Grace Is a Person, Not a Doctrine - Joseph Prince Daily Devotional (April-29-2023)

Joseph Prince (April-29-2023) Daily Devotional: Grace Is a Person, Not a Doctrine

For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. - John 1:17

Do you know what makes Christianity unique and gives it the power to free people from all fears, condemning thoughts, and addictions? Many of the world’s belief systems are governed by moral codes, rules, and laws.

But Christianity is unique in that it is not about an impersonal list of dos and don’ts. It is about having a relationship with Almighty God. And it is God working in us and for us through this relationship that brings transformation in our lives.

Beloved, God is all about having a relationship with you today. The apostle John tells us that “the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ” (John 1:17).

Notice also that the law was given. This implies a sense of distance. In contrast, grace came! Grace is personal and came as a person—the person of Jesus Christ.

The law is hard, cold, and impersonal. You cannot have a relationship with two tablets of stone. But grace is gentle and warm. Grace is not a teaching or doctrine. Grace is a person, and you can have a relationship with a person.

God is not interested in mere obedience and submission. He is a God of love and He longs to have an intimate relationship with you.

Jesus came and died a cruel death on the cross, paying the full debt of sin with His own life so that you and I can reign in life today. His sacrifice fulfilled every requirement of the law perfectly on our behalf (Matt. 5:17 NIV). All that we were unable to do, He did on our behalf.

When you receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, you are made holy and righteous by His blood once and for all. You can enter into a relationship with Almighty God and come boldly into His presence without any guilt, condemnation, or expectation of punishment.

You see, when you have fulfilled your debt to the lender for the mortgage on your house, you stop sending in your monthly payments because the debt has already been fulfilled. If the lender sends you a letter demanding additional payment, all you have to do is produce the title deed to your home. In the same sense, the debt that you and I owed to the law has already been fulfilled by our Savior, Jesus Christ! Hallelujah!

When the devil comes to accuse you with the law and shows you how you have fallen short and failed, turn your eyes away from yourself and point to the payment that Jesus made on the cross. Christ is your title deed, which is why you are called a “Christian” today.

You are not your own. You have been purchased with the precious blood of Jesus Christ. His blood, shed for you, is what makes your relationship with God secure. It is what gives you the basis to reach out and receive your freedom from your loving Savior today!

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Grace Is a Person, Not a Doctrine - Joseph Prince Daily Devotional (April-29-2023)
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  • Comment Link Rosendo Martinez Vazquez Friday, 29 April 2022 10:35 posted by Rosendo Martinez Vazquez

    Amén gracias Jesús

  • Comment Link My darling Legae Friday, 29 April 2022 02:27 posted by My darling Legae

    Amen 🙏

  • Comment Link Maureen swanepoel Friday, 29 April 2022 01:11 posted by Maureen swanepoel

    Thank you pastor prince for this message and teaching grace and truth come through Jesus christ but God grace is also exhibited when we humblely bow before christ in represents and faith them we find forgiveness thank God for his grace for without it we have no hope hallelujah clory to our lord Jesus name amen and amen 🙏

  • Comment Link Samuel Lekala Sunday, 06 June 2021 19:54 posted by Samuel Lekala

    Dear Pastor Prince, Iam a Preacher's son in South Africa. Being in Africa our church has been trying very hard to drive out the centuries old ancestral worship and spirits of the dead. I could see that my father was fighting a loosing battle. The more we pushed back the more people seemed to be attracted to the same spirit. More and more people started to hate our church and teaching even the Christians.
    Until I started listening to your sermons and Grace found me. From then on l just taught about Grace and now voila I started to feel the weight lifting from my shoulders and peace began to flow In my sermons. Bit by bit people are coming to listen to my services. I can't believe that Grace covers most part of the NT Bible.
    Keep on the Grace Revolution
    Yours in Christ
    Samuel Lekala.

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Joseph Prince (born 15 May 1963, Singapore) is the senior pastor of New Creation Church in Singapore, one of Asia's biggest churches. He was one of the church's founders in 1983.

Joseph Prince, the son of a Sikh priest of Indian origin and a Chinese mother, spent his primary school years in Perak, Malaysia.

Prince changed his birth name to Joseph Prince during his previous occupation as an IT consultant.

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