GRACE DOES NOT EXIST IN SIZES

 GRACE DOES NOT EXIST IN SIZES

July 31 2023

Rev Michael Benson Ajayi

  Matt 20:12 KJV ” Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day”.

        Many persons are of the notion that God has favorites among His children upon whom He has bequeathed special gifting or grace than others, thus making these persons the standard for the measurement for success as though we will be going to different heavens . This theology opens the door for the systematic indoctrination and manipulation of God’s people by so-called “super apostles" ( 2Cor.11:5) like the apostle Peter: the first general overseer of the church of Christ ;he was for a moment friendly with the non- Jewish Christians who were traditionally considered as unclean and outcasts by the religious Jews. In the absence of his fellow Jews, Peter ate freely with these non -Jews but whenever he was amongst his tribesmen he treated these non- Jews as outcasts and inferior to the chagrin of apostle Paul who was quick to reprimand him for his hypocritical and unchristian behavior  ( Gal2:11-14). 

   Classification in the church is unchristian: it leads to racism and oppression. Some Christians consider Christians from other tribes or congregation other than theirs as inferior and this idea is approved by their religious leaders. This is ungodly.

   Apostle Paul was not among the first twelve disciples, yet he was used in the most extraordinary manner by God : he wrote more epistles than all the other disciples combined. He attributed this feat to the grace of God that was upon all. The only difference was that he worked harder than the other disciples. He wrote in 1 Cor 15:9-11 NKJV  “For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all,yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me... .”  Therefore, it is the same grace that has been administered to all of God’s people but different outcome depending on the persons’ willingness to put this grace to work. Faith without work is dead. Grace does not exclude one from hard work yet it is the same grace that’s given to all. It is like ‘Time management’, we all have 24 hours given to us but what we make out of our time will determine our future outcome.  

      The parable in Matthew 20: 1-16 shows us that it is impossible to influence God’s benevolence or grace. We have all come short of God’s rating and regardless of our individual achievements, we need God’s grace and it is equally given. Nobody has more grace than another.John 1:16 AMPsays " For out of His fullness (abundance) we have all received [all had a share and we were all supplied with] one grace after another and spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing and even favor upon favor and gift [heaped] upon gift. God isnt trying to give us grace rather through Jesus Christ we have access to His grace . The same grace manifesting in several ways . Rom 5:2AMP says "Through Him also we have [our] access (entrance, introduction) by faith into this grace (state of God's favor) in which we [firmly and safely] stand. And let us rejoice and exult in our hope of experiencing and enjoying the glory of God." Note , it says 'This grace ' not graces . We are the body of Christ and no part is more blessed or has more grace than the other; that's a carnal way of thinking with dangerous and evil consequences. God would rather want you know that you have heaven's backing in the pursuit of the fulfillment of your divine purpose .

        Regardless of our talents and individual achievements, it is important to know that we complement each other; therefore, there is no need for comparison. The more we humble ourselves to learn from Jesus’ word, the more we discover new dimensions of His grace (James4:6) just like a dedicated student has more information about a course than those who do not read yet they are in the same school with equal opportunities. We have equal opportunities and privileges with God. 

Prayer : Heavenly Father forgive me of my sins against you I believe Jesus Christ died and was raised again for my salvation I receive him as lord and saviour and receive the Holy Spirit and grace for extraordinary breakthroughs and promotion in Jesus name.

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