Episode 185 - what is God’s grace (126)

Paul talks about grace in EPH 4:7-16 saying that “Grace was given to each of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift.” And that “ he gave gifts to humans.... And he gave some as Apostles, others as prophets, others as evangelists, others as pastors and teachers, to equip the holy ones for the work of ministry, for building up the Body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of faith and knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood to the extent of the full stature of Christ, so that we may no longer be infants, tossed by waves and swept along by every wind of teaching arising from human trickery, from their cunning in the interests of deceitful scheming. Rather, living the truth in love, we should grow in every way into him who is the head, Christ, from whom the whole Body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, with the proper functioning of each part, brings about the Body’s growth and builds itself up in love. Psalm 122: Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord. According to the decree for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD. In the Gospel of LK 13:1-9 Jesus tells us “if you do not repent, you will all perish“ and then invites us to bear fruit in the parable of the fig tree