God does what he does by the power of his grace. Now I commit you to God and to the word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified . . . It is to be shared. It is to be used as a basis for friendships. It is to be drawn upon for sustaining relationships.
People grow better in grace when they are undeserving and unconditionally loved.
One of the first realities a new Christian experiences is the clean feeling of being forgiven and making a fresh start, but the new Christian soon realizes as Paul did that the old nature is still very much alive. It is then we realize that we need the power of God's grace in a special to control what I cannot control. God is in the process of changing me, but without my involvement the changes cannot not take place. What is the church of Christ. I. Saved sinners.