Compelled by Grace
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1 Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand,
2 by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
9 For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
10 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.
Introduction
Introduction
Breaking News
Breaking News
Something is happening
++Brace yourself
++Be concerned
++This is important
In the midst all the is information there is the Gospel
In the midst all the is information there is the Gospel
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.
The Gospel
++Is the Power of God
++Lead to Salvation
++For all who believe
The Gospel message
++Is the Good news
++Brings hope
++Is the foundation of Faith
++Is the message of revealed grace
16 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.
The Power of the Gospel
The Power of the Gospel
1 Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand,
The Gospel brings stability
The Gospel brings stability
The Message of the Gospel
The Message of the Gospel
3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
Jesus paid the price for our sins.
Jesus paid the price for our sins.
21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
Jesus was buried and rose again
Jesus was buried and rose again
4 and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures,
The Validation of the Gospel
The Validation of the Gospel
5 and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve.
His Peter and the twelve disciples
6 After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep.
Over 500 saw him at once
7 After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles.
James and all the disciples
8 Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.
Seen by me
1 Then Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest
2 and asked letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
3 As he journeyed he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven.
4 Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”
17 And Ananias went his way and entered the house; and laying his hands on him he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you came, has sent me that you may receive your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
18 Immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he received his sight at once; and he arose and was baptized.
9 For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
The Impact of the Gospel
The Impact of the Gospel
10 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.
What is grace?
What is grace?
In the Old Testament 23 times
In the Old Testament 23 times
In the Old testament 20 of 23 times
++Charm
++Favor
++Popularity
Other Old Testament occurences
++Mercy (Ezra 9:8)
++Unparalleled (Job 41:12)
++Compassion (Isaiah 26:10)
In the New Testament 128 times
In the New Testament 128 times
Grace or Charis
Grace or Charis
Grace is
++Goodwill freely disseminated (by God)
++God’s unmerited favor
Because of Grace
++Paul found his Identity
++Paul labored more abundantly
Compelled by Grace
Compelled by Grace
Grace is not passive
Grace is produces a response
Why Me Lord?
Why Me Lord?
Something on the Inside
Something on the Inside
7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.
It is not me but the grace of God
Everything we do is because of his Grace
18 Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be gracious to you; And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; Blessed are all those who wait for Him.
Grace empowers the believer
++To stand
++To Walk
++To Run
++To Soar
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall,
31 But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.
14 Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord!
9 For evildoers shall be cut off; But those who wait on the Lord, They shall inherit the earth.