2 Grace (favor and blessing) to you and [heart] peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah).
It is a reason for pride and exultation to which our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world [generally] and especially toward you, with devout and pure motives and godly sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God (the unmerited favor and merciful kindness by which God, exerting His holy influence upon souls, turns them to Christ, and keeps, strengthens, and increases them in Christian virtues). 2 Corinthians 1:12
The word Grace actually means that our Father will cause us to be who and what He wants us to be. Our Father had Ezekiel and Joel both prophecy about this wonderful Truth.
And I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you shall heed My ordinances and do them. Ezekiel 36:27
But [instead] this is [the beginning of] what was spoken through the prophet Joel: And it shall come to pass in the last days, God declares, that I will pour out of My Spirit upon all mankind, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy [telling forth the divine counsels] and your young men shall see visions (divinely granted appearances), and your old men shall dream [divinely suggested] dreams. Acts 2:16-17
Look at what the Truth of Grace is: our Father will cause us to do what He wants us to do and this power will be poured out on all of mankind during the end times, Revelation 8:5. How awesome is that? We all look at events such as wars, elected officials, and natural disasters to see if the end is near. These things are not the signs of the end, Matthew 24:8. Grace is the only sign that the end is near.
And this good news of the kingdom (the Gospel) will be preached throughout the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then will come the end. Matthew 24:4
When we see the power that was exhibited through Jesus and even greater power, John 14:12, then look for Jesus to return.
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