“By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein
we stand…” Romans 5:2
“Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we
may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.” Hebrews 4:16
If you are going to receive all that grace
has provided then you have to come boldly but there can be no boldness without
faith. This is one of the reasons people don’t enjoy grace.
They come to the throne of grace begging,
acting unworthy, calling themselves all sorts of names thinking that
impresses God but like we have seen earlier whatsoever is not of
faith is sin. Therefore, they go away empty handed.
Yes, I know we do not merit anything and
everything God has provided but Jesus has made us worthy, He has made us joint
heirs with Him, it therefore would be a slap in His face for us to come to Him
groveling.
Approaching God by faith and in faith
would necessarily mean coming boldly, for to know faith is to be bold. Faith
makes a man bold, I have not known a man of faith that is not bold towards God.
Note I did not say arrogant but bold. David was a man like that. Remember when
he came into the camp of the army of Israel and he saw them in hiding?
The Scriptures say he went around asking,
what shall be done to the man who killeth this philistine? He did that until it
came into the hearing of King Saul and when he came before Saul, he told the
King, “let
not your heart fail because of this man thy servant shall go and fight
him.”
That was some bold talking but it came
from a heart of faith. That is the way God expects you also to talk. Faith that
is not bold is not faith.
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