#161 - Derwin Gray// Grace Changes Your Mind and Rewires Your Identity

The Daily Blade: Joby Martin & Kyle Thompson

Joby Martin & Kyle Thompson

Devotional, Christianity, Mens Devo, Daily Mens Devotional, Religion & Spirituality, Religion, Devo, Joby Martin

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🗓️ 13 August 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Grace possesses the power to transform doubters into devoted followers, as demonstrated through the journey of James, Jesus's half-brother, who moved from skepticism to martyrdom. • Grace breaks through doubt, remaining patient with disbelief even when familiarity blinds us to divine reality • Jesus appeared to James after the resurrection, demonstrating that grace doesn't condemn but rather reveals itself when we're ready • Grace completely rewired James's identity, transforming him from sk...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Daily Blade. The Word of God is described as the sword of the spirit, the primary spiritual weapon in the Christian's armor against the forces of evil. Your hosts are Joby Martin and Kyle Thompson, and they stand ready to equip men for the fight. Let's sharpen up.
0:20.6	Grace changes your mind. Grace has the ability to change your mind. Take, for example, the story of James, the half-brother
0:30.5	of Jesus. So watch this. Number one, grace breaks through doubt. Grace breaks through doubt.
0:38.5	There's this scene in John chapter 7 where his own family, his own brothers did not believe in him.
0:47.3	Can you imagine how hard it must have been for your own family not to believe that you were the Messiah?
0:53.8	John 7.5 says this, for even his own brothers did not
0:57.7	believe in him. Remember this. Grace is patient with your disbelief. James grew up with Jesus,
1:05.6	but he couldn't see him for who he was. Often familiarity can blind us to the divine, but grace doesn't cancel
1:14.5	doubters. It keeps pursuing them. Number two, grace meets you in resurrection power. In 1st
1:23.8	Corinthians 157, after Jesus rose from the dead, defeating the dark powers, crucifying sin and death and in victory, 1st Corinthians 157 says this, then he appeared to James.
1:37.1	Can you imagine that moment when your half-brother who did not believe in you, who saw you flogged and whipped, who saw you crucified on a cross,
1:49.7	sees you raise from the dead. You see, grace shows up when your mind is ready to change.
1:59.2	Jesus didn't scold James. He appeared to him after the resurrection.
2:03.5	One encounter with the risen Jesus changes everything. Grace doesn't say, I told you so. Grace says,
2:11.0	I'm here. Number three, grace rewires your identity. James I once says this, James, a servant of God
2:22.7	and of the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace makes you a servant, not a skeptic. James went from mocking
2:31.3	Jesus to leading the church in Jerusalem.
2:35.2	He didn't call himself Jesus' brother.
2:37.9	He called himself servant.
2:40.0	When grace changes your mind, it changes your name and your mission.
2:46.6	As history tells us from extra-biblical sources,
2:50.7	James was on top of the temple, and religious leaders were persecuting him saying,
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