What happens when grace is misunderstood? When it becomes separated from the Kingdom Paul consistently paired it with, or distorted into something that costs nothing and transforms no one?
Gospel of God’s Grace and His Kingdom begins where Paul himself left it: in his farewell address to the Ephesian elders in Acts 20. There he describes the gospel he received from Jesus using three phrases simultaneously: the gospel of God’s grace, preaching the kingdom, and the whole will of God, and treats them as equivalent. Most Christian teaching separates these. This book asks why Paul equates them, and what that equivalence means for salvation, the new birth, and our destiny in God’s Celestial Kingdom.
Three questions structure the inquiry: What is God’s grace? How is grace connected to the Kingdom? How is the gospel of God’s grace and of the Kingdom the whole will of God?
Along the way the book addresses the danger of false and misunderstood grace, traces Paul’s own dramatic awakening to grace, examines the new birth and what the process entails, explores how the Holy Spirit works in our lives, and opens into what it means to develop a living relationship with the Father, Jesus, and the Spirit.
Book Structure
Gospel of God’s Grace and His Kingdom was originally inspired by Paul’s farewell address to the Ephesian elders on his way to Jerusalem (Acts 20:24-27) where Paul refers to the gospel he received from Jesus as the gospel of God’s grace and “preaching the kingdom”. He also equates these with “the whole will of God”. So in Part Two, the book addresses three questions: What is God’s grace? How is grace connected to the kingdom? How is the gospel of God’s grace and of the Kingdom “the whole will of God”?
First, however, we briefly explore the nature of God – the God of grace – based on the Bible, other reading materials, and personal insights. The danger of false or misunderstood grace is also looked at, as is Paul’s dramatic awakening to grace.
Part Three deals with specific aspects of the gospel of grace. It examines the new birth and what this process entails, how the Holy Spirit works in our lives, and what is becoming our relationship with the Father, Jesus, the Christ, and the Spirit.
Part Four further expands on the nature and working of the Holy Spirit, the vital player in the transformation process which imparts Divine Love and substance to human souls.
The last part shows how each of us can avail ourselves of God’s lavish offer of abundant grace that will place us on the path to salvation, being born again or from above, and achieving our destiny which is an incredible future in God’s Celestial Kingdom for all eternity.
Study Guide and Reader Discussion
A Study Guide (Reader Dossier) has been created to aid readers in a Goodreads discussion. It can be downloaded from here.
Spotlight Feature
An interview by Logan Crawford of The Spotlight Network featuring this book is on YouTube and many other media outlets.
Where to Get It
The book is available at Amazon (and elsewhere) as a paperback, Kindle, or audiobook. It is also downloadable as a free ebook in PDF format from my website, Universal Spirituality where readers can also go if they wish to learn more after reading the book.
What Readers Are Saying
More reviews can be found on Goodreads. Readers’ comments and impressions have also been collected in the “Readers’ Journey” compiled by the coordinator of Brisbane Write Club Book.
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