grace to us in Christ Jesus our Lord, dearly beloved, and take advantage of our privileged access; He would love a visit.