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Eternal Airlift Gospel Shoe #2: The
Power to Obey
Gospel shoe number two is found in Romans 1:5:
By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name (Romans
1:5, emphasis added).
The Gospel of God’s grace also provides “obedience to the
faith,” that is, power to obey (Romans 16:26). Ephesians 2:10
tells us that through Christ, the born again believer is created
unto good works. Whose works? The works of Jesus!
The second shoe of God’s grace provides the power and
sufficiency to work out what the Lord works in us by His Holy
Spirit—to actually live the life of faithful obedience Jesus
lived here on earth, fueled by the saving power of God (Philippians 2:12-13).

Obedient Attitudes
Do you find yourself in a constant up and down Christian
experience of accepting God’s grace of forgiveness, but missing the grace of God’s overcoming power to put to death
your earthly attitudes of anger or fear?
Consider Romans 6:14-15:
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under
the law, but under grace. What then? shall we sin, because
we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid).
Surrender to the convicting power of the Spirit of grace
laboring through the Word of God for your heart.
We are told in 2 Corinthians 9:8
that, “God is able to make all grace abound
toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every
good work.”
Could this really be the way it is with
God’s grace? Yes, a thousand times yes!
Ephesians 3:20 assures us of God’s desire to
supply us abundantly with the power of His
saving, healing, and transforming grace.

God’s grace
provides the
power to work
out what He
works in us by
His Holy Spirit.

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding
abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power
that worketh in us.
If you find yourself dealing with sinful attitudes that won’t
seem to go away, recognize that God is calling you not only to surrender the controlling sin of your life and receive Christ’s death on
the cross for that sin, but also to accept the empowering grace of
God to obey Him. Allow Him to fill you with new love and power
to obey His Word. He will give you your heart’s desire.

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Growing in Grace
Reach for the two wonderful shoes of the
Eternal Airlift Gospel of God’s grace today:
Shoe #1: Unmerited favor for
forgiveness for our past.
Shoe #2: Unlimited power to
experience the “obedience of
the faith of Jesus.”

So, how can you grow in grace?
1. By faith, study to know Christ
Jesus better. As you behold His
life, you are giving the Holy Spirit
the right to infuse your heart with
Gods’ love and transform your heart to be like
Him (see 2 Corinthians 3:18 and Romans 5:5).
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