Growth in Grace

The Apostle Paul tells Timothy to,"Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus." (2 Tim. 2:1) The starting point of faith in Christ is to realise that he paid for our sins on the cross and that we cannot work our own way to heaven. He has paid the price - we get there by his grace. Then as we grow in the Christian faith we realise that we need to grow in the grace of what Christ has done for us. In Him He is our righteousness, sanctification, wisdom and redemption. We died in Him and through His grace He will live His resurrection life through us now! This knowledge and experience is something that we need to grow in throughout all of our lives since the Christain life is a life lived totally in and through the grace of our wonderful God! (Romans 6; Galatians 2:20)