“Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.  Through Him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand…”  Romans 5:1-2

GRACE:  The unmerited and underserved favor and blessing of God.

Because God so loved, He provided a way for fallen humanity to be reconciled to Himself.  His desire is that not one should perish so He gave His one and only unique perfect sinless Son to die for all.  Love and grace united brought forth God’s perfect plan, the gift of salvation.  What an enormous cost, ultimate destruction to those who do not accept this gift.

But we who have accepted these truths,
“…You were washed clean (purified by a complete atonement for sin and made free from the guilt of sin), and you were consecrated (set apart, hallowed), and you were justified [pronounced righteous, by trusting] in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the [Holy] Spirit of our God.”
1 Corinthians 6:11 The Amplified Bible

God has called us unto Himself to live in His presence,
“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for His own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.“ 1 Peter 2:9

We were ‘formerly darkness, but now we are light in the Lord.’  This is our state of being now, so we are to walk in the light as He is in the light.

“This is the message we have heard from Him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with Him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.  But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of  Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.”  
1 John 1:5-7

So we walk in the light as He is in the light, the old self with its evil deeds has been put off.
“And we have put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.”  Ephesians 4:24
We are in the world, but not of it.  The Apostle Paul tells us,
“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”  Romans 12:2

How thankful we are for the gracious Holy Spirit who dwells in us to lead and guide us into all truth.  Lord help us to be more sensitive to Him so that our spiritual ears would hear and quickly heed His gentle prompting.

All praise, honor and glory to you; Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

So we sing;
“Only by grace can we enter, 
 Only by grace can we stand
 Not by our human endeavor,
 But by the blood of the Lamb.
  Into Your presence You call us
 You call us to come, 
 Into Your presence You draw us
 Now by Your grace we come.                   Amen