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Living Under Grace
What does it mean to live by Grace?
What are the benefits of Grace?
What are the misunderstandings?
What is the meaning of Grace?
Grace is God giving us what we need not what we deserve.
Grace is all that God does for us on the basis of the cross.
G-R-A-C-E -- God's Riches At Christ's Expense.
Grace is Jesus paying it all on the cross.
Grace is the power from God that gives us both the desire and the ability to do His will.
Paul uses the word Grace over 20 times in Romans.
So let’s look at Grace.
The Characteristics of Grace
1. It’s an attribute of God.
God is gracious…
Psalm 145:
God gives us himself… God is Grace
2. It comes through Jesus Christ.
Grace comes through a person - Jesus.
Moses gave the Law and Jesus gives Grace.
3. It’s Eternal.
God always acts with Grace.
A lot of people think that God acted one way in the Old Testament and another way in the New Testament.
The Old Testament is Law and the New Testament is grace.
But God has always acted in grace toward people.
says "Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord."
Abraham was chosen by grace.
God has always acted by grace.
Always.
From the beginning of time.
Grace is eternal.
4. It’s free.
It’s unconditional… it’s a gift and you cannot earn it.
Grace makes it like we never sinned.
Romans 3:24
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It can be resisted.
Bitterness can limit God’s Grace in your life.
When you get resentful, when you allow bitterness to build up in your life towards another person, that hinders the grace of God in your life.
Bitterness hinders the grace of God in your life.
God warns against it over and over saying, Don't become resentful.
Pride hinders the Grace of God in your life.
When you or I get full of pride and think "I can do this on my own.
I don't need God.
I can make it by myself.
I have plenty energy, plenty of time, plenty of ability" then God's grace is frustrated in our lives -- the power and the ability to do God's will.
Relying on your own good works frustrates the grace of God.
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It is limitless.
God's grace is limitless.
If you tried to measure the grace of God you'd face an impossible task.
Romans
Literally, in the Greek, it says "Where sin increased, God's grace super increased."
You cannot out-sin the grace of God.
Have you ever heard anybody say, "That guy is hopeless!"
But says nobody is hopeless.
Where sin increased, God's grace super increases.
Eph
You cannot out-sin God's grace.
It is limitless
The Benefits of Grace
Why is Grace such a big deal?
1.
We are saved by Grace.
We're not saved by our own effort.
We're saved by grace.
But the big problem is that many Christians think they are saved by grace and then they live the Christian life by works.
It's like they enter the family of God one way and then they continue another way.
The way you became a Christian is the way you continue in the Christian life.
2. We are filled with God’s Spirit by Grace.
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God gives you His Spirit not because you earn it or you deserve it or you've worked out some pattern or formula.
He gives you His Spirit.
By grace.
He saves us by grace.
He puts His spirit in our lives by grace.
3. Every miracle is by Grace.
Every miracle that happens, happens because of grace.
Why do you think God answers your prayers?
Because you deserve it?
No.
He answers our prayers because of His grace.
Because He wants to.
He loves us.
God works answers in our lives, His miracles, just because He loves us.
4. All Personal Growth is by Grace.
The more you rely on God's grace, the more you're going to grow.
1 CO 15:10
Paul's talking about his own growth.
Was there a change in Paul's character?
Was there!
From persecutor to apostle!
I'm sure people -- early Christians -- looked at Paul and said, "That guy's hopeless!
He's killing us.
He's fighting us."
I'm sure some people today say "Madeline Murray O'Hare is hopeless."
She's not!
God's grace can reach even the person who's persecuting the church.
Paul says, "I grew not because I worked real hard and pulled myself up by my own bootstraps and forced myself to change to be a nice guy!"
The change in his life was made by grace.
That's where the growth comes from.
Every Christian ought to be able to say three things:
1) By the grace of God I'm not what I used to be.
2) And just as legitimately you should be able to say, "By the grace of God I am what I am."
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