11/20/2023 0 Comments What does grace upon grace mean![]() ![]() Grace is shown as churches leave the comforts of home to go and minister to the hurting in Puerto Rico through Send Relief. ![]() Grace is shown as a congregation, Pillar Church of Woodlawn, releases upwards of 40% of its congregation in military turnover so they can be true missionaries and spread the Gospel. And He is opening doors that no one thought could be opened. He has shown himself present despite the pain. This issue (Summer 2021, issue 2) is full of stories of how God has shown Himself more powerful than any pandemic. He gives us the grace to know Him, the grace to make Him known, and then, if that’s not enough, grace to praise Him through each and every day. ![]() Some commentators write that when John mentions in verse 14 that “we have seen His glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son,” the very privilege of knowing Jesus and His glory is only because of grace.Īnd then we have another privilege of not just knowing His glory but reflecting this glory to a lost and dying world-that is more grace. And we need these words even now more than ever! It’s ironic to think that after a year like we’ve all had, we can say these words and truly mean them. It comes directly from John 1:16 (CSB), which reads, “Indeed, we have all received grace upon grace from his fullness.” The NLT reads, “From His abundance, we have all received one gracious blessing after another.” It simply states, “Grace Upon Grace.” There is no picture or cute graphic-just beautiful, flowing, hand-painted text that subtly but poignantly states this incredible biblical truth. There is a little plaque in a coworker’s office that has caught my eye from time to time. ![]()
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