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If you hang around Christians very long you will hear the word grace come up.
Trying to comprehend grace in the whole is like staring directly into a thousand suns.
What is grace.
In Christian terms, grace can be generally defined as “God’s favor toward the unworthy” or “God’s benevolence on the undeserving.”
In His grace, God is willing to forgive us and bless us, despite the fact that we fall short of living righteously.
A. W. Tozer expanded on that: "Grace is the good pleasure of God that inclines him to bestow benefits on the undeserving.
$25 gift card.
Gabriel new friend.
Why him.
What did he do to earn it.
Nothing.
There are 131 uses of grace in the ESV — 124 in the New Testament, 86 of which are from the apostle Paul, which means two-thirds of all the uses of the word grace in the Bible are in one author: Paul.
No wonder he’s called “the apostle of grace.”
I have encountered many committed followers of Christ who have allowed a past sin, mistake, choice, or lifestyle to rob them of their opportunity to be fully engaged in loving and serving the Lord.
They think: “I once had the opportunity to serve Christ, but when I (name that sin), I lost my opportunity.
Our brains know that God forgives and restores, “shows grace” but our hearts just can’t seem to get the message.”
Do you feel that way?
I believe the sense of lost opportunity is rooted in a faulty understanding of God’s grace.
Likewise, when grace is grasped and embraced, it changes everything.
Have you ever thought, I have sinned to much or too big for God’s grace.
- To much for God to forgive?
Great Men and Women of God fall from time to time.
David’s Bio:
Youngest of 8 brothers which made him the least likely to be something.
God chooses David to be the next King of Israel and he is anointed by Samuel the prophet
Goes one on one with a philistine warrior named Goliath - strikes him down
Becomes a prolific warrior
Becomes King of Judah then all of Isreal
David plans to build a temple for God
God had his hand of blessing on his life.
Then this happens.
Normally he would have been with his troops.
Then David goes into full blow cover up mode.
Starts small talk.
How is the boss how are the other soldiers?
Hows it going?
Vs. 8 - Go home and wash your feet.
- They would wash their feet before going to bed.
It is said to soldiers coming from the battle field - go home and enjoy your wife physically.
Vs. 8 - gift “some theologians believe it was food.
- Guilty gift.
Vs. 10 - Why did you not do what we always when we are home form battle? - You are messing with my cover up.
Vs. 13 - David got Uriah drunk.
This should do it.
But nope.
Sends Uriah with his sealed death warrant.
Vs. 25 - Don’t worry about it.
No remorse, no regret.
Not only did Uriah die put other me too.
Recap: King David
Did not go to battle like he normally would.
Lusted and coveted another man’s wife.
Slept with her and got her pregnant.
Tried to cover up his sin by having her husband come home from battle and sleep with her.
(Failed cover up)
Tried to get him drunk to once again cover up his sin.
(Failed a second time)
Had him murdered and other soldiers died as well.
(Now my sin is hidden)
Nope, God revealed it to the Prophet Nathan and he confronts David with a parable.
I am so glad God let’s us know that even our hero’s from biblical times failed.
Like I mentioned before Great Men and Women of God fall from time to time.
When you fail and mess up, how fast do you get back up?
One thing King David did do right is that he repents to God(admits what he did and ask for forgiveness)
Acknowledge God is able and willing to give you grace.
David owns up to what he did not blame anyone but himself.
2. Receive grace teach grace.
Man admitting your sins to God is hard enough.
But writing it down for generations to read?
3. Grace generates praise.
That is why some of us cry during worship.
We can’t believe how marvelous God’s grace is.
Vs. 17 - Broken and crushed “contrite” heart.
True repentance.
4. God grace and forgiveness leads to true repentance.
Teach this after
Why does God want to show you grace?
Because He is the lover of your soul.
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