Series — The Three Witnesses — The Case for Salvation by Grace through Faith — Sermon 1 — Witness #1: Your Own Experience — Don’t Forget How You Began

Introduction

Good morning, Church! I want to begin by saying it’s good to be back with you today and it's good to see each and every one of you who could make it out this morning. I also want to welcome everyone who may be joining us online as well.

Now, if you will remember, for the past month or so we've been on a journey together through the Book of Galatians and we've seen how that none of us rescued ourselves — but rather that we were rescued by the finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ at Calvary. We seen how the devil can't create anything, but that he can only corrupt, and how he took the pure gospel of grace and twisted it just enough to make it deadly.

We've seen that the same God who worked through Peter to reach the Jews was the exact same God who worked through Paul to reach the Gentiles.

And the last thing we looked at before I went on vacation was we watched Paul confront Peter to his face over hypocrisy and then give us that famous testimony that still stands today where Paul said in...

Galatians 2:20 KJV 1900

20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

This morning, we’re going to continue on in our study of Paul’s letter to the Galatians here chapter 3 and I want you to stay with me because Paul is about to do something here that I think is absolutely brilliant.

How many of you have ever watched a courtroom trial? Maybe on television, maybe in person, maybe you've even served on a jury.

There's something fascinating about a good trial, isn't there?

When a great attorney stands there before the jury, he doesn't just make bold statements and expect everybody to take his word for it. He presents evidence. He calls witnesses. One witness after another takes that stand until the evidence becomes so overwhelming that the verdict is simply unavoidable.

One of my favorite movies of my childhood was the Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson movie...A Few Good Men. Anyone ever seen that movie?

Tom Cruise was a fresh young lawyer in the Navy’s JAG Corps and he’s been assigned the trial of two military men who had been accused of murder but Tom Cruise and his counsel didn’t believe that they acted out of reckless character but rather were simply following orders that had come down from above and he seeks to get to the bottom of it and the greatest scene in the entire movie is when Tom Cruise calls Jack Nicholson “Colonel Jessep” to the stand and he’s questioning him because he believes he’s the true reason his clients are facing murder charges to begin with and he keeps hammering away at Colonel Jessep until he finally breaks and says the greatest line of the whole movie… “You want the truth? You can’t handle the truth!” and then goes on to basically incriminate himself.

That scene in that courtroom has to be one of the greatest, most intense, movie scenes of all time!

But in every trial, witnesses are called to the stand and they have one purpose — to establish the truth.

And that Church, is exactly what Paul is doing here in Galatians chapter 3.

If you will remember, false teachers had entered these Galatian churches. They've argued their case. They've claimed that faith in Jesus Christ isn't enough — that grace isn't sufficient. They've persuaded these believers that salvation may begin with Christ, but it's got to be finished by religious performance.

In other words — "Jesus gets you started, but your works finish the job."

And Paul simply cannot let that stand because the gospel itself is on trial and he knows it!

So the courtroom doors swing open. Paul rises to his feet. The Judge of all Heaven presides over that courtroom. And the jury is made up of every believer who has ever laid awake at night wondering — "Is Christ really enough?"

The Judaizers have presented their evidence. Now Paul stands to his feet, clears his throat, and says...

"If it please the Court — I'd like to call my first witness."

Now who do you think he calls?

Abraham? No. Moses? No. Maybe Isaiah or David? No.

Instead, Paul turns and points his finger right at those Galatian believers sitting there in the pew and he says...

"You. You are my first witness. Now tell this courtroom — how did God save you?"

Can you imagine the silence in that room?

And listen — Paul isn't asking because he doesn't know the answer. He's asking because he knows they do know!

Listen friend, sometimes the greatest piece of evidence God has ever given you is your own testimony, Amen!

Before Paul quotes a single Scripture — before he explains any theology — before he ever brings up Abraham — he just simply asks, "Do you remember what happened the day Jesus saved you?"

And I want to ask you that same question this morning?

Do you remember?

Do you remember when conviction grabbed ahold of your heart and wouldn't let go?

Do you remember when grace became more to you than just a church word?

Do you remember when the weight of your sin rolled off of your shoulders?

Do you remember how it felt to know that your sins were gone...cast as far as the east is from the west?

You didn't earn it. You didn't deserve it. And you didn't purchase it.

God gave it! By grace — through faith!

But Church, here's what's so strange about us. We begin the Christian life depending completely upon Jesus — and then somewhere along that journey, we start depending on ourselves.

We start measuring our Christianity — our salvation — by our performance. We start thinking...

If I pray enough...

If I serve enough...

If I give enough...

If I work enough...

...maybe God will love me a little more.

Listen Church, can I give you something this morning that I want you to hold onto through this whole message?

If you’re with me say, Amen.

You don't graduate from grace. Did you hear that? You don’t graduate from grace!

Listen friend you and I were saved by grace; we stand by grace; we grow by grace; and we'll finish by grace, Amen!

We never graduate from grace!

And that's exactly what Paul wants these believers to remember right here in Chapter 3.

So if you have your Bibles this morning, and you have them turned to Galatians chapter 3 and let's look together beginning at verse 1 and we’ll be reading down through verse 5 this morning.

If you have it, say Amen.

Galatians 3:1–5 KJV 1900

1 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? 2 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? 3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? 4 Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain. 5 He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

Bow with me if you will.

The title of this morning's message is simply this — Don't Forget How You Began.

And as the first witness takes that stand, I want us to see three things together...

The Bewitching of the Believer — (Vs. 1)

The Beginning by the Spirit — (Vs. 2–4)

The Blessing Through Faith — (Vs. 5)

Let's start right here with Point 1...

The Bewitching of the Believer — (Vs. 1)

Look with me again at verse 1.

Galatians 3:1 KJV 1900

1 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?

Now the first thing I want you to notice is how Paul opens.

"O foolish Galatians..."

Now those words sound awfully harsh, don't they?

But Church, you've got to understand Paul's heart here. This wasn’t him being angry like towards an enemy but rather it’s the heartbreak of a pastor.

He's not trying to embarrass them — he's trying to rescue them!

Warren Wiersbe — "Truth without love is brutality, and love without truth is hypocrisy." — On Being a Leader for God, Warren Wiersbe

And Paul refuses both of those extremes. He loves these people enough to tell them the truth — even when that truth is going to sting a little.

Now let me help you with that word "foolish."

The Greek word Paul uses here doesn't mean intellectually incapable. It doesn't mean they were dumb or uneducated but it means spiritually thoughtless....careless...not using good judgment.

Paul is essentially saying — "You're acting in a way that just doesn't make any sense!"

How many times have you watched your child make a terrible decision and found yourself just shaking your head saying, "I just don't understand what in the world they were thinking"?

That's Paul right here. He's not questioning their intelligence — he's questioning their reasoning.

How could people who had experienced the grace of God be persuaded to abandon the grace of God?

How could people who had tasted liberty choose to go back into bondage?

How could people who had been set free voluntarily walk back into chains?

And then Paul asks one of the most unusual questions in all of Scripture.

"Who hath bewitched you?"

Now, listen to me because I want you to notice something right here that's significant. If you’re with me say, Amen.

Paul doesn't ask, "What happened to you?"

He asks, "Who happened to you?"

"Who hath bewitched you?"

Listen to me Church, behind every false doctrine there's a deceiver and behind every compromise there's somebody leading people away from the truth!

Our battle has never merely been against just a thing like ideas but rather it's a spiritual battle against our diabolical foe, the devil....Satan....the great adversary of God and his minions!

Paul wrote in Ephesians, "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world."

And that word "bewitched" Paul uses here it paints an interesting picture. It speaks of casting a spell over somebody.

Now Paul isn't suggesting literal witchcraft but he's describing deception so powerful that people begin believing things they know good and well aren't true!

Listen friend, those false teachers hadn't produced a shred of new evidence — they had simply taken the gospel that Paul had shared in the beginning and clouded their clear thinking.

And listen Church, that’s exactly how Satan still works today?

Jesus doesn't have to be rejected outright. He simply has to become...insufficient.

Add one requirement...one ceremony...one religious work...one human achievement...and suddenly the finished work of Christ doesn't seem quite so finished anymore!

Listen friend, Satan rarely succeeds by convincing people to hate Jesus. More often than not, he succeeds by convincing them they need something besides Jesus. And every single time Christ ceases to be enough, the gospel has been compromised!

Now let me ask you something and I want you to really think about it.

If I walked up to you right now and asked, "Why should God let you into heaven?" — what would your answer be?

Would you say...

"Because I've been baptized."

Or maybe..."Well Brother because I've joined the church."

Some will say...."Because I've tried to live right."

Or..."I've been faithful."

Listen friend, if any of those things come before Jesus in your answer — you've already misunderstood the gospel.

And can I tell you something I've noticed over the years — even in my own life? People rarely drift away from Christ overnight but rather it happens slowly.

One compromise.

One distraction.

One wrong influence.

One little addition.

Until eventually you've drifted so far from where you started you don't even recognize the shoreline anymore.

As you all know, we just got back from the beach this week. And one of our favorite things to do at the beach, at least for me and the kids, is to just simply get out in the ocean for a while and ride the waves. But it never fails that if you’re out there long enough, and it also really depends on the tides of the day, that the current will cause you to drift one way or the other. And if you aren’t paying attention, before you know it, you might be way on down the shoreline from where you started. One time on our trip, Ciara was out there bobbing up and down on her little floaty and Harper and I were on the beach and she looked up and said, “Dad, where is mom?” Well, we got to looking and she had drifted way on down the beach in front of another hotel.

And dear friend that exactly how it is in our spiritual lives.

The waves and current of this world is always at work trying to cause us to drift away in our relationship with the Lord and we must always be at work keeping close to Him each and every day for if not, one morning you’ll simply wake up and say… “What happened? How did I drift so far from the Lord!”

That's why Proverbs 4:23 says...

Proverbs 4:23 KJV 1900

23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.

Because drifting from the Lord is almost never noticeable — until you're already a long way from where you started.

Now look at that last phrase of verse 1 with me.

Paul reminds them — "before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you."

That phrase "evidently set forth" literally means publicly portrayed. It was the word used of a public notice — a poster nailed up in the town square where everybody passing by could see it plain as day.

Paul is saying, "When I preached to you, I put Christ crucified up on a billboard right in front of your eyes! You could practically see the cross!"

Listen friend, that’s what real preaching is all about, Amen!

Not entertaining people. Not impressing people. Not dazzling people. But lifting Jesus so high that people simply cannot help but see Him!

There's a wonderful story that Spurgeon used to tell about an old minister who heard a sermon preached by a young man. Afterward that young preacher asked the old man what he thought of it. He was slow to answer, but finally he said, "If I must tell you — I did not like it at all. There was no Christ in your sermon."

And the young man said, "Well, no — because I did not see that Christ was in the text."

And that old minister said, "Oh! But do you not know that from every little town and village and tiny hamlet in England, there is a road that leads to London? And so from every text in Scripture there is a road that leads to Christ. And your business, my brother, is to say, 'Now what is the road to Christ?' — and then preach a sermon running along that road toward the great metropolis — Christ." — Sermons of the Rev. C.H. Spurgeon, Charles Spurgeon

Church, if our preaching ever becomes about anything other than Jesus, we've missed the whole point!

Because the gospel is not — "Do better" or "Try harder" or "Turn over a new leaf." The gospel is Jesus Christ, crucified for sinners! And that's still the only message this world needs today, Amen!

But here's the tragedy of Galatia. These believers had once stood in absolute awe of the cross and now they were standing in awe of religious performance.

They had exchanged wonder for works, grace for guilt, and freedom for formulas.

And Paul just simply cannot understand it. Can you hear the heartbreak in his voice?

"Church — how could you leave something so wonderful? How could you leave grace?"

Let me ask you this morning, dear friend...have you lost the wonder of that day?

Do you still marvel that Jesus saved you?

Or has Christianity just become routine?

Listen Church...

Never lose your wonder!

Never get over Calvary!

Never stop being amazed that Jesus would save somebody like you!

There’s an old hymn sang in many Churches that goes like this..."I stand amazed in the presence of Jesus the Nazarene, And wonder how He could love me, a sinner condemned, unclean."

Listen friend, that’s where the Christian life begins. Not with what I've done — but with what Christ has done for me, Amen!

So we begin by seeing The Bewitching of the Believer — how these Galatians had been deceived into thinking they needed something besides Jesus. But now Paul moves from exposing their deception to reminding them of their conversion...

The Beginning by the Spirit — (Vs. 2–4)

Look with me at verses 2 through 4.

Galatians 3:2–4 KJV 1900

2 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? 3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? 4 Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain.

Now I want you to notice something here. Paul still isn't making statements — he's still asking questions!

One right after another — just like an attorney who already knows exactly what the answer's going to be.

"This only would I learn of you..."

In other words — "I've only got one thing I want to know. Answer me honestly. Think back. Now tell this courtroom exactly what happened."

And then he asks the question that changes everything.

"Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?"

That's one of the greatest questions in all of Galatians!

Because Paul isn't asking, "Did you receive the Spirit?" He already assumes they did. He's asking how!

Was it because you finally became good enough?

Was it because you perfectly kept the Law?

Was it because you somehow earned God's favor?

Or was it simply — because you believed?

And listen Church, they already knew the answer! Every single one of them!

None of them had earned it.

None of them had deserved it.

Every one of them had simply placed their faith in Jesus Christ!

That's why Paul asks it! Because he's saying — "If faith is what brought you into God's family, why in the world are you now trying to stay in God's family by works?"

That doesn't even make sense does it?

Now I wan to stop right here and ask you something personal?

Think back to the day you were saved.

Where were you?

How old were you?

What was going on in your life?

Maybe it was at an altar. Maybe it was beside your bed. Maybe it was at Vacation Bible School. Maybe it was driving down the road.

But let me ask you this — when you bowed your head and cried out to God, did He stop you and say, "Not yet. You haven't done enough yet"?

Absolutely not! He saved you, didn’t He?

Not because of anything you had done — but because of everything Jesus had already done!

Listen friend, don't ever forget that!

Because the same grace that opened Heaven's door for you is the same grace that keeps you walking with Christ today.

Remember, you don't graduate from grace!

Listen, I think about that thief hanging on the cross beside Jesus.

What did he have to offer?

No baptism.

No church membership.

No years of faithful service.

No chance to clean up his life.

No religious résumé whatsoever.

Just one desperate plea..."Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom."

And do you remember how Jesus answered him? "Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise."

Why?

Because salvation has never been earned...it has always been received!

That thief is one of the greatest witnesses against salvation by works who ever lived. If anybody could have earned absolutely nothing, it was him. And yet Jesus gave him everything!

Now listen to me carefully for a minute, Church.

The Christian life is not just difficult...it’s impossible to live on your own!

That's exactly why God never intended for you to live it in your own strength and why He gave you His Spirit!

You don't become more spiritual by becoming more self-dependent. You become more spiritual by becoming more Spirit-dependent, Amen!

The Christian life isn't about trying harder...it's about trusting in God’s finished work more!

Then, Paul asks another question in verse 3..."Are ye so foolish?"

There it is again! And then comes what I believe is one of the saddest lines in this entire chapter..."Having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?"

Let me paraphrase that for you? Paul is saying — "You started out one way. Why on earth are you trying to finish another?"

Can I tell you this morning Church where I believe a lot of believers lose their joy?

They understand grace on Sunday morning — but they live under guilt Monday through Saturday.

They believe Jesus saved them — but they act like keeping His love depends entirely on their performance.

And so they live exhausted...defeated...always wondering if they've done enough!

But can I give you some wonderful news this morning?

If you're in Christ — God doesn't love you more because you've had a good week. And He doesn't love you less because you've had a bad one!

His love isn't based on your consistency...it's based on Christ's finished work!

Now that doesn't make us careless...as Paul said in the last chapter...God forbid — but it makes us grateful, Amen!

And listen to me Church, grateful people obey out of love — not out of fear.

Tony Evans — "One of the reasons that we do not experience more of God is that we try to work for something God wants to give away." — Sermon: Saved by Grace, Tony Evans

Now let me give you a picture that I think brings this home.

Have you ever watched a little child learning how to walk?

Daddy's standing across the room with his arms held out. And that little one takes one wobbly step... then another... and then falls flat down on the floor.

Now what does a loving father do?

Does he fold his arms and say, "Well — I guess you're not my child after all"?

Of course not! He smiles! He reaches down! He picks that baby up! He encourages him to try it again!

And why? Because that child doesn't become his son by walking. He walks because he already is his son!

Church, that is the Christian life!

God isn't standing there waiting on you to perform perfectly before He'll call you His child. You are His child because of Jesus Christ and now He's just teaching you how to walk!

Then, Paul asks one final question down in verse 4. "Have ye suffered so many things in vain?"

Apparently these believers had already endured real persecution for the gospel. They had paid a price for following Christ and now they were in danger of throwing away the very truth they had suffered to defend!

And Paul says..."Was all of that for nothing?"

Listen friend, don't abandon what brought you life in the first place.

Don't exchange freedom for bondage or grace for legalism.

Don't forget how you began — because you don't graduate from grace!

So, Paul has asked them about their deception and about their conversion and now he asks one final question — and with it, he brings the testimony of the first witness to its overwhelming conclusion...look with me at verse 5.

The Blessing Through Faith — (Vs. 5)

Galatians 3:5 KJV 1900

5 He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

Now, don’t miss this here. If you’re with me say, Amen.

Paul moves from the past — to the present.

The previous questions were all — "How were you saved?"

But now Paul asks — "How is God working among you right now, today?"

In other words — "Listen Church, the God who saved you is the same God who is still working in you today! Nothing has changed!"

Paul says...

The same Holy Spirit who convicted you when you were lost, is the same Holy Spirit who's comforting you today.

The same Savior who forgave your sins on the day you asked Him to save you, is the same Savior who's sanctifying your life each and every day.

And the same grace that saved you, is the same grace that's sustaining you today!

Everything God is doing — He's still doing by grace!

Paul is asking here...

Who is supplying the Spirit?

Who is working the miracles?

Who is saving sinners?

Who is transforming homes?

Who is restoring marriages?

Who is breaking addictions?

Who is strengthening weary believers?

Now, is all of that happening because people finally became good enough? Or is it happening because God is still gracious?

The answer was obvious, right?

God has never worked because man deserved it but rather God works because God is a gracious God!

Listen, when you look back over your own Christian life — who gets the credit?

Was it your strength that got you through those tough times or God’s?

Was it your wisdom? Or God’s?

Was it your determination? Or His faithfulness?

Because if we're honest this morning, every single one of us has a testimony that sounds something like this...

"I almost quit — but God kept me going and sustained me."

"I should had fallen — but God lifted me up when I could not stand."

"I had wandered — but God pursued me."

"I have failed — but God is faithful."

Church, we serve a gracious God this morning!

Think about ole Peter. Peter looked Jesus right in the eye and said, "Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee."

And a few hours later he denied Him three times.

Now listen — if salvation depended on Peter's consistency, Peter would have been lost forever!

But Jesus had already prayed for him and Jesus restored him and Jesus recommissioned him, Amen!

Why? Because Peter's security was never resting in Peter...it was resting in Christ!

I don’t know about you but I sure am thankful this morning that my salvation doesn't depend on my ability to hold onto Jesus — but on Jesus' ability to hold onto me, Amen!

Now, I want you to notice what Paul is really doing here. His argument is simple. He's asking these Galatians to explain something that simply cannot be explained if the Judaizers are right.

If works produce God's blessing — then why did God bless you before you ever kept one of their rules?

If the Law is what brings God's favor — then why were you already experiencing God's power before those false teachers ever showed up?

Their own experience destroys the false teachers' entire argument!

The witness has spoken.

The evidence has been entered.

And the testimony simply cannot be denied!

Now, let me say something I believe every believer in this room needs to hear?

There's a tremendous difference between working for acceptance and working from acceptance.

Religion says — "Work so that God will love you."

The gospel says — "God already loves you in Christ. Now serve Him because you love Him."

Religion produces fear.

Grace produces gratitude.

Religion asks — "What must I do?"

Grace says — "Look what Jesus has already done!"

Church, there's a world of difference between those two things!

And here's what I believe Paul wants us to see here this morning...the Christian life is not maintained by human effort — it's maintained by divine grace!

Now that doesn't mean Christians don't grow. We absolutely grow! But even our growth is God's work!

Paul wrote to the Philippians, "For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure."

Think about that for a minute....even our desire to follow Christ is evidence of God's grace. Our conviction over sin is evidence of God's grace. Even our hunger for God's Word is evidence of God's grace.

Everything is of grace!

No wonder Paul would later write, "But by the grace of God I am what I am."

We don't graduate from grace and we never outgrow our need for it. We need grace today just as desperately as we needed it the very first day we believed!

Conclusion

The first witness steps down from the stand.

Paul has completed his interrogation and the Galatians have answered every single question he’s asked.

How were you saved? — By faith.

How did you receive the Spirit? — By faith.

How has God continued working in your life? — By faith.

And every answer points in exactly the same direction. Grace. Grace. Grace.

The evidence is overwhelming.

The verdict is clear.

Salvation has never been earned. It has always been received!

But before we close, let me ask one final question. And I'm not asking the Galatians — right here, right now, I'm asking you.

Have you forgotten how you began?

Maybe you've been saved for years and years. You've taught Sunday School. You've served on committees. You've sung in the choir. You've given faithfully.

But somewhere along that journey you stopped resting in Christ and started relying on yourself. And you've become absolutely exhausted trying to earn what God already gave you for free.

Listen friend — come back to grace this morning. Come back to the simplicity of just trusting Jesus.

Remember how you began and let God’s undeserved, unearned grace restore the joy of your salvation!

The first witness has now testified. Your own experience has taken that stand and it has told the truth — you were saved by grace through faith and nothing else.

But Paul isn't finished.

Because next week, Paul rises to his feet in that courtroom again and says, "If it please the Court — I'd like to call my second witness."

And this one is far older than any of us. This witness was speaking long before Paul ever wrote a word.

Long before Peter ever preached at Pentecost.

Long before Moses ever came down off that mountain with the Law in his hands.

The second witness is the Scriptures themselves!

And they're going to testify that salvation has always been — and always will be — by grace through faith.

But until then, don't forget how you began.

Because the same grace that saved you is the same grace that's going to carry you all the way home.

Remember, we never graduate from grace.

Invitation

As we come to a close this morning and they come and get us a song of invitation — I don't know your heart this morning. I don't know what you're carrying. But I do know this — God’s grace is sufficient for every single bit of it.

Maybe you're here this morning and you've never been saved. You've been trying and working and hoping and wondering if you've done enough. Dear friend, you'll never do enough — and praise God you don't have to! Jesus already did it all! He lived the life you couldn't live, He died the death you deserved to die, and He rose again on the third day and all He's asking you to do this morning is believe on Him and trust Him with all your heart.

If that’s you and God’s dealing with your heart this morning, won't you come?

Maybe you're here today and you’re a Christian — but you've slipped back into that performance trap. You've been measuring yourself by how good a week you've had. You've been living exhausted and defeated and always feeling like you're one step behind where God wants you to be.

Dear friend, come back to grace. Your standing with God isn't based on your performance. It's based on Christ's performance. Come on down here this morning and lay that burden down at the feet of Jesus and find you some rest!

And maybe you're here and you've just lost the wonder of your salvation. Somewhere along the way Calvary became routine and grace became a word instead of a miracle. Come back to the cross this morning and remember what He brought you out of; what He set you free from; remember the joy of that day when the Lord Jesus Christ saved your soul!

The altar is open and there's a spot reserved just for you.

Don't forget how you began.

Won't you come?

Let us pray.