Aspects and Characteristics of Multiplying Grace
1 Pet 1:2 "Grace to you and peace be multiplied"
2 Pet 1:2 "Grace to you and peace be multiplied through the full knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord"
2 Pet 1:2-3 "Through the full knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord...His divine power has granted to us all things which relate to life and godliness"
Aspects of Multiplying Grace |
Detailed Description |
Related Verses and Explanation |
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Growth Process |
1. Starting with a small measure of God at regeneration 2. Increasing through years 3. Reaching maturity in divine life |
• Col 2:19 "Holding fast to the Head, from whom all the Body, being richly supplied and knit together by joints and sinews, grows with the growth of God" • 2 Pet 3:18 "But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ" • John 1:16-17 "Of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and reality came through Jesus Christ" • John 1:16 "Of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace" • Eph 4:13 "Until we all arrive...at a full-grown man, at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ" • Eph 4:15-16 "Holding to truth in love, we may grow up into Him in all things, who is the Head, Christ" • Col 2:19 "From whom all the Body...grows with the growth of God" |
Growth Method |
1. In daily life 2. In full knowledge of God 3. In full knowledge of the Lord Jesus 4. Grace multiplying repeatedly |
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Grace Characteristics |
1. Unlimited (as God is unlimited) 2. Measurable (having weight in believers) 3. Progressive (increasing step by step) |
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Key Elements |
1. Time factor (through years) 2. Knowledge factor (knowing God and Lord) 3. Life factor (daily life experience) |
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Practical Results |
1. God's measure increasing in believers 2. Believers having weight by God's measure 3. Reaching maturity in divine life |
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Multiplication Principles |
1. From quantitative increase (God's measure) 2. To qualitative elevation (life maturity) 3. As an ongoing process |
Conclusion:
- 1. Each aspect of multiplying grace has biblical foundation
- 2 These aspects are interrelated and progressive
- 3. From initial regeneration to final maturity is a complete process
- 4. Each aspect requires our active cooperation and experience
*Please refer to the 2024 International Thanksgiving Conference
Message Five: Grace in Peter's Epistles - Living the Christian and Church Life under God's Government for God's Economy