We’re Just Sinners Saved By Grace
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Introduction
Introduction
There are many sayings, quotes, and truths that people think are in the Bible but actually are not. Some are harmless, but others can do great damage. This series will explore some of these and look at what the Bible says about them.
Quote: We’re Just Sinners Saved By Grace
Quote: We’re Just Sinners Saved By Grace
Surface message it conveys
Surface message it conveys
We are not perfect in our behavior, and we still struggle with sin.
We are really no different from non-Christians. We have merely been forgiven, so the only real difference is that we are forgiven, and they have not.
Problems the messages conveys
Problems the messages conveys
The only difference between Christians and non-Christians is that one has been forgiven by God, the other has not.
Ignores the fundamental spiritual change that happens in Christian’s life, the new birth
It becomes an excuse for behavior that goes against God’s Word
Undermines who we are as people of the Faith
Measure against Bible
Measure against Bible
Christians are saved by grace through faith
Christians are saved by grace through faith
Ephesians 2:8–10 “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.”
Christians are born of God’s Spirit
Christians are born of God’s Spirit
John 3:6 “That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.”
1 John 3:9 “No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God.”
Christians are new creations or creatures
Christians are new creations or creatures
2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”
Christians are part of God’s family, the Body of Christ
Christians are part of God’s family, the Body of Christ
1 John 5:1 “Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.”
1 Corinthians 12:27 “Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.”
Conclusion
Conclusion
You are not a sinner saved by grace
You were a sinner; now you are a born-again, forgiven, and highly-favored child of God and co-heir with Jesus.