Turn to 1 Corinthians 15:1,10: “Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand. ... But by the grace of God I am what I am: and His grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain.” We are saved by grace, we stand in grace, and by the grace of God we are what we are. Let us remember a lesson that was learned by a servant of the Lord many years ago. The lesson was to recognize that by the grace of God he was what he was. In learning that lesson, he was able to be a profitable servant for the Lord, particularly as a servant of intercession. This servant was Job.
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