GRACE IS GOD'S WILLINESS !

GRACE IS GOD'S WILLINESS ! "Therefore it is of faith's, that it might be by grace to the end the promise might be sure in all the seed. . . (Romans 4:16). Some may say, "that promise was not to us. It was just to Abraham." But the promise is to all the seed. "It is of faith, that it might be by grace. . . Grace is God's willingness to use His power and ability on your behalf, even though you don't deserve it. God is willing. Grace is His willingness. We have always heard that God's grace is unmerited favor. But ask yourself this: if God was in favor of your being saved, or healed, or delivered, or your preservation, and your soundness, but not willing to get personally involved in it, would it have helped you ? What if God had said, "if the world can save itself, it's all right With Me, but I'm not going to get involved ! Just being in favor of it would not have helped us. We would have died and gone to hell. But God did get personally involved. So grace is more than unmerited favor, it is also God's willingness to use His power on our behalf. "Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace, to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all." The Scriptures tell us that God preached the gospel of faith first to Abraham. (Galatians 3:8). Even though there was not much teaching on faith in the Old Testament, they operated in faith. They believe what God said --- and it was imputed to them for righteousness. Yet there was not much said about how to obtain the God kind of faith, or how to use it. God taught the gospel of faith first to Abraham. In (Romans 4:17), the apostle Paul refers to (Genesis 17) where God spoke to Abram. PRECET: "As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations, before him whom he believed, even God, who quickenth the dead, and call those things which be not as though they were." (Romans 4:17) Paul gives reference to Genesis 17 where God said, "I have made you the father of many nations." Notice that God didn't say He was going to do it. There was Abraham. He did not have the promised child. The first time God spoke this promise to Abraham he was "only" 75 years old. But before it came to pass, he was 100 years old. Now you can see why the Scripture say that when there was no hope, Abraham believed in hope. (Romans 4:18). He believed God for 25 years before he saw the promise come to pass. God sometimes reveals things to us that it may take years to bring about. You may get a revelation in your spirit of things God is going to do. For instance 20 years ago I saw things about this ministry I am in that are finally happening right now. These things didn't happen the next year: it has taken 20 years. I saw it through the eye of faith. God gave it to me by revelation. But I didn't go out and tell everybody. We make a mistake when we tell everything we know.