Apostle Winston Joseph, Ph.D

  The word, ‘Grace’ comes from the Greek root ‘Charis’ which means — ‘God in Christ’ (our representative) blesses humanity and makes them unlimited, unmerited, unending, mercy, gifts, health, wealth, acceptance, forgiveness, joy, etc. Let us study some more verses to fully grasp the meaning of grace. Romans 5:18–19 “Consequently, just as the result of on e  trespass was condemnation for all men, so also the result of one act of righteousness was justification that brings life for all men. For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.” When we study the above scriptures, we come across two people. The first person being Adam, through whose disobedience the entire mankind was plunged in the hands of the devil and consequently into death and darkness, which is bad news! But the good news is the last Adam i.e., “Christ” whose obedience immersed and filled the entire huma...

  Even after the finished work of Christ some people still rely on law — ‘to take them through, which is absolutely dangerous. So, you may then ask why was the law given at all? According to Galatians 3:24 ,   the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ. In other words, there is a hidden message inside the law that ‘you’ cannot keep it and the only one who can keep it is ‘Jesus Christ’ through whose obedience we are made righteous and holy, as Romans 10:4 tells us that Christ is the end of the law. He came to fulfil the law as Galatians 2:16 says because by observing the law no one will be justified and Galatians 3:10 further adds that all who rely on observing the law are under a curse for it is written: Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the book of the law.   Galatians 3:11 mentions “Clearly no one is justified before God by the law, …”   We must always remember that law is a taskmaster –the devil was ruling humanity through th...