The Amazing Grace Of God

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The AmazingGrace Of God

• In teaching what was necessary to be pleasing to
  the Lord, Paul would always return his readers
  minds back to certain basics of the gospel. In 1
  Cor 151-10, he refers to some of these again,
  but also makes reference to the post-resurrection
  appearances of Christ, including the appearance
  to himself. He refers to this appearance "as one
  born out of due time," then says that God's Grace
  is that which has made him what he is.

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The AmazingGrace Of God

• By the same token, it is Gods grace that allows
  me to be what I am and you are what you are. God
  has favored us exceedingly, allowing us to learn,
  to love and to obey the truth. How determined we
  ought to be to spread this favor.

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The AmazingGrace Of God

• The Word Itself
• Greek for grace "charis
• Always has the idea of "favor" even of
  "unmerited favor" - Lk 252 2 Cor 81- 4

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The AmazingGrace Of God
Moreover, brethren, we make known to you the
grace of God bestowed on the churches of
Macedonia 2that in a great trial of affliction
the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty
abounded in the riches of their liberality. 3For
I bear witness that
according to their ability, yes, and beyond their
ability, they were freely willing, 4imploring us
with much urgency that we would receive the gift
and the fellowship of the ministering to the
saints. 2 Cor 81-4
And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in
favor with God and men. Lk 252
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The AmazingGrace Of God

• The Word Itself
• Greek for grace "charis
• Always has the idea of "favor" even of
  "unmerited favor" - Lk 252 2 Cor 81- 4
• Akin to our English word charity
• Generally, word "grace" refers to love of God as
  it relates to man's salvation through Christ.

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The AmazingGrace Of God

• Basis Of Grace - Gen 1-3
• God prepared Eden for man's dwelling
• Gave Adam and Eve privileges...and restrictions
• They violated God's Law, broke the contract, and
  thus God no longer obligated to man.
• But God loved man and Grace was provided for
  redemption.
• Salvation by Grace is the plan God provided, even
  though not obligated in the least.

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The AmazingGrace Of God

• Source Of Grace
• God is the source of Grace
• Bible speaks often of the "grace of God" - 23
  times phrase is found
• He is source of every good gift - Jas 117
• God made man that He might love man - Jn 316
  Rom 58 835-39

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from
above, and comes down from the Father of lights,
with whom there is no variation or shadow of
turning. Jas 117
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The AmazingGrace Of God
For God so loved the world that He gave His only
begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should
not perish but have everlasting life. Jn 316
But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in
that while we were still sinners, Christ died for
us. Rom 58
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution,
or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36As
it is written "For Your sake we are killed all
day long We are accounted as sheep for the
slaughter. 37Yet in all these things we are more
than conquerors through Him who loved us.
38For I am persuaded that neither death nor life,
nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor
things present nor things to come, 39nor height
nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be
able to separate us from the love of God which is
in Christ Jesus our Lord. Rom 835-39
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The AmazingGrace Of God

• Source Of Grace
• God is the source of Grace
• Bible speaks often of the "grace of God" - 23
  times phrase is found
• He is source of every good gift - Jas 117
• God made man that He might love man - Jn 316
  Rom 58 835-39
• Poem F.M. Lehman "The Love of God" 608
• Magnificent love God grants us grace

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The AmazingGrace Of God

• Need For Grace
• Need expressed clearly - Rom 512
• Bible is addressed to those accountable those
  capable of understanding its words of Truth.
• When an accountable person violates just one of
  God's laws, he becomes a sinner - 1 Jn 34
• All accountable people do - Rom 323 1 Jn 18-10

Therefore, just as through one man sin entered
the world, and death through sin, and thus death
spread to all men, because all sinned Rom 512
Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and
sin is lawlessness. 1 Jn 34
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The AmazingGrace Of God
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory
of God, Rom 323
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive
ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9If we
confess our sins, He is faithful and just to
forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness. 10If we say that we have not
sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not
in us. 1 Jn 18-10
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The AmazingGrace Of God

• Need For Grace
• Need expressed clearly - Rom 512
• Bible is addressed to those accountable those
  capable of understanding its words of Truth.
• When an accountable person violates just one of
  God's laws, he becomes a sinner - 1 Jn 34
• All accountable people do - Rom 323 1 Jn 18-10
• Because men are lost in sin, God extended His
  wonderful Grace.

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The AmazingGrace Of God

• The Medium
• The medium through whom God extends His grace is
  Jesus Christ - Jn 117 2 Cor 89 Rom 515

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The AmazingGrace Of God

• What God's Grace Does
• Provides salvation - Rom 321-24 Tit 211
• No way we can be saved without grace

But now the righteousness of God apart from the
law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and
the Prophets, 22even the righteousness of God,
through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all
who believe. For there is no difference 23for
all have sinned and fall short of the glory of
God, 24being justified freely by His grace
through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
Rom 321-24
For the grace of God that brings salvation has
appeared to all men, Tit 211
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The AmazingGrace Of God

• What God's Grace Does
• Provides His Word - Act 2032
• God's grace has allowed the Bible to be written
  and preserved

So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the
word of His grace, which is able to build you up
and give you an inheritance among all those who
are sanctified. Acts 2032
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The AmazingGrace Of God

• What God's Grace Does
• Demands a life of service - 1 Cor 1510 Gal
  220-21 Tit 211-12 Eph 28-10
• When we realize the extent of His grace
• Could we really offer Him anything less?

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His
grace toward me was not in vain but I labored
more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the
grace of God which was with me. 1 Cor 1510
I have been crucified with Christ it is no
longer I who live, but Christ lives in me and
the life which I now live in the flesh I live by
faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave
Himself for me. 21I do not set aside the grace of
God for if righteousness comes through the law,
then Christ died in vain. Gal 220-21
For the grace of God that brings salvation has
appeared to all men, 12teaching us that, denying
ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live
soberly, righteously, and godly in the present
age, Tit 211-12
For by grace you have been saved through faith,
and that not of yourselves it is the gift of
God, 9not of works, lest anyone should boast.
10For we are His workmanship, created in Christ
Jesus for good works, which God prepared
beforehand that we should walk in them.
Eph 28-10
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The AmazingGrace Of God

• What God's Grace Does
• Is completely sufficient - Rom 515

But the free gift is not like the offense. For if
by the one man's offense many died, much more the
grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one
Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many. Rom 515
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The AmazingGrace Of God

• Grace Does Not Mean
• All will be saved.
• Bible teaches some (most) will be lost - Matt
  713-14
• God's grace only provides salvation for all, not
  saves all
• That one can be saved without obedience - Heb
  58-9 2 Thess 17-9

Enter by the narrow gate for wide is the gate
and broad is the way that leads to destruction,
and there are many who go in by it. 14Because
narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which
leads to life, and there are few who find it.
Matt 713-14
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The AmazingGrace Of God
though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by
the things which He suffered. 9And having been
perfected, He became the author of eternal
salvation to all who OBEY Him, Heb 58-9
and to give you who are troubled rest with us
when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with
His mighty angels, 8in flaming fire taking
vengeance on those who do not know God, and on
those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord
Jesus Christ. 9These shall be punished with
everlasting destruction from the presence of the
Lord and from the glory of His power, 2 Thess
17-9
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The AmazingGrace Of God

• God's grace does not mean God was obligated to
  man. But God still loves us even though we sin,
  and has provided a way to be freed from that sin
  and saved.
• Can you say that God's Amazing Grace was not
  given you in vain?