“I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus, that in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge— even as the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you—so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.”
The grace of God takes wicked, undeserving people and changes us. It enriches us. God’s grace develops us, giving value to our lives. It makes us into the people that we ought to be. This work of Christ in our lives should be observable by people because it effects our words and our very thoughts. It completes us, making us the spiritually minded people that we were designed to be.
And what is the purpose of this work of grace in our lives? It develops us as we wait. He is making us complete as we wait for Christ to be revealed to all. His grace will bring us through until this end. And when the time comes, we will be found guiltless.
When we wait for something, we can begin to doubt whether it will happen or not. But when we wait for Christ, there is no wonder concerning our position in Him. He will bring us faithfully through by His grace.
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