THE GRACE COURT
In the world there are many different categories of courts. A few examples are civil, criminal, and family courts, and in the United States there is the Supreme Court. Everything on earth is fashioned after the governmental pattern of heaven. Like earth the eternal realm has different courts of law, one of which is the grace court. The writer of Hebrews wrote,
Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Hebrews 4:16, NKJV
The Greek word for throne in this verse is thronos.1 It is a “seat” used by kings or judges that is “equivalent to [a] tribunal or bench.”2 (See also Matthew 19:28; Luke 22:30; and Revelation 20:4.) The throne in Hebrews 4 is not just a chair that God sits on. Rather, it is the bench from which the judge of all the earth releases justice and mercy for His people through His glorious grace!
Have you ever heard the expression “throw yourself on the mercy of the court”? That’s what happens in this courtroom. Here all decisions and rulings are based on the grace and mercy of God. If you keep your heart from being hardened by sin to the point of unrepentance, you cannot fail in the grace court. The Bible says that “mercy triumphs over judgment” (Jas. 2:13, NKJV), and grace always trumps the law. Hence in this court you can never lose!
Even (and especially) when fighting the spirit of death, the grace court is where you present your case. Death obtained its legal right to attack your bodily organs through your lawbreaking. However, where sin abounds, grace superabounds! Every judgment that death put on your body will have to bow its knee in God’s court of grace. The best news is that any believer can boldly enter this court to receive grace and mercy in their time of need.
THE GRACE COURT AND YOUTH
Don’t forget: grace is how Abraham and Sarah experienced renewed youth so they could birth the promised child, Isaac. Let’s look at Romans 4:16, AMPC, again:
Therefore, [inheriting] the promise is the outcome of faith and depends [entirely] on faith, in order that it might be given as an act of grace (unmerited favor), to make it stable and valid and guaranteed to all his descendants—not only to the devotees and adherents of the Law, but also to those who share the faith of Abraham, who is [thus] the father of us all.
You inherit the promises by grace through faith, not through your ability to keep the law. As you bring your case against death into the grace court, you will win a righteous judgment and see death’s power over your life destroyed.
Now notice that the Bible connects grace and the courts with astounding youth-renewing scriptures. Look at these amazing examples, beginning with Psalm 92:
The [uncompromisingly] righteous shall flourish like the palm tree [be long-lived, stately, upright, useful, and fruitful]; they shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon [majestic, stable, durable, and incorruptible]. Planted in the house of the Lord, they shall flourish in the courts of our God. [Growing in grace] they shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be full of sap [of spiritual vitality] and [rich in the] verdure [of trust, love, and contentment]. Psalm 92:12–14 AMPC
This Psalm promises that you can be long-lived like a palm tree, incorruptible and durable as a cedar, and able to bring forth fruit in your old age. Notice that these things happen when you “flourish in the courts of our God. [Growing in grace]”!
How do you do that? Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God. As you continue to study scriptures concerning grace and the courts, you will grow and flourish in both. Personally I make sure that certain revelations (including those involving grace and the courts) never fall by the wayside. Because I have pursued deeper understanding concerning both these biblical topics, I have developed greater levels of authority, influence, and success over the years. I believe you will also prosper and increase immensely as you continue to grow in grace and flourish in His courts.
One of the most powerful youth-restoring promises in the Bible is directly connected to getting justice in the courts. Take a look:
Bless the LORD, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name! Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits: who forgives all your iniquities, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from destruction, who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies, who satisfies your mouth with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. Psalm 103:1–5, NKJV
