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Welcome to Abundance of Grace Ministries with brother Rick Woods

God has called me to share the message of the Gospel of Grace and the New Covenant that we have with our God through the Lord Jesus Christ.
I believe that you coming to this website is not by chance but a divine appointment. I pray that through the messages on this site that you will receive revelation of Gods great love towards you by the sacrifice of His Son Jesus for the forgiveness of sins. 
Within the New Covenant God has made provision for everything, that we may live a successful and joyous life while on this earth. Jesus said I come to give you life and life more abundantly. Join me in Gods word for the greatest love story ever told.

The Gospel of Grace

The miracles of Jesus served temporary needs. The people who ate loaves and fishes became hungry again. The son who was raised eventually died again. But the grace of Jesus Christ continues to be extended to all of us through the supreme act of grace: his sacrificial death on the cross. This is how Jesus gave himself up for us, with eternal consequences rather than temporary ones.

As Peter said, "We believe it is through the grace of our Lord Jesus that we are saved" (Acts 15:11). The gospel was a message about God's grace (Acts 14:3; 20:24, 32). We are justified by grace "through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus" (Romans 3:24). God's grace is linked with the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross (verse 25). Jesus died for us, for our sins, and we are saved because of what he did on the cross. We have redemption through his blood (Ephesians 1:7).

But God's grace goes further than forgiveness. Luke tells us that God's grace was on the disciples as they preached the gospel (Acts 4:33). God showed them favor, giving them help they did not deserve. But don't human fathers do the same? We not only give our children life when they had done nothing to earn it, we also give them gifts that they could not earn. That's part of love, and that is the way that God is. Grace is generosity.

Gospel of John The Gospel of John is unique among the four gospels. Only seven out of all the events recorded in this gospel are shared by the other three gospel writers. This gospel does not give as much attention to the happenings in the ministry of Jesus as it does to the teachings of Jesus. Many have referred to it as "the Spiritual Gospel" or "the Gospel to the Church.

Gospel of Matthew The New Testament has its roots in the Jewish laws and prophecies of the Old Testament. Therefore, it is very appropriate that the gospel of Matthew comes first among the gospels for it was written to portray Jesus as the promised Messiah. Jesus is referred to as the "Son of David" nine times in this gospel (1:1; 9:27; 12:23; 15:22; 20:30-31; 21:9, 15; 22:42). Since Matthew is writing to the Jews who were in great expectation for the kingdom promised in the Old Testament to appear (Dan. 7:22; Acts 2:16-18), he uses the word "kingdom" more than fifty times.

Gospel of Luke The Gospel of Luke is the longest of the four gospels despite the fact that it has been divided into four chapters less than was Matthew. It was written primarily for the Gentile Christians to portray Jesus as the Son of Man. In Luke 3:23-38, Jesus' genealogy is traced all the way back to Adam. This is quite different than Matthew's genealogy which only traces Jesus' ancestry back to Abraham and this reflects Luke's intent to portray Jesus as the Savior of all men.

Gospel of Mark Mark's record is the shortest of all the gospel accounts. This enables the reader to grasp more of an overall understanding of Jesus' life than is readily available in the other gospels. Mark, unlike Matthew, did not write his gospel to the Jews only. Explanations are given throughout this gospel that would be unnecessary if all the readers were Jewish. For instance, when Mark mentions Jordan in Mark 1:5, he refers to it as "the river of Jordan." Also, in Mark 2:18, he gives an explanation of some of the Pharisees' traditions which occasioned their question.

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