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Daily Bible Thought: An Administration of Grace

Eph.3:1 For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles, 3:2 if it is so that you have heard of the administration of that grace of God which was given me toward you;

It is interesting that some translation uses the thought of fellowship instead of an administration? But of greater interest then fellowship, or an administration, is of what? Grace, not a legal government, like a massive religion, or some oppressive kingdom, but grace! The word grace means undeserved kindness, unmerited kindness.

Galatians 1:6 I marvel that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ to a different "good news";

Note please how that takes the power out of false religion away, not just false religion, but our power out of each of us. Yes, Christ stripped the power of all authority heaven and earth when he was resurrected, how? By removing the very thing that holds every human ever born on earth under slavery, sin, but not just sin. All the tools human uses to make things happen and grow their systems of things on earth, and what is that? The power of sin, law!

1 Corinthians 15:56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

Col.2:14 wiping out the handwriting in ordinances which was against us; and he has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross; 2:15 having stripped the principalities and the powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it. 2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day.

Eph. 1:20 which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places, 1:21 far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come. 1:22 He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly, 1:23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.

Laws used to condemn, convict, and punishes sin. Now think what power would any religion on earth have with undeserved kindness, or a government? The power, the seed, and core of all Satan system rest on one thing, judgment of sin through laws to control what? The fallen flesh of mankind. Take that away, flesh will not obey, did you know that? Flesh is unmanageable by grace and/or undeserved kindness it cannot be in subjection to grace, It cannot know grace, so how can one manage or reform flesh through grace?

Romans 8:7 because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God's law, neither indeed can it be.

Romans 8:8 Those who are in the flesh can't please God.

The fallen flesh is controlled through laws punishing the flesh; fear drives the flesh, not grace, grace to the flesh is; it has escape punishment, it got away with it. Grace is a weakness, a lack of courage to stand up to the fleshly mind. The governments are beast they punishes and devour flesh of sinners daily, it does not have to be against God's word, the power of the beast is the laws it creates for control and the feeding of its devouring appetite. Grace has no appetite, nor lust for power, but why? Lets make this point clear, the flesh cannot be in-subjection to the Spirit, grace is fellowship with God, the Spirit, the flesh is dead to God's grace.

Romans 8:6 For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;

Romans 8:13 For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

The administration that God's children are under, is with God, by having his Spirit, which teaches us the love of Christ. Love is the key, without love, who could understand grace, conversely, without undeserved kindness who could understand God's love. The power and control of flesh was killed when Christ died in the flesh, and he was made alive in the Spirit. He conquered the sins of the flesh, defeating them, putting them to death for us, so we can live how? In the Spirit, that is, in him.

Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.{NU omits "who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit"}

Romans 8:3 For what the law couldn't do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh;

That wisdom of God is not found in the flesh, or upon earth, it is not found in religion, or research of end time dates or judgments, it is found in Christ, it is considered foolish and weak, by the power of the flesh which makes it unknown to our world. The least one of Christ brothers is not known by the sheep or goats, it is of so little value God's grace that it is trampled upon by nations until the end of the fleshes world.

2 Corinthians 5:16 Therefore we know no one after the flesh from now on. Even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know him so no more.

Revelation 17:8 The beast that you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go into destruction. Those who dwell on the earth and whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see that the beast was, and is not, and shall be present.{TR reads "yet is" instead of "shall be present"}

1 John 5:4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith.

1 John 3:1 Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn't know us, because it didn't know him.

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