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ALL OF GRACE
PART TWO
The grace of God is such a deep and wonderful topic in the Bible that
no man could ever write enough on it. The "eating an elephant" illustration cannot do it honor. It is kind of like going into
outer space. The further you go the more you discover. But in order to discover more you have to keep going further and further
and further. None of us can ever reach far enough in order to discover the full magnitude of God's grace. Even the angels
of God who dwell with God beyond our reach does not understand it. (See I Pet. 1:12) It is a subject that can never be mastered,
even by the prophets of old. (See I Pet. 1:10-11) It is so amazing that you can not believe any other way but through it alone.
(See Acts 18:27-28) This grace that we must believe through alone comes from one person only, THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. (See
John 14:6; Rom. 1:7; 3:24; 5:1-2; vs. 15-21) It is not through the Church. Neither is it through Christianity which may surprise
many. Being in the church or being converted to Christianity will not save one soul from hell. A person must become the church
himself and become converted to Christ alone rather than a system of church religion, etc. Any other way that is not through
CHRIST ALONE will lead directly to hell for all eternity. It doesn*t matter which road you take. All roads (religions, religious
leaders, etc., etc., etc.) lead straight to hell except the Lord Jesus Christ, the one and only true God-Man who came to save
sinners. (See I Tim. 1:15; 3:16) Any road man is on from his birth is leading straight to hell. The Lord Jesus Christ was
willing to come down from heaven and become a man, never ceasing to be God (for He always was and will be) and come to where
we're at and draw us unto Himself. (See John 12:32-33) The crucified Christ is the only way which leads to victory and heaven
where in God's presence saved man is totally delighted. When you take His way, you become like Him, never in equality, but
in thought, behavior, manners and actions. Since He is God and no one can ever be just exactly like God or even close to it,
He became a perfect sinless human being and He desires to make us more like Him in this sense.
For the rest of this year, I will write more on grace. Please pray for God's revelation to go forth. Listen closely to this
verse: I Peter 5:10: "But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have
suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you." He is the God of all grace. That word "all" simply
means "every bit, whole, throughly, complete." It is so extremely amazing that it is described in the Bible as complete and
whole in God but no one will ever be able to exhaust it or know its fullness. It is beyond any created being's comprehension.
No wonder Brother Peter wrote the next verse strongly expressing, "To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.-
vs. 11"
WRITTEN BY BROTHER MATTHEW C. ALTMAN
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