Under Grace

Under Grace Rom. 6:14

Eph 4:7 ButG1161 unto everyG1538 oneG1520 of usG2257 is givenG1325 graceG5485 accordingG2596 to theG3588 measureG3358 of theG3588 giftG1431 of Christ.G5547

2Co 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

Rough draft outline –

Under grace is

I. Free Bondage A. Know ye not to whom ye yield your members too B. Slaves of sin, servants to Jesus (More sons than servants.) C. Come my yoke is easy and my burden’s light

II. Liberty and freedom A. Freedom from sin B. Freedom in the Spirit C. Freedom in fellowship D. Freedom from works

III. From Grace To Grace

IV. Captured loyalties A. All that we are comes from HIM

B. Dependent on him for our very next breath C. If Jesus prayed to His Father for daily bread, How much more should we?

Rom 8:15 for ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear’; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

Rom 8:2 for the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak thru the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit

Love Your Enemies

A story is told of Peter Miller, a plain Baptist preacher living in Ephrata, Pennsylvania in the days of the Revolutionary War. Near his church lived a man who maligned the pastor to the last degree. The man became involved in treason and was arrested and sentenced to be hanged. The preacher started out on foot and walked the all seventy miles to Philadelphia to plead for the man's life. Washington heard his plea, but he said, "No, your plea for your friend cannot be granted." "My friend!" said the preacher. "He is the worst enemy I have." "What!" said Washington, "you have walked nearly seventy miles to save the life of an enemy? That puts the matter in a different light. I will grant the pardon."

It wasn’t just seventy miles that Jesus walked but he came all the way from heaven, to the cross for us his creation going away from him, enimies to God, yet he redeemed us, that’s grace, that’ s what we are under.