Six Things Which Are Always True About...

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Six Things Which Are Always True About...

• The Grace of God

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What is Gods Grace?Romans 324

• Grace means favor, blessing
• Grace means a gift freely given
• Romans 515,17
• Romans 832
• 1 Corinthians 212
• Ephesians 16-7
• Grace is the opposite of works of merit
• Romans 116 (2 Tim. 19 Tit. 35-7)

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Is Available to EveryoneTitus 211

• God is gracious to all mankind
• There is no respecter of persons with God (Acts
  1034 Rom. 211 Eph. 69 Col. 325 1
  Pet. 117)

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Is Revealed in Gods WordActs 143

• Gods grace is not a mysterious feeling
• Gods grace is revealed in his word (Acts
  2024,32)
• Gods grace calls us through his word (Gal.
  16)
• Gods grace can be heard (Col. 15-6)
• Gods grace was prophesied (1 Pet. 110)

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Is The Basis of Our SalvationEphesians 25-9

• Before obeying the Gospel man is dead! Dead in
  his trespasses!
• Good news God is rich in mercy and love!
• By grace you can be saved!
• How did the Ephesians receive Gods grace (Acts
  18-19)?
• They heard, they believed, they repented, they
  confessed their faith and they were baptized into
  Christ!

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Is The Basis of Our SalvationActs 1511

• How did Cornelius and his house receive the grace
  of the Lord Jesus?
• Acts 157-10 111,14-18 1033-48
• They heard, they believed, they repented, they
  confessed their faith and they were baptized into
  Christ!

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Is Always in Harmony with TruthJohn 114,16- 17

• God is gracious, God is true no contradiction
  here
• False Messages and doctrines that emphasize
  grace, and sacrifice the need to learn and obey
  the truth of God
• False Messages that emphasize truth and Bible
  authority, and give no attention to or
  acknowledge Gods grace
• If I know and acknowledge His grace, I will want
  to walk in the truth of His word!

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Is Always Accessed By FaithRomans 51,2

• Justified peace Do I need these?
• The room of Gods grace is accessed by the
  door of faith
• Active faith is revealed in Rom. 15 1619
  James 125 214-26 Hebrews 11
• Grace can be seen when faith is practiced (Acts
  1123)
• We sing, Trust and Obey

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Is The Basis of Godly CharacterTitus 211,12

• This is where the grace of God finds its place in
  the heart and lives of Christians
• First , the grace of God saves
• Secondly, the grace of God teaches
• Deny ungodliness worldly lusts
• Live soberly, righteously, godly

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Is The Basis of Godly CharacterTitus 211,12

• Must continue in Gods grace (Ac. 1343)
• Must cease from sin (Romans 61-2)
• Must not receive the grace of God in vain (2 Cor.
  61)
• Must not make void the grace of God (Gal.
  220-21)
• Must not fall from grace (Gal. 54
  Heb. 1215)

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Is The Basis of Godly CharacterTitus 211,12

• Must be strengthened in grace (2 Tim. 21)
• Must find grace to help (Heb. 416)
• Must stand in grace (1 Pet. 512)
• Must grow in grace (2 Pet. 318)
• Must not pervert grace (Jude 4)

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Gods Grace

• Is available to everyone
• Is revealed in Gods word
• Is the basis of our salvation
• Is in harmony with truth
• Is accessed by faith
• Is the basis of godly character
• Will you accept Gods grace today?