The Power Of His Grace

Instead of preaching grace and the gifts of righteousness and no condemnation in Christ to set people free, the church has been preaching the law to believers, saturating them in sin-consciousness, guilt and condemnation. In the desire to see believers overcome sin and addictions, the church has failed to realize that the biblical key to reigning over sin is not in preaching the law but in preaching grace — “for sin shall not have dominion over you when you are not under the law but under grace” (Romans 6:14). It is grace, not the law that empowers you to overcome every sin, and transforms you beautifully from the inside out!

Reign Through Receiving. No one likes to be in bondage to anything. You want to be free of your addiction. You want to reign over it. In fact, you want to reign in every area of your life. When you reign in life, your addiction doesn’t. When you reign in life, disease and depression don’t. When you reign in life, poverty and lack are things of the past. When you reign in life, the devil is under your feet!

What you need to realize, however, is that reigning in life is not about doing — “You’ve been trying your best”. It is not achieved through your self-efforts, willpower or discipline, it is simply you receiving.

Romans 5:17 for if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the world (Adam), much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.

In this verse, Scripture gives you the key to reigning in life. It is RECEIVING the abundance of God’s grace and His gift of righteousness. Scripture didn’t say that you will reign in life when you exercise more effort, willpower and discipline. No, Gods word said that when you simply receive the abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness, you will reign in life. So reigning in life is not achieved but received.

The good news is that the Lord’s abundant grace and gift of righteousness are always being supplied to you because of His finished work at Calvary. This means that the power to break free from that bad habit, disease or depression is always there for you to take hold of to experience victory. And when you simply receive the abundance of grace and gift of righteousness, the floodgates of His rich provision will open wide in your life. Stress, fears and insecurities will lose their footholds, and peace and joy will reign in your heart and mind. Indeed, you will reign over anything that hinders you from receiving all that He died to give you!