11/07/2026
Why Grace must be preached.
The more a Christian is conscious that Jesus Christ died for his sins, the more he desires to live a holy life.
Scripture.
2 Peter 1:2-9.
Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
v3. According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that [pertain] unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
v4. Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
v5. And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
v6. And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
v7. And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
v8. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make [you that ye shall] neither [be] barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
v9. But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
According to Peter, if a Christian lacks diligence, faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness, and charity (love), it is because he has forgotten that "he was purged from his old sins."
Therefore, if we do not want a Christian to lack these qualities, we must remind him that he has been purged from his old sins.
In other words, we must preach grace to him—that Jesus Christ died for his sins.
This is why grace must be preached, because grace is what Jesus Christ accomplished for us on the cross.
Grace is the way to Holiness.
By Rabbi Kingsley Chakkim .