Grace

MS: Grace means There is nothing you can do that will make God love you more, and grace means there is nothing that you can do that will make God love you less.

Story - I remember being at the church with a glass floor...

‌ the same man.. who rejected jesus.. who walked on water.. told us to grow in grace...

The question that I want to ask you is... when are you going to start believing in the words of Bible as actual truth?

ME - I know for me..I get stuck.. I get so wrapped into my days. my life. the things i need to do.. then i get swallowed up by the future. the anxieties…

WE - we live in a world that tells us to not believe in these words.. “how can you belive in something so old and ancient?

I want to remind us about grace..

MS: grace means There is nothing you can do that will make God love you more, and grace means there is nothing that you can do that will make God love you less.

God - 2 peter 3:18

peter 3:18 “18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.”

1. Grow in GRACE and KNOWLEDGE

1. Grace

Grace is the basis for the Christian faith. We believe we are saved by faith through grace. God's grace is usually defined as undeserved favor. Grace cannot be earned; it is something that is freely given. We count on God's grace and the bridge he built in our relationship with him.

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i. Grace is not merely the way God draws us to Him in the beginning. It is also the way we grow and stay in our steadfastness. We can never grow apart from the grace and knowledge of our Lord, and we never grow out of God’s grace.

ii. “But you will remark that our text does not say anything about grace growing; it does not say that grace grows. It tells us to ‘grow in grace.’ There is a vast difference between grace growing and our growing in grace. God’s grace never increases; it is always infinite, so it cannot be more; it is always everlasting; it is always bottomless; it is always shoreless. It cannot be more; and, in the nature of God, it could not be less. The text tells us to ‘grow in grace.’ We are in the sea of God’s grace; we cannot be in a deeper sea, but let us grow now we are in it.” (Spurgeon)

2. Knowledge

In the Bible, “knowledge” refers to examples, truths, and commands that God wants us to know, believe, and heed

iii. We must also grow in our knowledge of Jesus Christ. This means knowing more about Jesus, but more importantly, knowing Jesus in a personal relationship.

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growing in knowledge of the love God has for you..‌

tad pole analogy

romans 8:37-39 “37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

ephesians 2:8-9 “8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—9 not by works, so that no one can boast.”

You so again I ask you..when are you going to actually start believing in the grace of the lord Jesus christ. Upon your soul..

10 min Discipline - romans 8 -

Grace means There is nothing you can do that will make God love you more, and grace means there is nothing that you can do that will make God love you less.

WE

Poem/Quote - wild and free bridge

We're shaped and formed by the hand of God No height, no depth could ever separate us The greater the distance, the greater the love