#479 - Joseph Prince - Stay On Grace Ground And Experience True Life - Highlights

God never meant for man to grow old. God never meant for man to have disease. God never even meant for you to have one pimple on your face. So, every line, every wrinkle, every disease in our life is a sign of the fall, which is not part of the loving Father's plan. The Bible says clearly, it's all about life. Many of us, we look at Scriptures for health and the word "health" is there. In fact, the word "health" is seldom used in the Bible. It is used in Proverbs 4, verse 22, "My words are life and health to all their flesh". It's used, for example, you know, "I desire above all things," 3 John 2, "you prosper and be in health". But the word "healing" is used more often, but the most often used word is "life" because if sickness is death begun, then life begun is health. And it's not just a principle of holiness or fruitfulness. Being under law and grace is a matter of life and death. It's a matter of being healthy, being strong. You can be like Abraham, you can be like Caleb in your old age. You say, "Give me this mountain," and you're 85 years old. God wants you to have life and life more abundantly.

1 Corinthians 15:56, "The strength of sin is the law," wow. If the strength of sin is the law, then the spring of holiness is grace.

My Bible says that as you have received Christ, how do you receive Christ? By grace through faith, so walk you in him. You know, you don't receive Christ by grace through faith and then you continue by works. As, in the same manner, as you have received Christ so walk you in him. Can you see that? You start by grace through faith, you continue by grace through faith and the result of that are good works, not dead works, but good works, amen? Can I have a good amen?

So, here we have two systems of life. Either you live, the righteous by faith will live or the one under law, keep on performing, trying to keep the law. Now, the promise is if you keep all the law, you will have life, but it has anyone ever done that? None. God gives us a way paid for by the blood of Jesus which is so much easier, amen? Don't let your heart feel like, you know, the world is out there, they're having fun, and you are down here. No, we are enjoying true life, abundant life. We are truly zaoing, if there's such a word zaoing. Okay anyway, I just coined it, amen? We truly have life.

The name above every other name that he wants you to call him and you better call him in that sense of a Spirit of sonship is Abba Father. You gotta feel that family closeness, Abba Father. Yes to your colleagues, to your friend, he's God, distance, with you, Father.