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My 70th Rebirthday

Today is my 70th re-birthday. These 70 years have been 70 years of the grace and faithfulness of God.

Please read these verses on the quantity of grace:
From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another. (John 1:16)

But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” (James 4:6)

But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God's grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many!...For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God's abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ...The law was added so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more. (Rom. 5:15, 17, 20)

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. (2 Cor. 9:8)

And in their prayers for you their hearts will go out to you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you. (2 Cor. 9:14)

But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. (2 Cor. 12:9)

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace. (Eph. 1:7)

The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. (1 Tim. 1:14)

And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. (1 Pet. 5:10)
This grace has been given to me in many ways:
• my birth
• saving my life at two years old (scarlet fever, diphtheria, smallpox)
• my family in growing up
• receiving Christ at 20 years old
• saving my life at 22 (mine explosion)
• my wife and my marriage of 58 years
• my children and grandchildren and their husbands and wives, and my great-grandchildren
• saving my life at 77 years with quadruple-bypass surgery
• the grace of preaching Christ for 70 years
• a multitude of friends in Christ
• many instructors within and outside the faith
• common grace
To those of you who also know the grace of God, thank you for your participation with me in preaching Christ.

“Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord” (2 Pet. 1:2).

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