John1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

Here we have order. The Word, Jesus Christ is the Word become flesh, the express image of God, His Glory. Secondly, we have the expression of grace, all that He is and does by virtue in unmerited favor. Then there is truth.

I cannot express every aspect of God’s grace in our lives. I can only recognize just a few of those gracious moments in my own life. I am sure there are many more than have been performed on my behalf that I am not aware of as yet. I may never know them all. If I were to list all the possibilities it would take a lifetime of growth in Christ and since we are here to grow in Christ, let us push on.

Truth! What is truth? If you know anything about me by now, you can see that I will not settle for those worldly definitions and expressions of truth. If you look to dictionaries for definitions of truth you will find in some of them the admission that truth is a perception. Worldly men only believe what they perceive and for them that truth.

Is the sky blue? Many will agree, yes, the sky is blue. The truth is a little more complex. This only goes to demonstrate objective truths. Objective truths are only understood to the extent of observation and analysis we can conclude that a consensus is drawn. Truth by committee.

Allow me to define truth to you in my understanding. You may not accept it. Truth stands alone and unchanged by human perception or acceptance. We do err when we add adjectives to truth, like objective and absolute. Those are concept words which we have chosen to explain our limitations and intolerance. They are the basic illusions of perception.

Some things are not simple.

2 Chronicles 28:15 And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.

So often I find expressions of the grace we should extend to others hidden in the depths of the Old Testament. Here is 2^nd Chronicles we find a description that is so Christian. We are after all expressed by His name. We take upon us the title of Christian because we are His. More than what we are called, what we do in the extension of grace identifies us as His.

I am not applying works as a demand. It is expressed grace as a characteristic of who we are in Christ. If grace is in our character, then grace is born of the tree of righteousness and not in the tilling of the ground.

Colossians 1:5-7 For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel; Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth: As ye also learned of Enter Your Name Here our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;

I replace the name Epaphras with Enter Your Name Here so that you might see yourselves in the scriptures. This is how we are expressed in scripture. We should see ourselves in scripture. Not for what we hope to be but for who we are in the body of Christ. You did not live in those times but who you are in Christ is expressed in the bible if you will but accept your calling and see the “grace of God in truth”.