The Real Power Of Grace

                      The Real Power Of Grace

Most of us don't have any idea what grace really is, and we know some basic facts about it.

We know we were saved by grace . But we don't even begin to understand the real power it can release in our lives now, today!

If you want to get a picture of what grace can really do look at what happened to the early Christians in Acts 4 . They'd been threatened by the religious leaders of Jerusalem and commanded not to speak or teach anymore in Jesus' name. So they were praying about the situation.

Roughly, what they said was this, "Now Lord we have been threatened, but we aren't about to quit preaching and go hide out under som religious rug. Just turn the power up , give us strength, and we'll go on. "

Do you know what happened as a result of this prayer? Verse 33 tells us,"Great grace was upon them all."

Great grace , Grace so powerful that when believers received it , the whole building shook.

Grace so great it enabled the apostles to work " many signs and wonders ....among the people" Acts5:12

That one story alone should be enough to convince that grace is not just some abstract , spiritual state of mind . Grace is real. It's powerful. It provides the supernatural power to make things happen.