God incarnated to be our enjoyment. God has
God incarnated to be our enjoyment. God has given Himself to us for our enjoyment. If we compare 1 Corinthians 15:10 with Galatians 2:20, we see that the grace of God is Christ. In 1 Corinthians 15:10 Paul says that he labored more abundantly than the other apostles, al though it was not he himself, but the grace of God that was with him. In Galatians 2:20 Paul says that it was no longer he, but Christ living in him. Therefore, grace is the living Person of Christ. Second Corinthians 13:14 also mentions the grace of Christ. Therefore, Christ is the grace of God. When Christ comes to us as God em bodied for our enjoyment, that is grace. This grace has come through the second Man.
Abounding and Reigning through Righteousness unto Eternal Life
This grace abounds, multiplies, and reigns through righteousness unto eternal life (5:15, 20, 21). We have seen that through the redemp tion of Christ we have the righteousness of God and that this righteousness gives us the ground to claim Christ as our grace. This grace is con stantly abounding and multiplying. The abound ing of grace results in reigning unto eternal life. The result is not something that is material and