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The Leverage Devotional by Apostle Segun Obadje 30 July 2024: The Legal and Vital Sides of Grace

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Leverage Devotional For Today Message:

The legal side of redemption refers to that which Christ has done for us in His substitutionary work, which is available for the taking or receiving. The legal side of grace is the justification for receiving or walking in grace, without which there cannot be the dispensing of grace. Receiving God’s grace is premised on all that Christ has done for us – the legal side of grace. On the other hand, the vital side of grace speaks of receiving or walking in grace. It is the execution, or the implementation of that which Christ has done for us in His substitutionary work. For example, 1 Peter 2:24 says by the stripes of Jesus Christ we were healed, yet there are Christians that are sick in their bodies, physically speaking. This does not negate the Scriptures in any way but only shows us that what Christ has done for us in His substitutionary work, is only received by faith. Until what Christ has accomplished for you is received by faith, its value does not take effect in your life. Just as grace for salvation is available to all but is only experienced by all who receive it by faith, so is the relationship between the legal and vital sides of grace. It is a revelation of the Scripture that brings the believer into the vital experience of what Jesus has already done for him, for that is when faith is stirred in the heart.

Speaking of the legal side of grace, we mean that God, through Jesus’ Substitutionary work for man, has done everything for us, and has made ready everything pertaining to life and godliness. God has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ Jesus; all things are ready! The legal side has been concluded and finished because Jesus came into the world, died for our sins, was raised from the dead for our justification, ascended up on high, and is seated at the Right Hand of God, triumphant over all. When someone gets healed by the power of God, that healing comes on account of Jesus Christ’s finished works (1 Peter 2:24). Whatever we may receive from God through faith with prayer, or through faith with fasting, will come to us on account of what Christ has already done for us in His substitutionary work. Therefore, the legal side of grace is the foundation and justification for the vital side. Hence, there is no glorying in self, but only in the Lord!

MY SOLID FRONT (CONFESSION):

I declare that I do not just know about the provisions made for me in redemption, but I also have the actual experience of it. I walk by faith and not by sight, and I increase in revelation knowledge in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

Further Meditation: Colossians 1:9-11; 2 Corinthians 8:9

Thank you for receiving God’s word. Kindly send in your testimonies, questions and prayer requests to pstsegunobadje@gmail.com

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Leverage Devotional 2024 Devotional was written by Apostle Segun Obadje (ph.D),  the Set Man of God’s Love Tabernacle International Church. He is a New Testament Apostle and Teacher of the Word of God’s Grace and the Testimony of Jesus Christ. 

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