Grace The Helper
Heb 4:16
16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
The throne is where mercy and pardon is dispensed, but it is also where all grace comes from.
Grace- An excellence or a power granted by God.
Power for what?
Power to live right. Power to think right. Power to go on when you don’t think you have the strength to. Power to trust God when it looks like no help is going to come. Power to do things for God that no one else will. Power to be fearless when there is reason to be afraid. Power to please God when it is not in your human will to do so.
Phil 2:13
13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
The strength to do God’s will is defined as grace.
Heb 4:16
[And find grace] Favor-strength, help, counsel, direction, support, for the various duties and trials of life. This is what we next need-we all need-we always need. Even when pardoned, we need grace to keep us from sin, to aid us in duty, to preserve us in the day of temptation.
Do you want to experience great grace in your life? Become active in the service of God-lift up Jesus every where you go.
Acts 4:1-33
4:1 And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,
2 Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
3 And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.
17let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.
18 And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
19 But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.
20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
21 So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them,
24 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord,
29 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
30 By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
31 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
Acts 16:16-26
16 And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:
17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.
18 And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.
19 And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers,
20 And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
21 And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.
22 And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.
23 And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:
24 Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed.
What gave them power to pray and sing? Grace.
Walk with God when the sun is shining and He will give you grace when the storms are raging.
The reason Daniel found grace in the den of lions,
The reason the three Hebrew children found grace in the fiery furnace,
The reason Paul and Silas received grace in the Philippian jail,
Is because all these men walked with God before the faced their circumstances.
This is a lesson we should all learn.
Every day we experience God’s grace and at times we don’t even realize it.
Be thankful for it. You and I could not make it without it.
