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August 2
Saturday


GRACELAND

READ:
Romans 5:15-21
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The grace of God...
abounded to many.
__Romans 5:15
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The Graceland Mansion in Memphis, Tennessee, is one of the most visited homes in the US. It was built in the 1930s and named after the original owner's great aunt, Grace. It later became famous as the home of Elvis Presley.

I love the name Graceland because it describes the amazing territory into which God placed me when he forgave me of my sin and made me His own. He took me out of the darkness and brought me into His own "Graceland."

The apostle Paul says that "the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many" (Rom. 5:15). I'll be forever thankful that the "many" includes me and that God's love has transferred me into the territory of His marvelous, infinite, matchless grace!

Think of the blessing of being in God's Graceland. It is a realm where He has given us entrance into His presence and where that same grace continues to overflow into our lives on a daily basis. Paul tells us that even in times of despair God showers us with sufficient grace to see us through (see 2 Cor. 12:9).

No matter what life may bring, nothing can remove us from the realm of God's grace. __Joe Stowell

``````````````````Lord, for the blessings of your grace````````````````````
```````````````I am forever grateful! Teach me to accept`````````````````
```````````````Your grace and to live in its power. Help me````````````````
`````````````````````to share your story with others.````````````````````
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Remember where you live and rejoice in His grace.

***********************************Today's Bible Reading __ Romans 5:15-21**********************************

15 But the free gift is not
like the offense. For if by the
one man's offense many
died, much more the grace of
God and the gift by the grace
of the one Man, Jesus Christ,
abounded to many. 16 And the
gift is not like that which
came through the one who
sinned. For the judgment
which came from one
offense resulted in
condemnation, but the free
gift which came from many
offenses resulted in
justification. 17 For if by the
one man's offense death
reigned through the one,
much more those who
receive abundance of grace
and of the gift of
righteousness will reign in
life through the One, Jesus
Christ.)

18 Therefore, as through one
man's offense judgment
came to all men, resulting in
condemnation, even so
through one Man's righteous
act the free gift came to all
men, resulting in justification
of life. 19 For as by one man's
disobedience many will
be made righteous.

20 Moreover the law entered
that the offense might
abound. But where sin
abounded, grace abounded
much more, 21 so that as sin
reigned in death, even so
grace might reign through
righteousness to eternal life
through Jesus Christ our
Lord.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Paul's comparison of Adam and Jesus can be boiled down to a few
words. Adam's life resulted in an "offense" that brought "judgment"
and "death," but Jesus' life brought a "free gift" of "grace" that
brought "righteousness" In grace (v.15), God took away the
consequences of Adam's sin__spiritual death and condemnation__
and gave to all who believe in Jesus the gift of eternal life through
His sacrificial death (vv.18-19).