Thursday, February 2, 2012

The Grace Message


The Grace Message
by Pastor Mike Bunye

We are in the generation when we experience the dispensation of grace. This grace that is available  to all.
Read these verses:Ephesians 3:1-7 For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles;  if indeed you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you, how that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I have briefly written already, by which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ), which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets: that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel, of which I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of His power.

Today the Lord has given some believers, pastors, and teachers in particular a special understanding of the grace of God.  God is making known His grace in a very special way in this present dispensation to the Church Age. He is making known that He has always been a GRACIOUS GOD. That He, God,  never changes. God was gracious to Adam and Eve when He provided them with coats of skins (Genesis 3:21).God was gracious to Noah (Genesis 6:8) and God was gracious to the whole earth when He promised never again to bring a world-wide flood (Genesis 9:11). God was gracious to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph, Moses and the Israelites, to David and to Saul who became Paul.

The list goes on and on. But God's grace is most clearly seen today. God's grace not only abounds but it SUPER-ABOUNDS!

Today the grace of our Lord is as 1 Timothy 1:14 "And the grace of our Lord was exceedingly abundant, with faith and love which are in Christ Jesus." During the past 2000 years (approximately) God has been showing off His grace. God loves to demonstrate and manifest WHO HE IS! History is the story of God making Himself known at various times and in various ways.

As grace is available to us let us not receive the grace of God in vain. Here in Faith Center Imus we do not teach "Cheap Grace." Rather we teach that the grace of our Lord is precious, because grace is Jesus Himself. So we do not teach that anyone should abuse this grace that has been freely given us. But rather to hold it as the most precious gift anyone can receive.

When anyone receives something precious and has no ability to repay the giver, the only thing left to do is to give a heartfelt thanksgiving and to express this thanksgiving at all means possible.

And to be able to demonstrate how the gift has affected him, man finds service to God a joy to do. This gift of grace now becomes a moving force within a man that enables him to do much more than he is capable of doing. We can now labor more abundantly.

Remember that we are saved by grace through faith so in the coming weeks watch out for the coming messages about faith and about our response to this gift of grace. It is my desire that the members of Faith Center Imus be nourished by the full counsel of the Word. That is why we make sure that the messages we deliver are specially customized for Faith Center Imus as directed by God. We hear what the Lord would like to deliver into your hearts as a church and we comply. So he who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit of the Lord says to our church.


Rev. Michael C. Bunye
He is the Senior Pastor of Jesus Faith Christian Fellowship Church Inc. (Imus, Cavite)
 a.k.a. FAITH CENTER IMUS.
With his wife Pastora Me-Ann Bunye (Senior Associate Pastor);
Their ministry is to reach and teach the people to get closer to God, meet their needs and help bring change in their lives through the Word of God.