Apostle Peter prays, saying,

“May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.” – 2 Peter 1:2

This is to say that there is a knowledge that we must have: knowing who God is and who Jesus Christ is. Peter is saying that it takes grace for anyone to know God, and it is only through multiplied and increasing grace that this can happen. Grace and peace come through knowledge. You see, grace and peace sum up the totality of God’s blessings upon His people. It is a blessing to know who God truly is, and multiple/great grace is needed. So, Peter prays that we may experience the multiple blessings of knowing God.

“And with great power, the apostles gave witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And great grace was upon them all.” (Acts 4:33 NKJV)

Grace, what we generally call ‘Unmerited Favor,’ is the kindness of God upon humankind, which delivers us from our sinful lives.

Grace is so powerful that we are saved by it alone. Eph. 2:8-9 says, “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.” This is true because we are naturally sinful and, therefore, live in enmity against God. The Bible says, “Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be.” – (Rom. 8:7 NKJV). Further, the bible says, “But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them because they are spiritually discerned.” – (1 Cor. 2:14 NKJV). We could not be saved from such states of mind if grace had no power.

  1. Grace is God’s kindness, so powerful that it enables people to live and be in one accord (Acts 4:32). Ordinarily, we are selfish; hence, it is hard for us to be in one accord, but when we experience great grace, being of one mind with other children of God becomes a lifestyle.
  2. Preachers rely on the power of grace to bear witness to Christ (Acts 4:33). When Peter initially did not tap into the power of God’s grace, he denied Jesus, but when grace set into his life, he became a preacher of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
  3. Grace is so powerful that it helps people to share things without complaint (Acts 4:34), thereby removing the lack among community people (vs. 35)
  4. People who are operating under the power of grace are able to give without holding back (vs. 35-37), but those who refuse the power of grace end up lying and dying (Acts 5:1-11).
  5. Grace is so powerful that it changes a place or heart where sin once abounds (Rom. 5:20-21).

Pray and ask that God will increase His grace in your life. The more grace you have, the more ability you possess to live a Christian life that pleases God.