Ephesians 2 :8-9
What is the meaning of Grace ?ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
A.ย ย This is undeserved favor, power, and supply.
B.ย ย “It is not God being nice It is God giving you what you don’t
deserve, and empowering you to live what you can’t
C.ย ย Is the unmerited fevor of God that saves a sinner by faith in
Christ Jesus, not by work, not by performance, not by background
D.ย ย It doesn’t make bad people good it makes dead people alive
E.ย ย Grace is not permission to sin grace is power to overcome
F.ย ย Grace doesn’t renovate you It recreates you.
You didn’t earn salvation you cannot lose it by performance
If you can lose it by being bad you can earn it by being good . But you can’t .
What is Grace ?
Grace is not a thing.ย Grace is a person and His name is Jesus.
THE BIBLE SAYS IT DIRECTLY
1. John 1:14. And the Word become flesh and dwelt among us andย ย we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father full of
2. John 1:17. For the low was given through Moses; grace and truthย ย ย ย Came through Jesus Christ
The low was given it’s a principle.ย Grace Came it’s a person who arrived
3.Titus 2:11. For the grace of God HAS APPEARED
4. 1Corinthians1:4 The grace of God that was given you in Christ
Jesus
“What does it mean to say Grace is a person “?
If Grace is a person
— You know Him
— You receive Him
— You walk with Him
FIVE REASON WHY WE NEED SAVING GRACE..
1. WE ARE DEAD NOT JUST SICK.ย ย Ephesians 2:1
Dead people can’t negotiate dead people can’t reform they need resurrection
2. WE HAD ADEBT WE COULD NEVER PAYย ย ย ย ย ROM 6:23.ย ย ย ย Col 2:14
Sin is not just a bad act it’s a debt against a Holy Godย ย PSALM 51:4
We needed someone with infinity value to pay.ย ย ย ย 1Peter 1:18-19
3. WE WERE SEPARATED – Isa 59:2
Grace removes separation.ย ย 2Cor 5:18
Now Heb 10:19.ย ย ย ย ย Rom 5:15
4. WE WERE HELPLESS TO SAVE OURSELVES. Rom 5:6
5. WITHOUT IT JUDGEMENT IS CERTAIN.ย ย Heb 9:27.ย John 3:18