All is Grace

All is Grace. Everything we have has been given to us. We can claim nothing.

Paul uses 3 questions to literally say 3 of his most important theological truths.

We live in a world of self-obsessed self-made success stories. But these stories come with a burden of self-glorification and are devoid of joy and true gratefulness to the truth of what really happened.

“For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?”(1 Corinthians 4 v 7)

Question 1: “For who makes you different from anyone else?”

Truth: this confronts taking any credit for our unique qualities over others.

Question 2: “What do you have that you did not receive?”

Truth: this asks for us to try and list anything that was outside God’s sovereign choices.

Question 3: “And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?”

Truth: brings us the judgment for our pride in making the gifts we received look like achievements.

All is Grace. This truth leads us to live differently.

• We live with thankfulness not pride.
• We live with humility not arrogance.
• We live with generosity for we have received generosity.
• We celebrate others above ourselves.

All is Grace is a beautiful, freeing place to be. We rest in our identity as a recipient of His amazing grace.