Thanks Be To God For His Indescribable Gift!

By Roger Henri Trepanier

About the book
This is a book about God’s grace, which God Himself calls “an indescribable gift.” God’s grace may be hard to define, but anyone who has ever experienced the grace of God knows what it is like to be under the blessing of God. In this devotional style book, the author looks at every aspect of the subject of God’s grace, from its beginnings, its joys, its effects, its dangers, and its blessings, which are not just for this life, but for all eternity!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Roger Henri Trepanier
• Release date: Aug 15, 2015
• ISBN: 9781310917929

Roger Henri Trepanier

Roger Henri Trepanier is an evangelist, author, and counselor, who has been serving God on his field of service since 1999. One hundred and nine books have been published so far in five different series, all available in print format and as an eBook for any type of eBook reader. He is a widower with three adopted children, all now married.The author's two websites have been closed. To access the author's books, please type, "Roger Henri Trepanier, books" in any search engine. All the author's books are available in print and ebook formats for all devices.

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Introduction

Chapter One

Getting a better grasp of what the grace of God is

Chapter Two

When does one begin being under God’s grace?

Chapter Three

Why does God not display any grace to unbelievers?

Chapter Four

The ramifications of a world in unbelief, which is therefore not under the grace of God

Chapter Five

God’s grace is to be seen as always coming to believers through His precious Son by The precious Holy Spirit!

Chapter Six

Grasping the truth that our life as Christians started by God’s grace and can only go on by His grace

Chapter Seven

Grasping what is meant when we read, Commended to the grace of God for the work…

Chapter Eight

Giving personal testimony to the working of God’s grace in my own life and ministry

Chapter Nine

Delving a little deeper into how we are to go about living by the grace of God

Chapter Ten

Grasping the extent of the involvement of the love and grace of God in the saving of precious souls!

Chapter Eleven

Dangers which God wants believers to be aware of regarding His grace

Chapter Twelve

Seeing God’s grace at work was meant to be an encouragement to believers

Chapter Thirteen

Grasping the truth that God’s grace always works in concert with His mercy

Chapter Fourteen

Grasping the truth that believers have a throne of grace to come to, especially when we realize that we have sinned against God

Chapter Fifteen

What God wants believers to know above all else regarding His grace

Chapter Sixteen

Grasping the truth that there is a coming day when all will be grace for the children of God

Chapter Seventeen

A last word regarding the grace of God

Addendum

A last word regarding the grace of God

The Next Book

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INTRODUCTION

I remember attending a local church fellowship a few years ago, where the title from this book was written in very large letters on the left side of the front part of the sanctuary, namely Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift, which is a quote from God’s word, the Bible, at 2 Corinthians 9:15. Then underneath were the words, in equally large letters, Our Lord Jesus Christ. In other words, the leaders of this particular congregation obviously thought that God’s indescribable gift was His precious Son, Jesus Christ.

Even when reading the above for the first time, my immediate thought was, ‘How can God’s precious Son be regarded as indescribable? ‘ After all, is it not God’s desire in time to make His precious Son known to as many people as possible, for in knowing Him, one knows God? That was a mystery to me. But it was not until I did a personal study of the word grace in God’s word that I discovered that God’s indescribable gift at 2 Corinthians 9:15 is actually a reference to God’s grace, and not to His precious Son, Jesus Christ, even though He is the most important and central figure of all history. This was then further confirmed to me when I did a study of the word gift.

This book, therefore, is about the grace of God, which is His indescribable gift to mankind. As the reader will see in reading the book, this is a very important subject, which is why the exclamation, Thanks be to God precedes the words relating to God’s grace. And I will not just be relating information regarding the grace of God here, but rather we will be looking at this very exciting and heartwarming subject in a devotional style. In other words, when looking at this subject of God’s grace for humankind, it should affect our hearts, so that in reading the book, one should be thanking and praising God for His grace!

Something else which is not always realized and should be noted here is that the grace of God is not often something that we become aware of until we are much older in the faith. And there is a reason for this. Grace has its focus on what God does for us. But when we first become a child of God at the moment of our salvation, our thoughts are very much still centered on ourselves. After all, looking after number one was our priority in life before coming to know God. But as we grow in the faith, God sanctifies us, in that He sets us apart more and more each day for Himself, seeking to get us to carry out His will instead of our own. And it is then that we slowly start to become more and more aware of the grace of God. The more we grow spiritually, the more we come to realize that the Christian life is all of God, that is, all of grace!

What should also be mentioned before closing this Introduction is that after completing 21 years of formal education and then spending almost 28 years working in Project Engineering and Management in the Corporate offices of a large utility, God called His servant as a non-denominational evangelist in early 1999; then sent him out over 3000 miles, away from family and friends, to the place of service God assigned; where His servant has been and is still serving Him as evangelist, counselor, author, editor, and publisher. The author is a widower with three adopted children, now married.

A website has been established for the purpose of interacting with readers, which can be found at:

http://www.pilgrimpathwaypublications.com

God also led His servant to establish another website specifically for gospel ministry, since the author is an evangelist. That website can be found at:

http://www.servantofmosthigh.com

And now my prayer is that God will richly bless you as you read this book and greatly minister to your every need in your life, as only God can! To Him be all praise, honor, and glory!

God’s grace is always opposed to man’s works. Either God works, which is by grace alone; or we work, which is by human energy alone.

CHAPTER ONE

/ Getting a better grasp of what the grace of God is

1) Seeing the grace of God as a gift

The first thing that God tells us about His grace at 2 Corinthians 9:15 is that it is an indescribable gift. And what we need to keep in mind at the outset here is that this is what God says about His grace. In other words, this is the word of God, and not that of man. And