It is only to the guilty undeserving souls who finally recognize that they are lost souls in need of reconciliation with God that God offers “the Forgiveness of sins according to the riches of His Grace” (Eph. 1:7). All humans are born alienated from God. The “natural man” has a mind twisted due to the “sin [nature] in the flesh” of all men from birth.
Most Christians would answer the question: “Is Christ Our King?” with a resounding Yes, but most biblically studied grace believers would respond with an emphatic “no,” for Christ is our “head.”
It certainly clear from Paul’s epistles that according to the “gospel of the grace of God,” which Paul received from the ascended Lord from heaven for the Gentiles… faith alone stands supreme as the basis of salvation.
“Therefore we conclude that a man is justified By Faith without the deeds of the law.” (Romans 3:28 (KJV)
Sadly, millions of people, even religious people, don’t yet know God’s heart and they are afraid of God. Many work to earn His favor, as if to put Him in debt to them, to be blessed. But God is a debtor to no man (Rom 4:4-5). They wrongly suppose that salvation is the reward for them showing enough love to Him. They need to believe what God Himself says… that if we are to be saved it will be entirely because He loved us and graciously provided for our salvation in the cross of His Son.
The truth is that every man is all the time a servant (slave) to one or another master. The Christian experiences two kinds of servant-hood in their lives; 1) the flesh, or 2) Christ as righteousness.
Where will we go and what will we say, or do?
These are choices that believers face and must make daily in a myriad of situations and circumstances. We must choose in regard to our relationship with others, then what to buy, what we say, where we will go, will we extend ourselves to certain others, will we be restrained and turn away from certain situations? All these are to be governed by the Lord in the life of the Christian. The Greek word translated "Lord" actually means "owner" or "governor."
It is to the guilty and undeserving who recognize that they are lost souls needing reconciliation to God that God offers "the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of His grace" (Eph. 1:7).