Grace Revolution: Experience the Power to Live Above Defeat by Joseph Prince Page A

heart in forgiving us of our sins. The bold preaching of the gospel of grace from this ministry has resulted in testimony after testimony of many precious lives being set free from sin, from addictions, and from all kinds of religious bondages. The testimonies of the people who have taken the time to share their astonishing breakthroughs attest to the power of God’s amazing grace. And I know very well that the only reason these wonderful testimonies flood our ministry office every single week is that the gospel of Jesus Christ is being preached. Grace is not just an academic or theological subject to be pontificated about in a Bible seminary. Grace is the gospel itself and the preaching of the gospel changes lives!
    This is what our Lord Jesus Himself proclaimed would happen. When He was in Nazareth, He said, “The Spirit of the L ORD is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed; to proclaim the acceptable year of the L ORD ” (Luke 4:18–19).
    Listen closely to the words of our Lord. Notice how the Spirit of the Lord and His anointing are upon those who preach the gospel! The word “gospel” is the Greek
euangelion
, which means “good tidings” 1 or good news. Luke 4:18 uses the verb
euangelizoo
, meaning “to bring good news, to announce glad tidings.” 2 Now, look at the results when the good news of Jesus is preached: the curse of poverty is destroyed, broken hearts are mended, prisoners and the oppressed are set free, and the sightless receive sight! Through the preaching of God’s amazing grace, all these effects are what we are witnessing in our church and ministry. If you are a pastor or minister of God’s Word, you can have the same results in your ministry when you preach the good news of Jesus.

The Liberating Truth of Grace
    Here is a Scripture that I want you to get deep inside your heart:
    For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
    —John 1:17
    The law that was given through Moses refers to the Sinaitic covenant, named after Mount Sinai, where the Ten Commandments weregiven. So whenever I talk about “the law” I am referring to the Ten Commandments given at Mount Sinai. For starters, let me make this clear: the Sinaitic covenant was a covenant that was made between God and Israel. Just ask any Jewish person. It was not a covenant that was made between God and the church. Our covenant is the new covenant of grace, which began at the cross of our Lord Jesus. Notice in John 1:17 that the Ten Commandments were
given
through a servant, Moses, but that grace and truth
came
through God’s own Son, Jesus Christ.
    Now, don’t let anyone tell you that the “truth” here is the Ten Commandments. The verse is clearly contrasting the Ten Commandments with grace and truth. We see the Mosaic law on one side and grace and truth on the other side. In the verse, we see that truth is on the side of
grace
, not the Ten Commandments. In the original Greek text, the words for “grace” and “truth” are followed by a singular Greek verb for “came,” 3 which means that “grace” and “truth” are regarded as one item. Grace is the
truth
and this truth that sets people free is
grace
! So you cannot separate grace and truth—they are a composite whole. Let me say it again: grace is the truth and the truth is grace. Why is knowing this so important? Because grace, not the law, is the truth that sets you free and transforms you (see John 8:32).
    Grace, not the law, is the truth that sets you free and transforms you.
    When Jesus said to the woman caught in adultery, “Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more” (John 8:11), that was grace and truth as a composite whole in action. Grace does not condemn the sinner but it also does not condone the sin. Grace pardons theundeserving