Amen. And we are to have faith like a child, trusting God and His word. I trust God that His grace is sufficient like he says.
Yes brother , God created man in his grace to simply walk by faith and have a relationship with him if you look at genesis chapter 1 you see what I mean man doesn’t exist God makes a beautiful creation teaming with life , then lastly he says this note how man has done nothing to earn his position in Gods kingdom but From Gods own Will expressed by his word man man is created for a purpose in his design
“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and
let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and
over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth
upon the earth.
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
And
God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.”
Genesis 1:26-28, 31 KJV
man’s real place in Gods Will is there
they’ve done nothing but are given everything because God is good and gracious towards man who he created and loves as his own man is created in grace.
But man is made to walk by faith trusting Gods word
“So then
faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by
the word of God.”
Romans 10:17
So Gods Will puts Adam here
“And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and
there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food;
the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
And the LORD God commanded the man, saying,
Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat God gave Adam dominion and the trees bearing fruit already all of earth but now he tells him a truth that will keep him safe )
but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Genesis 2:8-9, 15-17 KJV
its still grace but now if Adam has
faith based on what God told him all
He told him
the many blessings of life and domino and fellowship with God and also the warning of the curse, Adam will live
but
if Adam rejects Gods word about sin and death he will surely die , and it’s not Gods grace failing Adam it is Adam failing to believe Gods warning about the fruit Adam broke faith with God despite God giving him and creating him in grace for faith
faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by
the word of God.”
This is true from Adam to us, Gods grace has always been for man even when man has become vile and provoked his wrath
“And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the LORD said,
I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
But
Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.”
Genesis 6:5-8 KJV
noah also was saved because God is gracious towards man even in times of wrath , but if Noah wasn’t willing to
listen to gods warning he then speaks to him to save him and believe it and operate by it , Noah’s faith would also have proven failed and he wouldn’t have had an ark to enter into .
Grace is surely sufficient through faith but remember that quote has a context paul was asking God to remove the thorn of his eye issues that hindered his ministry and God told him my grace is sufficient your ministry will succeed “
it’s not used to say “ I’ll save people even if they don’t hear and believe my warnings about sin and death he gives us grace and then teaches us the truth