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    JOSEPH KINGTHE

    AMAZING

    CASE FOR

    GRACE

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    Bibleversion,istheKJVKingJamesVersionof1611,withonlysomeminorwordchangesinthecaseofclearlyarchaicwords.

    Copyright2011byJosephKingRevelationCHRISTMinistriesInc.P.OBox12142Kampala,UGANDA

    AllrightsreservedunderInternationalCopyrightLaw.Contentsand/orcovermaynotbereproducedinwholeorinpartinanyformwithouttheexpressconsentofthePublisher.

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    DEDICATION

    The grace of GOD belongs to all men. This book isdedicatedtoallmenbecausePreciousandIbelievethatthe door is wide open for everyone to gain from thefinishedworkofCHRIST.WebelieveinyoubecausewefoundoutthatGODdoesandproved it toallandsundryat thecross.Thatworkmeans that you are not condemned and are mostwelcometoFATHERGOD.

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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

    To CHRIST JESUS, the amazing grace of GODbelongallpraiseandhonor.

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    CONTENTSDEDICATION ....................................................................... 3ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ...................................................... 4SIN, THE LAW, CHRIST AND YOU! ................................. 6THE AMAZING CASE FOR GRACE ................................ 14GRACE IS THE LOVE OF GOD REVEALED .................. 25THE ETERNAL REIGN OF GRACE ................................. 32

    GRACE DEFENDS YOU WHERE THE LAW

    CONDEMNED YOU ........................................................... 39GRACE CELEBRATES YOU ............................................ 44THE GRACE OF GIVING AND YOUR

    PROSPERITY ...................................................................... 51WE FELLOWSHIP TO CELEBRATE GRACE

    NOT TO CONDEMN MEN ................................................ 63THE GRACE OF OUR LORD BE WITH YOU ................. 67

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    SIN,THELAW,CHRISTANDYOU!

    But now the r ighteousness of God without the lawis manifested, being witnessed by the law an d theprophets; Even the righteousness of God w h i ch i s

    by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and up on all themthat believe: for there is no difference: For all havesinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being

    justified freely by his grace through the redem ptionthat is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth t o

    b e a pr opitiation through faith in his blood, to declarehis righteousness for the r emission of sins that are past,

    through the forbearan ce of God; To declare,I say , atthis time his righteousness: that he m ight be just, and

    the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.Rom ans 3:21-26

    We need to understand this thing as deeply as it is:

    Sin is not as big a problem as what it does. Sin is

    essentially rebellion against GOD; what that does is

    it works to separate you from GOD. GOD's

    warning against sin is not merely a face value

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    concern; HE is more concerned about you being

    separate from HIM. Now when Adam sinned, the

    day he did he died (was separate from GOD). Even

    though GOD came to him in the garden, sin had

    already begun its work of separating him so much

    that he hid when he heard GOD.

    The problem was not just sin; it was what sin did to

    him. When sin reigned from Adam to Moses, that

    means man submitted to the regime of being

    separate from GOD. Yes, man sinned but the

    problem was bigger than that; the fundamental

    problem was that man was now legally submitted

    under the regime of being made separate from

    GOD. Now the law was given to Moses to make us

    conscious of this.

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    Before the law, we were by no means conscious of

    the work of sin. People did bad things, yes; but

    they were not aware what the bad/evil things they

    were doing was actually doing to them insofar as

    being separated from GOD is concerned. So the

    law made us aware of what sin was doing in us in

    separating us from GOD.

    That then brings me to CHRIST. Notice that the

    law in making us aware of our separation from

    GOD had no legal right to reconcile us with GOD

    nor did it have the power to do so. So, although thechildren of Israel were given the law, they

    continued in sin; the difference between them and

    the Gentiles is that they were aware of what sin

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    was doing (in being separate from GOD) while the

    Gentile wasn't.

    Well, in so doing, the law then prepared Israel to

    receive the Messiah because they were the only

    people aware of the work of sin in separating us

    from GOD; so they were the only ones that could

    properly appreciate HIS ministry in seeking to

    reconcile man with GOD.

    At the cross, JESUS CHRIST ended the legal regime

    of sin in working to separate us from GOD,

    reconciling us with the FATHER. Mark this: HE

    did not end sin; HE ended the power that sin has

    over us in legally separating us from GOD. What

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    The purpose of the law in making us aware of our

    separation from GOD is made useless in CHRISTs

    work which reconciles us with GOD. What this

    means is that having been reconciled with GOD we

    are now free from the sense of guilt and

    condemnation separation from GOD elicits.

    Think about it; we no longer need to hide from

    GOD like Adam and Eve because of sin or tremble

    with fear like Israel did at the mountain because of

    the law. That is awesome! We are free from all that

    fear; perfect love casts out all fear and sense of

    condemnation. Truly, who the SON sets free is free

    indeed!

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    We are free; not to sin as some who still pay

    allegiance to the law tend to think when they hear

    the gospel (this is the gospel- not our righteous

    work but CHRISTs righteous work; the gospel is

    not that Christians are good people but that

    CHRIST has made them good, as good as HE is).

    We are free to be righteous, free to be consideredrighteous, free to work works of righteousness.

    Based on what? Based on the finished work of

    CHRIST at the cross when HE reconciled us with

    GOD. Now we can be all that GOD is, reconciled

    with HIM, one with HIM; in HIM and HIM in us.

    That is what Christianity is really all about.

    Beloveds, this is not a religion; not even just a

    relationship with GOD; CHRISTIANITY IS

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    RECONCILATION WITH GOD. It is being who

    GOD is among men. Christianity is a revelation of

    CHRIST.

    Beloved, it begins here; you cannot 'DO' a Christian

    until you really know what it is to 'BE' a Christian.

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    THEAMAZINGCASEFORGRACE

    Be it known unto you therefore, men a n dbrethren, that through this man is

    preached un to you the forgiveness ofsins: And by him all that believe are

    justified from all things, from w hich

    ye could n ot be justified by the lawof Mose s. Acts 13:38, 39

    For wh at the law could not do, in that it was weak

    through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the

    likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in

    the flesh: That the righteousness of the law might be

    fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the

    Spirit. Roman s 8:3-5

    GRACE is the effectual working power of theSPIRIT that translated the LORD from HIS glory in

    heaven and made HIM a mere man; even enabling

    HIM to obedient to the FATHER even unto death.

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    popular among believers and that is the legalizing

    of our faith. This unscrupulous paradigm begun in

    the days of the early church when some converted

    believers from the Jewish community thought it

    necessary to mix the law with GRACE (Galatians

    2:11-13).

    To be sure, all that effort is ingenuine and an

    unscrupulous and a blatant insult of the doctrine of

    CHRIST (Galatians 5:7, 8); it is opposed to the

    cross.

    Notwithstanding, it was resisted; and part of the

    legacy of that contention are the inspiring and most

    profound letters of the apostle Paul and that of

    John.

    And yet, that dark effort has never ceased to fight

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    on over the years. Today, it has experienced a

    revival of sorts with many ministers and believers

    teaching the law and practicing several old

    covenant requirements with rigid attention, some

    of which would have made Pharisees blush with

    embarrassment.

    What should be our response? Should we revive the law

    or embrace GRACE, even at the expense of the law?

    Beloveds, we have no business with the law as

    JESUS fulfilled the whole of it and nailed it on the

    cross. The SPIRIT of GOD speaks for so many

    believers that have been duped by ministers of

    condemnation that refuse to acknowledge the

    riches CHRIST rendered men through HIS

    sacrificial death at the cross. These pseudo-

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    ministers refuse to acknowledge the work of

    redemption and therefore the riches of GRACE.

    In that folly, they make mockery of the cross of

    CHRIST and the inexhaustible GRACE that HE

    offers to all who will believe in HIM and desire the

    righteousness HE lavishly and most generously

    offers.

    Beloveds, it is high time that we seized the full

    weight of the new covenant and realize that it

    makes the old one obsolete:

    For if that first c o v e n a n t had bee n faultless, thenshould no placehave been sought for the second. For

    finding fault with them, h esaith, Behold, the days come,saith the Lord, w hen I will make a new covenantwith the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:

    Not according to the covenant that I made withtheir fathers in the daywhen I took them by the

    hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt;because they continued not in m y covenant, and

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    I regarded them not,saith the Lord. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house ofIsrael after tho se days, saith the Lord; I will putmy laws into theirmind, and w rite them in their

    hearts: and I will be to them a God, andthey shall be to me a people In that he saith,

    A ne w c o v e n a n t , he hath m ade the first old. Nowthat which decayeth and waxeth o ld is

    ready to vanish awa y. Hebrew s 8:7-10, 13

    And more than that, it is far richer, with a moreexcellent glory:

    For if the m inistration of condem nation b e glory,Much mo re doth the ministration of righteousness

    exceed in glory. For even that which w as madeglorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the

    glory that excelleth. For if that whichis done awayw a s glorious, much more that which

    remaineth is gloriou s. 2 Corinthians 3:9-11

    Where sin abound, the law was powerless to make

    man righteous. But GRACE has much more

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    abounded so that by one man many are made

    righteous before GOD.

    Thanks be to GOD for the praise of HIS glory.

    It should be duly noted that the law was unable to

    make even one person righteous. In spite its regime

    yet all men sinned and fell short of the glory ofGOD.

    But the testimony of GRACE outclasses that of the

    law so that by GRACE is salvation come to men

    (Ephesians 2:5). More than that; we should indeed

    rejoice the marvelous GRACE of CHRIST that has

    rendered all that believe the very glory of thehighest so that we have in CHRIST, the riches of

    glory (Ephesians 1:18); indeed, the very glory HE

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    had with the FATHER from the very beginning

    (John 17:5, 22).

    This glory is rendered those who believe by virtue

    of their faith and the favor of CHRIST; and not by

    any work that they may perform in their strength.

    Now, you can be sure that anyone refusing you the

    knowledge of GRACE while trumpeting the

    knowledge of the law is pretending to be a minister

    of righteousness but in reality their preference

    belies their fruit as devious workers of

    unrighteousness and marked blasphemers of the

    glorious cross of CHRIST.

    In pouring new wine in old wineskin, they risk youlosing the favor of GOD and the righteousness HE

    gives.

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    In this respect, GOD has indeed shown such

    generous love.

    What else can I say, what else should we say other

    than express with the deepest gratitude our

    heartfelt and highest appreciation:

    OH LORD, thank YOU for GRACE; I thank YOU for

    this inexpressible love, this immeasurable kindness,

    this glorious of all virtues. Yes, I DO, I DO, I really,

    whole heartedly, with every fiber of my being and

    every iota of my person, I SO AND WITHOUT ANY

    RESERVATION AND GREAT ENTHUSAISM, DO!

    And LORD, my commitment is total, irrevocable,

    immutable, unflinching, never regretted, with no end

    and no parting, forever beloved, world without end, I

    am yours forever, yours for keeps, yours without a

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    doubt.

    Yes, I am yours; yours to hold, yours to cherish, to

    serve you and receive all your service for me. I love

    YOU LORD and let all know it. Yes, I am forever

    thankful for YOUR amazing grace, YOUR tender

    mercies, YOUR wondrous love, YOUR loving-

    kindness.

    Your amazing GRACE is mine and forever has joined

    me with YOUR esteemed deity. I am now a new

    creation, an exalted specie, a first fruit of all creation,

    one of a kind, a miracle working wonder, yes I DO!

    AMEN!!!

    Make that your prayer this day; share it with

    others too and make them sure of theireverlasting communion with GOD Almighty

    in the power of HIS GRACE.

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    GRACEISTHELOVEOFGODREVEALED

    In this was manifested the love of God toward us,because th at God sent his only begotten Son

    into the world, that we m ight live through him.Herein is love, not that we loved God,

    but that he loved us, and sen t his Son t o b e

    the propitiation for our sins. 1 John 4:9, 10

    This love, this affection, this divine, pure,

    unbridled, and immeasurable compassion called

    GRACE must be seized, rejoiced, fondly and

    resolutely received, and forever treasured. The

    glorious communion that it offers, a reconciliation

    of your human frailty with GODs omnipotentdeity is the greatest privilege ever. The grace of

    CHRIST is the grandest gesture GOD ever made.

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    Beloved, it is the grace of GOD shown to us in

    CHRIST JESUS that makes us ONE with GOD and

    indeed the avowed Bride of the LAMB of glory

    (Revelations 19:7).

    To be sure, the law could never afford such a

    gesture; nor could it ever suggest such an

    enormous affection. To consider man in this sense

    was so way out of its league that when CHRIST

    appeared in Israel claiming to be the SON of GOD,

    the teachers of the law couldnt stand it, they

    accused HIM of blaspheme, and eventually killed

    HIM (Mark 14:64).

    They did so thinking they pleased GOD accordingto the law; all the while unaware about how little

    they knew regarding HIS infinite love for men.

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    But thanks be to GOD for HIS grace in CHRIST

    where our communion with HIM is clearly made

    manifest in our marriage to the LAMB. It is with

    great joy that I assume the role of usher to your

    royal wedding with CHRIST (although I am a

    joyous and avowed bride of the LAMB myself):

    Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour tohim: for the marr iage of the Lamb is come, and

    his wife hath made herself ready. And to her wasgranted that she should be ar rayed in fine linen,

    clean and w hite: for the fine linen is therighteousness of saints. And he saith unto me,

    Write, Blessed a r e they which are called unto themar riage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto

    me, These are the true sayings of God.Revelation 19:7-9

    This is grace, this is affection beyond the legal

    regime of the law; an awesome GOD has found

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    common ground with you and betrothed you to

    HIMSELF.

    What that means is that GRACE is your ticket for

    the GOD-life. Pay no other price for it. CHRIST

    paid it all, now take the ticket and be all that GODis. Being HIS Bride, betrothed to HIM, you are HIS

    kind and type so that HIS life is indeed your life.

    Many people do not realize that CHRISTIANITY is

    not a religion; many do not appreciate the richness

    of mercies and the abundance of GRACE CHRIST

    rendered all who believe in HIM, many miss out

    on grace unaware that they forsake the love of

    CHRIST.

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    Beloved, faith in CHRIST offers the greatest love

    ever. It is a glorious opportunity to be all that GOD

    is, able to do all that HE does, fully endowed with

    all that HE has. GRACE has made you a king and

    priest in the order of Melchizedek; an eternal

    monarch.

    From that privileged honor, GRACE positions youto be reconciled with GOD, to be ONE with the

    FATHER, nothing less than a son of the HIGHEST,

    seated with HIM in glory and marvel ( 2

    Corinthians 5:18, 19; John 1:12, 13; Ephesians 2:6 ).

    Now this is far exceeding in measure to what some

    other people suggest CHRISTIANITY to be whenthey purport it to be a relationship with GOD.

    Look, the angels in heaven all have a relationship

    with GOD and yet they aren't CHRISTIANS in a

    strict sense. So did the prophets and patriarchs of

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    the old covenant yet one of them was a

    CHRISTIAN in any sense, none of them was

    redeemed, sons of GOD in a proper sense.

    GRACE, specifically, the GRACE OF OUR LORD

    JESUS CHRIST, is an enormous gesture from GOD

    to all who believe. It distinguishes you above allcreation to be the first fruit of all creation (James

    1:18); meaning, by grace you are the best of all

    GOD has made.

    GRACE therefore, is a privileged entrance to

    partaking of the divine nature wherein you are

    assumed to be, because you have become, asovereign spirit being, akin with the FATHER (2

    Peter 1:4).

    That omnipotent worth was afforded by the death

    of CHRIST on the cross when HE took your place

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    so that you likewise may share in HIS everlasting

    glory.

    Now, concerning that measure, you have no more

    price to pay, no more debt to pay, except the debt

    of love and gratitude (Romans 13:8).

    We are duty bound to love GOD because HE first

    loved us and love all others because GOD is love

    and if we are as HE is we must love all regardless:

    In this was manifested the love of God towar dus, because that God sent his on ly begotten Soninto the world, that we m ight live through him.

    Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that heloved us, and sent his Son t o b e the propitiation

    for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we oughtalso to love one another. No man hath seen God

    at any time. If we love one another , God dwellethin us, and his love is per fected in us. 1 John 4:9-1

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    THEETERNALREIGNOFGRACE

    For if through the offence of one man y be dead,much m ore the grace of God, and the gift by grace,w h i ch i s by one man, Jesus Christ, hath aboundedunto many. And not as it w a s by one that sinned,

    so i s the gift: for the judgment w a s by one tocondemnation, but the free gift is of many offencesunto justification. For if by one man's offence death

    reigned by one; much mor e they which receiveabundance

    of grace an d of the gift of righteousness shall reign inlife

    by one, Jesu s Christ.) Rom ans 5:12-17

    The regime of the law ended at Calvary; the

    government of GRACE increases with no end. Let

    GRACE reign over you and you can be assured to

    reign in life.

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    There are many people wrongly informed about

    GODs ways. They presume that the regime of the

    law abides to this day and when they look at

    themselves or at others they rely on the lenses of

    the law. And so their opinions are always

    condescending towards others, even towards

    themselves.Unfortunately this constitutes the largest group of

    believers in our LORD CHRIST JESUS.

    Back to the subject of the end of the law or better

    still its regime and the eternal legacy of GRACE:

    Many believers have been thoroughly misguided by messengers of darkness to think that

    Christianity is founded on the law. They presume

    that their faith in CHRIST is based on the Ten

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    Commandments and more recently, several of the

    other Levitical requirements and observances have

    been included. There is in fact a very dubious

    revival of the law going on today; sponsored as it

    were, by a very dubious penchant for Israel and

    everything Jewish. Most of this tendency bears a

    self-righteous attempt at righteousness in contemptof the marvelous grace of GOD that CHRIST offers.

    The consequence is an entrenchment of what

    otherwise should be a defunct regime. The law in

    its entirety, in all its requirements and all its

    observances, are no longer referral objects for

    believers since CHRIST died and fulfilled all for allmen:

    For wh at the law could not do, in that it was

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    weak thr ough the flesh, God sending his own Sonin the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin,

    condemned sin in the flesh: That the righteousnessof the law m ight be fulfilled in us, who walk not

    after the flesh, but after the Spir it.Romans 8:3, 4

    Indeed, GRACE being a greater and exceedingly

    richer measure of divine righteousness has come

    and made the law absolutely obsolete. None lesser

    than a former radical teacher of the law figured as

    much:

    For there is verily a disannulling of the

    comm andmen t going before for the weaknessand unpr ofitableness thereof. For the lawmade nothing perfect, but the bringing inof a better hope d i d ; by the which we draw

    nigh unto God. And inasmuch as not withoutan oath h e w a s m a d e p r ie s t: (For those priests

    were made w ithout an oath; but this with an oathby him that said unto him, The Lord sware and

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    will not repe nt, Thou a r t a priest for ever afterthe order of Melchisedec:) By so much w as Jesus

    made a surety of a better testament.Hebr ews 7:18-22

    Beloved, there is a new priesthood and indeed a

    new testament. We abide in a new covenant that

    totally obliterated the old one.

    GRACE is the new wine that the LORD counseled

    should not be kept in old wineskins (Mark 2:22).

    Seeking to mix the two is to lose it all; the wine will

    burst the old wineskin and pour out.

    Indeed, this explains the weakness of most ofChristianity and that of most of her converts. We

    have, for the most part, a faith that is mixed up,

    comingling GRACE with the law and ending up

    with an impotent hybrid that is unknown by GOD.

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    If this trend must change (and change it will

    because the MASTER returns for a church without

    spot or blemish), then we must begin to see a

    dying, a final burying of legalized Christianity in

    all its pretentious multifaceted formats.

    We must witness to the dying of Sabbath day

    observance Christianity; a dying of tithing andother legal offering Christianity; a dying of

    Passover, atonement and other festivity celebrating

    Christianity; a dying of judgmental, condemning,

    Ten Commandments based Christianity.

    That seems like a tall order but it is the expected

    order of the kingdom of heaven. When CHRISTsaid 'IT IS FINISHED!' (John 17:4; 19:30), HE meant

    what HE said and said what HE meant; and let me

    clarify that HE particularly referred to the law.

    Infact, after HE said it, the temple grounds shook

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    and the curtain in the temple that separated the

    Holy of Holies from the inner court tore from up to

    bottom in an amazing demonstration of the ending,

    the finality, the certain conclusion of the old

    covenant (Matthew 27:51).

    If the MASTER ended it, then anyone continuing it

    is out of HIS will, an enemy of the cross, and

    indeed against HIS ministry.

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    GRACEDEFENDSYOUWHERETHELAWCONDEMNEDYOU

    And to Jesus the m ediator of the new covenant,and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better

    things than t h a t o f Abel. Hebrew s 12:24

    LISTEN UP; GRACE has decided to speak the

    truth where others speak a lie about you. GRACE

    has decided to validate your image, it has chosen

    to be your advocate in the complex court of

    opinion.

    You want to find out about you? Listen up to the

    voice of GRACE; it is speaking good things about

    you.

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    The voice of GRACE knows you more than any

    other may claim to know you; it believes in you

    over and above all the accusations and rumors that

    others are peddling about.

    STOP listening to them, cease from attending to

    their bad mouthing and listen up.

    Yes, they are talking you down but you must shift

    your ears from their pathetic level to the heights of

    glory. Now hear what GRACE is saying; GRACE

    says, "You will not fail; you will not be dropped;

    you will not be a victim; you just CANNOT be."

    According to that lofty testimony that GRACE

    bears about you, you are going up, you are

    sanctified and justified by GOD and are sure to end

    up better than those bad-mouthers are suggesting.

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    Yes, the scorner shall be silenced, the mocker

    humbled; your testimony will SURRISE them as

    GOD prepares you a table in the presence of your

    enemies.

    Beloved of CHRIST, I am so glad to be your

    emissary, I am so glad to be your message boy, I

    am so glad to serve you the testimony of GRACE

    and what it actually says about you. Listen up and

    be all that GOD is saying about you.

    In a world riddled with lies and accusations, you

    are well advised to listen up to the esteemed voice

    of GRACE. That is where critical truth lies. When

    Ananias referred GOD to the renowned ill-repute

    of Saul of Tarsus, mentioning how he violently

    persecuted the church, GOD consulted the voice of

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    GRACE urging him to consider how much this

    persecutor of the brethren would do for the

    kingdom of heaven:

    Then Ananias answer ed, Lord, I have heard bymany of this man, how mu ch evil he hath done

    to thy saints at Jerusalem: And here h e hath author ityfrom the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is achosen vessel unto me, to bear m y name before the

    Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:For I will shew him how great things he must

    suffer for my nam e's sake. Acts 9:13-16

    Beloved, I am not so sure what the doubters,

    mockers and scorners are saying about you; I am

    not sure what the rumor mills are churning out

    about you; I am not even sure about your own

    mistakes, failures and faults. But this I know; none

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    of that condemning record is louder and surer

    about you than what GRACE has to say.

    GRACE is full of truth; according to its testimony,

    all your faults are hanged and nailed on the cross

    some 2,000 years ago. Refuse to see yourself in bad

    light and believe you are who GRACE says youare.

    !

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    GRACECELEBRATESYOU

    Every good gift and every per fect gift is fromabove, and cometh down from the Father of

    lights, with who m is no variableness, neithershadow of turning. Of his own w ill begat heus with the word of tru th, that we shou ld be

    a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.Jam es 1:17, 18

    GRACE has ordered me and I cannot relent; HE

    has ordered me to assure you that you are the best,

    the greatest, the most worthy, the finest, the most

    deserving, the brightest; now, just believe HIS

    testimony and shine to the uttermost.

    This is not by your ability but GODs own volition;

    it is HIS will that you are HIS first fruit, HIS

    ultimate best.

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    Now, I am duty bound to believe and declare this

    glory to you all. The devil has deceived and

    tormented you longer than necessary. Many of you

    have been so victimized that you hardly believe in

    yourself.

    And yet GOD believes in you and demonstrated it

    to all and sundry at Calvary. Yes, through that

    immeasurable gesture of GRACE, HE proved yourworth.

    Beloved, you have had it mentioned that HE paid a

    difficult price; now I am ordered to reveal to you

    the value of that price; the revelation of that

    bargain.

    You, beloved, were worth it all; you were fearfullyand wonderfully made, designed in the

    omnipotent format of the MOST HIGH, to be the

    best, the greatest, the most glorious being (Genesis

    1:26, 27). You are GODs trophy, ransomed by HIS

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    blood.

    Has it occurred to you that the arch-angel Lucifer

    rebelled with a third of the angels and yet GRACE

    wasn't given to them; they were resolutely and

    thoroughly resisted and to this day await the fate

    that their rebellion deserves:

    How ar t thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,son of the morning! h o w art thou cut down

    to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!For thou hast said in thine hear t, I will ascendinto heaven, I will exalt my throne above thestars of God: I will sit also upon the m ount of

    the congregation, in the sides of the nor th:

    I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;I will be like the most High.

    Yet thou shalt be br ought down to hell, tothe sides of the pit. Isaiah 14:12-15

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    None less than the LORD revealed to us the

    resolute determination of heavens resistance when

    HE declared HIS impeccable witness of Satans

    damnation:

    And he said unto them, I beheld Satan aslightning fall from he aven. Luke 10:18

    Heaven did not waste a split second to disappoint

    Lucifers desire to be as the MOST HIGH and yet,

    there you are, GODs ultimate best, redeemable,

    savable, worthy of GRACE because you were made

    out of CHRIST, GODs brilliant masterpiece, HIS

    workmanship, to be exactly like HE is:

    For we are his workm anship, created inChrist Jesus unto good works, which Godhath before ordained that we shou ld walk

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    in them. Ephesians 2:10

    Forget those who lie about us not being worthy

    and suggesting that CHRIST overpaid for us.

    Believe me, HE is gracious but also just and when

    HE died HE sought HIS own (John 10:11).

    Beloved, make no mistakes about it; not every

    rebellious being gained from GRACE. GRACE

    covers men and not fallen angels because men are

    made in HIS likeness and image while angels

    aren't. The LORD gave up HIS life for HIS sheep,

    for HIS kind. In this respect, man is redeemable but

    angels aren't; forgiveness comes to man because

    GOD cannot afford to lose man but HE can afford

    to lose fallen angels.

    Are you a believer? You think you are ordinary? That

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    you are just another luckless being like many you know?

    You just don't know thats what. Find out from the

    witness of GRACE, find out from the witness of

    CHRIST and you will come to terms with your

    infinite worth.

    Yes, GRACE, seizing GRACE, taking advantage of

    GRACE, will propel you to reign in life:

    For if by one m an's offence death reigned byone; much mor e they which receive abundance

    of grace and of the gift of righteousness shallreign in life by one, Jesus Chr ist.) Romans 5:17

    GRACE is your excuse to be the best dad, the best

    mom, the best husband, the best wife, the best

    minister, pastor, prophet, apostle, the best

    evangelist, the best teacher, the best example,

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    model, coach, the best neighbor, business

    personality, the best landlord, tenant, the best

    janitor, student, the best citizen, leader, the best

    you that there ever could be.

    Get GRACE, seize it, abide by it, and just be the

    best.

    !

    !

    !

    !

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    THEGRACEOFGIVINGANDYOURPROSPERITY

    Therefore, as ye abound in everyt h ing , in faith, and u tterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see thatye aboun d in this grace also. I speak not by

    comm andment, but by occasion of the

    forwar dness of others, and to prove thesincerity of your love. For ye kn ow the

    grace of our Lord Jesus Chr ist, that, thoughhe was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor ,

    that ye through his poverty might be rich.2 Corinthia ns 8:7-9

    Why seek to prosper by the LAWS OF GIVING when

    you can prosper far more by the GRACE OF GIVING?

    GRACE offers a greater prosperity than the law

    could afford. May you excel in this GRACE also.

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    I believe in prosperity, I believe in your prosperity,

    and have quite a lot to say on the GRACE OF

    GIVING and how this ties in on your enormous

    prosperity in CHRIST JESUS.

    Beloved, watch this chapter, read it with marked

    interest, again and again; because I will be saying a

    lot on a subject that has been so distorted in the

    church so much that many believers are indeed

    alienated from the infinite prosperity they have in

    CHRIST.

    This one chapter will radicalize your finances. In it

    I will dissect, provoke, and set your mind on things

    above from whence you can control things

    beneath.

    You will discover how much GRACE has indeed

    deposited on your account and how you can

    actually withdraw from those loaded coffers to live

    a life of splendor and wonder.

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    For now, believe this: there is nothing like a poor

    believer in CHRIST. That contemplation is a blunt

    lie informed by undue attention given to the

    material realm. Ministers who suggest they are

    making saints rich are messengers of darkness

    seeking to hoodwink the saints from perceiving the

    GRACE OF CHRIST which is the seal of their

    abundant wealth and immeasurable prosperity(Ephesians 1:18).

    Are you a believer?You have faith in CHRIST? You do

    not need to fulfill any law to prosper; that measure

    belonged to a lesser pedigree than the new

    creation.

    In material weakness, you better know that you arespiritually strong because GOD is with you always.

    That perception is the key to translating your

    material circumstances to suit your glorious

    spiritual realities.

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    Now, concerning prosperity, particularly the

    prosperity of the saints, there is a lot to be said, a

    lot more than is generally being said.

    Firstly, permit me to clarify that I am not against

    the laws of GOD. I doubt if anyone has the SPIRIT

    of GOD that he/she could be sincerely opposed to

    the law of GOD, including those pertaining to

    prosperity.

    However, I am a minister of reconciliation, a

    messenger of GRACE and not the law which

    condemns. As a minister of the new covenant, I am

    fully aware that the glory of GRACE is indeed

    superior to the glory of the law (2 Corinthians 3:9).

    The law was unable to make anyone righteous

    before GOD, including the Jews but GRACE has

    made many righteous before GOD including the

    Gentiles (Galatians 3:11; Romans 5:19).

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    It must be properly understood that even in

    regards to material prosperity, the world was not

    promised to those who abide by the law as much

    as those who abide by the grace of GOD:

    For the prom ise, that he should be the heir ofthe world, w a s not to Abraham, or to his seed,

    through the law, but through the righteousnessof faith. Romans 4:13

    Make no mistakes about it; the wealth of this world

    is piled up for the just (Proverbs 13:22; Ecclesiastes

    2:26). That just generation is this one that we are

    living in that is just not according to the law but

    according to the grace of CHRIST.

    Mark you, no one is justified before GOD

    according to the law (Galatians 3:11). In that

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    measure, all have sinned and fall short of the glory

    of GOD (Romans 3:23).

    What that tells me is that, unless you abide in the

    grace of GOD wrought in CHRIST JESUS, you

    cannot gain the end time prosperity that the

    scriptures say shall occasion in the camp of the just.

    Grace then is the key means to material prosperity

    in this day.

    Furthermore, one needs to compare the prosperity

    of the two, the measures that were guaranteed in

    obedience to the law and that in submission to thegrace of GOD: According to the prosperity of the

    law, you are guaranteed to prosper in the city and

    in the countryside, in your coming in and your

    going out (Deuteronomy 28:6). However,

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    according to the prosperity of GRACE, you are the

    prosperity in the city and in the countryside, you

    are the prosperity in your coming in and your

    going out.

    Beloved, the blessing of the nations is not those

    who prosper according to the law but according tothe grace of GOD through faith in CHRIST JESUS

    (Galatians 3:7-9).

    How is it so? Well, those who walk under grace

    have been blessed with all spiritual blessings

    pertaining to life and godliness (Ephesians 1:3); it is

    they that have gained the blessing of Abraham and

    through whom the nations shall be blessed.

    It is essential that you realize that it is by GRACE

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    and not the law that you are joined together with

    CHRIST, reconciled you with GOD, and are indeed

    joint heirs with CHRIST over all that GOD has in

    heaven, on earth, and the fullness thereof:

    The Spirit itself beareth w itness with ourspirit, that we are the children of God:

    And if children, then heirs; h eirs of God,and joint-heirs with Chr ist; if so be that

    we su ffer w ith h i m , that we may be alsoglorified together. Rom ans 3:16, 17

    Yes, now that you have received the grace through

    faith in CHRIST JESUS, GOD has no more promise

    of prosperity for you except a fulfillment.

    Look, in that glorious measure, you have it all.

    That is why the apostle Paul understanding this

    assures us that all the promises of GOD are yea

    and amen in CHRIST JESUS (2 Corinthians 1:20).

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    Beloved, in the GRACE of CHRIST, you are not

    poor, CANNOT be poor, and should cease to

    consider yourself in that light. Far from it, you are

    the riches of GODs glory. You are infinitely

    endowed and all of heaven knows. Now, the

    FATHER has sent me to let you know it as well.

    Can you believe and receive this GRACE?

    Beloved, GRACE is quintessential to the faith of the

    believer, it is central to our faith; my dearest friend,

    we are not saved through our obedience of the law

    but by GRACE:

    For by grace are ye saved through faith; andthat not of yourselves: i t i s the gift of God:Not of works, lest any man should boast.

    Ephesian s 2:8, 9

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    Similarly, neither do we walk in prosperity by the

    measure of the law but the infinite bounty that

    GRACE affords us.

    The devil has taken advantage of the ignorance of

    many believers and indeed ministers to promote a

    prosperity message that is essentially legalistic and

    utterly irrelevant to the new covenant believer. The

    believer in CHRIST is above the law; he/she

    transcends its requirements as he/she is indeed the

    righteousness of GOD in CHRIST.

    That privilege positions you to reign with CHRIST.GRACE ensures this and has established your

    glory in CHRIST so that as HE is so are you in this

    world (1 John 4:17).

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    Wait a minute; do you realize what this means? It

    means that according to GRACE, you are not poor

    but extremely rich. You are as rich as CHRIST is, in

    whom all the fullness of GOD dwells (Colossians

    1:19). That means that you are as rich as GOD is.

    That is awesome, that is GRACE.

    Beloved, in CHRIST, you do not give to be rich but

    indeed give because you are rich. There is no such

    thing like prospering believers in a strict sense

    because the believer is afforded all the GRACE of

    GOD which is sufficient for all.

    Those who teach about prosperity in light of laws

    live in the flesh and use vain material impressions

    to assume whether you are rich or not.

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    If they knew what the word says, they wouldn't

    seek to make believers rich but would instead teach

    believers to abide in the GRACE wherein they are

    already rich.

    Beloved, as a believer you need to take advantage

    of GRACE and not take advantage of the law.

    Taking advantage of GRACE would propel the

    believer to enjoy the full benefit of all that CHRIST

    has. It will cause you to awaken to your infinite

    prosperity as joint heir with CHRIST. That realm is

    accessed by faith in CHRIST and NOT BY

    WORKING ACCORDING TO THE DICTATES OF

    THE LAW.

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    WEFELLOWSHIPTOCELEBRATEGRACENOTTOCONDEMNMEN

    Blessed b e the God and Father of our Lor dJesus Christ, who hath blessed us w ith all

    spiritual blessings in heave nlyplaces in Chr ist:According as he hath chosen us in him beforethe foundation of the world, that we sho uld be

    holy and without blame before him in love:Having predestinated us unto the adoption ofchildren by Jesus Chr ist to himself, according

    to the good pleasure of h is will,To the praise of the glory of his grace, w herein

    he hath ma de us accepted in the beloved.In whom w e have redemption through his blood,

    the forgiveness of sins, according to the richesof his grace ; Ephesian s 1:3-7

    You go to church? Make sure you are attending a

    service where GRACE is celebrated and not

    where sin is mourned. GRACE reports are what

    we need every Sunday and not sin reports. For

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    where sin abounds, GRACE shall much more

    abound.

    GRACE is what the saints ought to celebrate, it is

    what church is all about; we congregate to rejoice,

    partake and fellowship in the GRACE of CHRIST.

    Now, sadly though, many ministers insult the

    privilege they have in guiding the celebration of

    GRACE in ministering condemnation and

    judgment. It is tragic that rather than rejoice the

    GRACE OF CHRIST, many ministers of

    condemnation have changed service into a litany ofsin. They preach sin and condemnation,

    pronouncing judgment and ridiculing the excellent

    GRACE of CHRIST.

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    Beloved, if you are attending such a church, run

    out of it. It is anti-CHRIST and ignorant of what

    GRACE has rendered the church and indeed all

    men.

    Beloved, GRACE is not weak, it should not be

    ignored or ridiculed but it should be promoted.GRACE has been given, it should be rejoiced, and

    is indeed the answer that the world needs.

    GRACE is the effectual working power of the

    SPIRIT; and it is superior to the law, superior to

    sin, to every failure and challenge of humanity.

    When the church gathers it must fellowship in theGRACE. When a minister teaches, he/she must

    communicate the GRACE of GOD. And when the

    saints leave church, they should leave full of

    GRACE to dispense it to a world riddled in trouble

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    and fear. Believers should gather to be loaded with

    more GRACE to minister to others who are not

    able to come to church.

    Nothing personal against your church or pastor

    but beloved, if GRACE isn't being served that is not

    a church nor are you under a minister of CHRIST.

    GRACE is what Christianity is all about, it is our

    message, and it is our life.

    !

    !

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    THEGRACEOFOURLORDBEWITHYOU

    The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ b e with you all.Am en. Revelation 22:21

    A heavenly lot can be dived from this prayer that

    signed off the apostles letters that form what we

    call the New Testament.

    In that GRACE is a host of wonders untold, a rich

    banquet of glory divine, a mountain of blessing so

    high that it defies mortal ponder.

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    At a personal level, as I interface with all of you

    that believe CHRIST and have read this work, the

    words of this GRACE richly remind me of our

    communion, our distinct fellowship, our glorious

    heritage in CHRIST. I am overjoyed to meet you

    all, so blessed by your friendship in ways that no

    other association compares or even begins tocompare.

    Yes, only church and other inter-ministerial

    congregations avail the same privilege. Whenever I

    write to you or receive from you, it is like I am

    writing to GOD or reading directly from HIM. Youare emissaries of HIS GRACE, exalted persons

    that I sit together with at the right hand of GOD

    and I will forever treasure our bond. You are my

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    co-brides, fellow royal-priests, my corporate joint-

    heirs with CHRIST, blessed brethren to whom I am

    forever equally yoked in CHRIST. I will esteem

    you forever, bless you forever, rejoice you forever.

    MAY THIS GRACE BE WITH YOU ALWAYS.

    AMEN!!