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Luke 2:40 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.
John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
John 1:16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
John 1:17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
Grace came by Jesus Christ.
Why didn't Jesus teach about the grace of God?
Because the law, not grace defined the gospel period.
Jesus Christ was busy fulfilling the law so that grace could come
It did not come until all was fulfilled and then on the day of Pentecost, grace came.
Believers could now receive the gift of eternal life/holy spirit/salvation without doing the works of the law.
The criteria for receiving salvation, now a gift, no longer of works, was not doing the law but by confessing with the mouth the lord Jesus and believing in the heart that God raised him from the dead.
Romans 10:9-10
This age of grace in which we now live was not available until Jesus Christ fulfilled all the requirements to put the law behind us and to institute grace.
Pretty cool, eh?
John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
John 1:16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
John 1:17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
Grace came by Jesus Christ.
Why didn't Jesus teach about the grace of God?
Because the law, not grace defined the gospel period.
Jesus Christ was busy fulfilling the law so that grace could come
It did not come until all was fulfilled and then on the day of Pentecost, grace came.
Believers could now receive the gift of eternal life/holy spirit/salvation without doing the works of the law.
The criteria for receiving salvation, now a gift, no longer of works, was not doing the law but by confessing with the mouth the lord Jesus and believing in the heart that God raised him from the dead.
Romans 10:9-10
This age of grace in which we now live was not available until Jesus Christ fulfilled all the requirements to put the law behind us and to institute grace.
Pretty cool, eh?