2 Corinthians 6:1 (KJV)
We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.

This grace must not be that of salvation since he is speaking to a church, a body of believers. Not that everyone in a church possesses true salvation for surely there are false professions in every congregation. The body as a whole however is representative of genuine salvation. That can never be vain.

But the grace of salvation is received for a purpose. (Perhaps this is the devil’s trick in getting men to see it as either saved or lost; to make salvation personal[1] and remove its ultimate purpose.) Ephesians 2:10 (KJV)

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

The grace of God:

• Draws believers into a church, 
• Unifies them in that church and 
• Commissions them to a specific work

When we become focused on self, or divided in the body, we lose sight of our purpose and it becomes vain.

The church must have members:

• Committed to the church, 
• Forgiving of offenses and 
• Busy in service 

or the grace God has given becomes fruitless.

[1] As in, “It’s personal and nobody’s business.”

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2 Corinthians 6:1 (KJV) Vain Grace

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