What If Grace Is Stronger Than Your Weakness

Grace isn’t a religious slogan we repeat when life feels hard. It’s the active power of God, and Scripture says it’s able to do something specific: build you up and give you an inheritance. We open in Acts 20:32 and follow the thread of “the word of His grace” to see how God strengthens believers now while preparing them for what’s ahead. If you’ve ever wondered whether you can truly stand firm, grow deeper, or live with steady hope, this message aims straight at that question. 

We also talk about inheritance in the clearest, most personal way possible: an inheritance comes through birth into a family. John 1 shows what it means to receive Christ, believe in His name, and be born of God. That identity changes everything. We are not trying to become God’s children through effort; we receive the right to be His children through Jesus, full of grace and truth, and we become heirs and joint heirs with Christ. 

Then we bring grace down into everyday Christian life and relationships. God’s grace builds us up like a steady construction project, rooting us and establishing us in the faith. We also look at edification, the biblical call to build up one another, pursue peace, and use our lives and words for our neighbor’s good. If you want a deeper understanding of God’s grace, Christian maturity, spiritual growth, and the hope of a heavenly inheritance, press play and then share this with a friend and leave a review with your biggest takeaway.

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Transcript

Acts 20:32 And The Inheritance

New Birth And Receiving Christ

Built Up In Christ Over Time

Edifying Others Through Peace

Prayer For Grace And Closing Blessing

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want to talk to you today concerning the ability ability of God's grace. I talk about grace quite a bit. God has given us understanding of grace. Not just the word, but we have to understand what God is doing. He's constantly given us the ability to live. Praise God. I want to call your attention to scripture Acts of the Apostle Acts chapter 20. We have these words 20 Acts 20 20th chapter of Acts and looking at verse 32. Let's work from that verse and Lord we ask you to help us to understand even clearer what your will is for us. We want to better understand the new and living way which you have purchased your own bill the giving of the earth sign our sands and shedding his blood thankful it's called grace but it's grace upon grace you're continuous showing us in Acts chapter 20 verse 32 He spoke here's the principle and now brethren I commend you to God and to the word of his grace which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance praise God's grace has such marvelous ability it is able to give the eternal inheritance of God to his children. It is also able to build up their lives here on earth for greater service and increased fruitfulness. It is by the grace of the Lord that we can anticipate being recipients of a heavenly inheritance the word of his grace which is able notice that able grace has the ability to do what God has given grace is able to give you me an inheritance an inheritance is obtained by being born into a family we have been born again into the family of God as many as received him to them he gave the right to become children of God I'm glad to be a child of God are we? Are you even to those who believe in him notice the Bible speaks a lot of believe believe that's the verb faith is not an abstraction faith you have faith you are doing something the Bible says in the gospel of John chapter one listen verses nine ten and eleven in 12 there was a there was the true light which coming into the world enlightened every person every man he was in the world and the world was made through him and the world did not know him he came into his own and those who were his own did not receive him but as many as received him to them he gave the right to become children of God even to those who believe in his name who were born not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man but of God and the Bible says in verse 14 and the word became flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld his glory the glory as of the only begotten from the Father full of grace and truth the new and living way of the Lord that we can anticipate being recipients of a heavenly inheritance the word of his grace is able to give you an inheritance an inheritance is obtained by being born into a family we have been born again into the family of God but as many as received him to them he gave the right to become children of God even to those who believe in his name who were born of God we who believe in Jesus are God's children and if children then heirs heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ it is a wonder it's wonderful to understand that we are heirs and joint heirs with Christ has given us this grace upon grace upon grace and he has given it to Christ but Christ has from God we have it too we are joint heirs with Christ praise God we are blessed beyond measure to know that heavenly treasures of fellowship worship and service await God's children in glory above all of these eternal riches are ours by the grace of God alone God's amazing grace also has the ability to build us up as we await our inheritance here on earth below the word of his grace which is able to build you up the Lord wants our spiritual roots of hunger and thirst to be growing deep into himself. He wants our lives to be undergoing continual construction in Christ he wants our character to become increasingly stabilized in the faith that is in his word as you have it therefore receive Christ Jesus the Lord so walk in him rooted and built up in him and established in the faith Colossians 2 verses 6 through e have these words of grace it is the will of God that we be edified edification means to build up it is God's will we be edified let all things listen to the Bible let all things be done for edification this is found in your Bible 1 Corinthians 14 and verse 26 let all things be done for edification all along the way from new birth and we were baptized into Christ of a full heavenly inheritance as his family God desires listen to his desire that his children be spiritually strengthened and increasingly developed in Christian maturity our ministry to one another can be an effective part of this edification process let us brothers and sisters let us pursue the things which make for peace I want you to hear this well let me repeat it again let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another let us let each of us please his neighbor for his good leading to edification read your Bible Romans 14 19 Romans 15 and two let's go there hello time let's go to Romans chapter 14 I'm turning with you I'm reading from the the New American standard listen to the words of scripture Romans 14 Are you there? Romans 14 and version 18 listen to the Bible so then let us pursue pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another that's how we are to live as a Christian Romans 15 and verse 2 let each of us please his neighbor for his good to his edification we're to build up our neighbor not neighbor not for bad things we must build him up to her or his or her good to his or her edification praise God for what he is doing he is building us up as we conclude it is essential to remember however that God's grace is what accomplishes the building up process the word of his grace which is able to build you up not the words of foolishness but the words of his grace which is able to build you up I thank God for being built up as I studied a word as I dwell among our brothers and sisters in Christ I'm glad to be a Christian I'm glad to be a child of God along with all others who are in Christ and Christ who is in us we praise him our God and Father we rejoice exceedingly as we think of the inheritance that you are preparing for us by your grace O Lord my strength our strength we need your mighty work of grace that I and all of us may be edified edify ourselves to be edifying to your children. Please Lord help us purge our life of any matters that are not edifying all by the grace of Jesus the new and living way we thank you our Lord Amen and to him that is able to keep you from falling and to present you faultless before his presence with exceeding joy to the only wise God our Savior be glory now and forever. Amen