Filled With Grace To Reign In Life Grace Reigning
FILLED WITH GRACE
TO REIGN IN LIFE
GRACE REIGNING
Romans 5:17 says, "For if by the offense of the one death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ." This is the only verse in the Bible that speaks of reigning in life. Going along with verse 17, verse 21 says, "That as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Perhaps you have heard that grace abounds, but probably you have not had the concept of grace reigning. But grace is a king reigning over all things. Although in the text verse 21 comes after verse 17, in experience it comes before verse 17. According to verse 21, grace reigns unto eternal life, which means that the reign of grace results in eternal life. It is in this eternal life that we shall reign.
Although there are many Christian books on victory and overcoming, I do not know of any books on reigning in life. A number of books