How to Reign in Life Vol. 1 Part 1
New Covenant of Grace and Favor
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
I. How to Reign in Life
A. Introduction
1. Foundation Scripture: (Rom. 5:17)
a. What does it mean to reign?
~Reign – basileou – to be king or exercise kingly authority and rulership.
~Death reigned over all mankind through Adam’s sin. (Rom. 5:12-14 AMP)
b. Much more than death reigned will those who receive (1) abundance of grace and (2) the gift of righteousness reign in life. (Rom. 5:15, 16 AMP)
~Life – zoe – the life of God; the God-kind of life; the life that makes God, God.
~(John 10:10 AMP)
c. Believers need only receive two things to reign in life as kings over sickness, disease, & poverty! (1) abundance of grace (2) the gift of righteousness.
B. What is Grace? Favor (OT-hen; NT-charis)
1. Grace is God’s unearned, unmerited, undeserved, and unlimited favor or preferential treatment towards you based solely on believing in Jesus’ finished work at the cross. Simply put: you get good and favor that you don’t earn or deserve!
2. Grace is not just a message or a doctrine but grace is the person Christ Jesus Himself. (John 1:14, 16-17)
a. (John 1:16 AMP) Jesus is grace embodied.
b. (Gal. 1:6-9) The gospel is the grace of Christ.
~(Rom. 1:16-17) the gospel is the power of God
c. Grace is clearly in contrast to the Law.
~(2 Cor. 3:6-9) the law – the ministry of death
d. Law and grace are mutually exclusive and mixing the two brings the curse.
~(Matt. 9:16-17 NLT)
~(Gal. 2:21; 3:10; 5:4 all NLT)
[Pastor Lee Stokes]