28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.” 1 Thessalonians 5:25-28.
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Today’s Scripture provides some of the footprints of the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. We see the footprint of grace in prayer for each other. Verse 25. We see the footprint of grace in loving Christian fellowship. Verse 26. We see the footprint of grace in sound preaching and teaching. Verse 27.
We see prayer in written letters, cards, and email replies. We hear prayer in person in immediate response to request for prayer. “With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints,” Ephesians 6:18. “while they also, by prayer on your behalf, yearn for you because of the surpassing grace of God in you.” 2 Corinthians 9:14.
We experience loving Christian fellowship. At coffee fellowship hour after church, there may be some awkward pause and then some stammering: “We sure had a lot of rain lately.” But, we appreciate the effort made from love. And, we see so many more forms of love, often unexpected, but exactly what we need. “We love, because He first loved us.” 1 John 4:19 “By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” John 13:35 “We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. …” 1 John 3:14.
We receive sound preaching and teaching. A lot of God’s Word is preached and taught: “holding fast the faithful word which is in accordance with the teaching, so that he will be able both to exhort in sound doctrine and to refute those who contradict.” Titus 1:9 “… the word of truth, the gospel … has come to you, just as in all the world also it is constantly bearing fruit and increasing, even as it has been doing in you also since the day you heard of it and understood the grace of God in truth;” Colossians 1:5-6.
“Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope by grace, comfort and strengthen your hearts in every good work and word.” 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17. Therefore, we walk by the Spirit through God’s grace leaving footprints of grace in every good work and word.
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