This is the manuscript of the fifth and final sermon of the God's Grace series at Christ Church, Los Angeles, CA.
Grace is the most important concept in the Bible, Christianity, and the world. It is most clearly expressed in the promises of God revealed in Scripture and embodied in Jesus Christ himself.
God’s love for you is unlimited and unconditional. It is because of God's grace and nothing else that we are saved. We think that we can get there and have the security of getting there (salvation) by doing all the religious things; giving our tithes and offerings, and obeying the rules. These things are great, but they are useless in solving the biggest problem--and that is that our sinful hearts make us unfit for a relationship with a holy God. All the good we do can’t erase even one of our bad deeds.
To hear an audio recording of the sermon click the YouTube link at the end of the manuscript.
Grace is the most important concept in the Bible, Christianity, and the world. It is most clearly expressed in the promises of God revealed in Scripture and embodied in Jesus Christ himself.
God’s love for you is unlimited and unconditional. It is because of God's grace and nothing else that we are saved. We think that we can get there and have the security of getting there (salvation) by doing all the religious things; giving our tithes and offerings, and obeying the rules. These things are great, but they are useless in solving the biggest problem--and that is that our sinful hearts make us unfit for a relationship with a holy God. All the good we do can’t erase even one of our bad deeds.
To hear an audio recording of the sermon click the YouTube link at the end of the manuscript.
Scripture:
Ephesians 2:1-10 HCSB And you were dead in your trespasses and sins in which you previously walked according to the ways of this world, according to the ruler who exercises authority over the lower heavens, the spirit now working in the disobedient. We too all previously lived among them in our fleshly desires, carrying out the inclinations of our flesh and thoughts, and we were by nature children under wrath as the others were also. But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love that He had for us, made us alive with the Messiah even though we were dead in trespasses. You are saved by grace! Together with Christ Jesus He also raised us up and seated us in the heavens, so that in the coming ages He might display the immeasurable riches of His grace through His kindness to us in Christ Jesus. For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift — not from works, so that no one can boast. For we are His creation, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time so that we should walk in them.
This is the fourth sermon in our series on grace and our primary text for the entire series is;
Ephesians 2:8-9 (HCSB)8 For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift—9 not from works, so that no one can boast.
I've started every sermon in this series by saying that;
Grace is the most important concept in the Bible, Christianity, and the world. It is most clearly expressed in the promises of God revealed in Scripture and embodied in Jesus Christ himself.
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary definition of grace is;
a. unmerited divine assistance given humans for their regeneration or sanctification
The definition from the NAS New Testament Greek Lexicon is;
good will, loving-kindness, favour; the merciful kindness by which God, exerting his holy influence upon souls, turns them to Christ, keeps, strengthens, increases them in Christian faith, knowledge, affection, and kindles them to the exercise of the Christian virtues
We learned that grace becomes the source from which all blessings flow from God.
When Jesus came and died on the cross, grace changed from being an expression only to friends as the Greeks described it, to include not only friends but enemies as well.
Grace Became Necessary Because Of Adam’s Sin
Romans 5:12(HCSB) Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, in this way death spread to all men, because all sinned.
God’s Solution
God’s solution to this problem of all mankind being under the penalty of sin because of Adam, is grace.
1 Peter 1:18-21 HCSB For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life inherited from the fathers, not with perishable things like silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish. He was chosen before the foundation of the world but was revealed at the end of the times for you who through Him are believers in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God
God's grace includes everybody but you have to accept it the way God says you have to receive it and that is by faith as our text says;
Ephesians 2:8-9 (HCSB)8 For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift—9 not from works, so that no one can boast.
We've learned that God’s grace is sufficient.
2 Corinthians 12:9 HCSB But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me.
Grace reveals who God is as well as what he does. He gives us grace because He loves us, and because He loves us He also showers us with mercy.
Romans 5:1-2 NKJV Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
This means that we have been reconciled with God, creating a bond between God and the redeemed, that is impossible to break.
Six forms of God’s Grace.
Common grace - The kindness or favor God gives to all mankind believer or not.
Saving grace - The provision of salvation through Jesus.
Securing grace - The favor of God by which Christians are kept secure in spite of sin.
Sanctifying grace - Sanctifying grace works within the true believer causing them to grow and mature and progress becoming more Christ-like.
Serving grace - Spiritual Gifts that believers have been given by the Holy Spirit.
Sustaining grace - Grace given at special times of need, especially during adversity or suffering.
Last week I talked about the nature of grace;
1 God's grace is undeserved
2 Grace is given to the humble
3 Grace can never be an excuse to sin
4 Grace is always in harmony with God’s other attributes
5 The only way to receive God's saving grace is can through Jesus
6 God's grace has appeared to all men
7 Grace is pure it's never a mixture of God's actions and human effort
8 Grace is the sovereign work of God
9 Grace is the source of righteousness
Ephesians 2:1-10 HCSB And you were dead in your trespasses and sins in which you previously walked according to the ways of this world, according to the ruler who exercises authority over the lower heavens, the spirit now working in the disobedient. We too all previously lived among them in our fleshly desires, carrying out the inclinations of our flesh and thoughts, and we were by nature children under wrath as the others were also. But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love that He had for us, made us alive with the Messiah even though we were dead in trespasses. You are saved by grace! Together with Christ Jesus He also raised us up and seated us in the heavens, so that in the coming ages He might display the immeasurable riches of His grace through His kindness to us in Christ Jesus. For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift — not from works, so that no one can boast. For we are His creation, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time so that we should walk in them.
This is the fourth sermon in our series on grace and our primary text for the entire series is;
Ephesians 2:8-9 (HCSB)8 For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift—9 not from works, so that no one can boast.
I've started every sermon in this series by saying that;
Grace is the most important concept in the Bible, Christianity, and the world. It is most clearly expressed in the promises of God revealed in Scripture and embodied in Jesus Christ himself.
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary definition of grace is;
a. unmerited divine assistance given humans for their regeneration or sanctification
The definition from the NAS New Testament Greek Lexicon is;
good will, loving-kindness, favour; the merciful kindness by which God, exerting his holy influence upon souls, turns them to Christ, keeps, strengthens, increases them in Christian faith, knowledge, affection, and kindles them to the exercise of the Christian virtues
We learned that grace becomes the source from which all blessings flow from God.
When Jesus came and died on the cross, grace changed from being an expression only to friends as the Greeks described it, to include not only friends but enemies as well.
Grace Became Necessary Because Of Adam’s Sin
Romans 5:12(HCSB) Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, in this way death spread to all men, because all sinned.
God’s Solution
God’s solution to this problem of all mankind being under the penalty of sin because of Adam, is grace.
1 Peter 1:18-21 HCSB For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life inherited from the fathers, not with perishable things like silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish. He was chosen before the foundation of the world but was revealed at the end of the times for you who through Him are believers in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God
God's grace includes everybody but you have to accept it the way God says you have to receive it and that is by faith as our text says;
Ephesians 2:8-9 (HCSB)8 For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift—9 not from works, so that no one can boast.
We've learned that God’s grace is sufficient.
2 Corinthians 12:9 HCSB But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me.
Grace reveals who God is as well as what he does. He gives us grace because He loves us, and because He loves us He also showers us with mercy.
Romans 5:1-2 NKJV Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
This means that we have been reconciled with God, creating a bond between God and the redeemed, that is impossible to break.
Six forms of God’s Grace.
Common grace - The kindness or favor God gives to all mankind believer or not.
Saving grace - The provision of salvation through Jesus.
Securing grace - The favor of God by which Christians are kept secure in spite of sin.
Sanctifying grace - Sanctifying grace works within the true believer causing them to grow and mature and progress becoming more Christ-like.
Serving grace - Spiritual Gifts that believers have been given by the Holy Spirit.
Sustaining grace - Grace given at special times of need, especially during adversity or suffering.
Last week I talked about the nature of grace;
1 God's grace is undeserved
2 Grace is given to the humble
3 Grace can never be an excuse to sin
4 Grace is always in harmony with God’s other attributes
5 The only way to receive God's saving grace is can through Jesus
6 God's grace has appeared to all men
7 Grace is pure it's never a mixture of God's actions and human effort
8 Grace is the sovereign work of God
9 Grace is the source of righteousness
When we Christians talk about grace we are saying that God chose to love unlovable mankind just because He decided to do it. In fact He chose to love us when we were still;in sin and His enemy.
Romans 5:6-11 HCSB For while we were still helpless, at the appointed moment, Christ died for the ungodly. For rarely will someone die for a just person — though for a good person perhaps someone might even dare to die. But God proves His own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us! Much more then, since we have now been declared righteous by His blood, we will be saved through Him from wrath. For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, then how much more, having been reconciled, will we be saved by His life! And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ. We have now received this reconciliation through Him.
That means that God’s love for you is unlimited and unconditional.
Romans 9:15-16 (HCSB) 15 For He tells Moses: I will show mercy to whom I will show mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. 16 So then it does not depend on human will or effort but on God who shows mercy.
I want us to clearly understand that it is because of God's grace and nothing else that we are saved.
We all like to be in control of our relationships. That includes, if we are really honest, our relationship with God. We don’t really want to feel any sense of obligation; we don’t want to feel powerless or needy; we hate to beg; we want to collect on all the promises of God so we can relax and then count on God only when we need Him.
We think that we can get there and have that sense of security by doing all the religious things; giving our tithes and offerings, and obeying the rules. These things are great, but they are useless in solving the biggest problem--and that is that our sinful hearts make us unfit for a relationship with a holy God. All the good we do can’t erase even one of our bad deeds.
James 2:10 HCSB For whoever keeps the entire law, yet fails in one point, is guilty of breaking it all.
Romans 3:23 (HCSB)23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
1 John 1:10 (HCSB) 10 If we say, “We don’t have any sin,” we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.
So what’s the answer?
Grace personified by Jesus!!
You see before Jesus the only way to get God's favor was by strict obedience to the law. This requirement
was done away with when Jesus gave His life as a sacrifice for mankind and his blood sealed a new covenant.
Hebrews 10:13-23 (MSG) 14 It was a perfect sacrifice by a perfect person to perfect some very imperfect people. By that single offering, he did everything that needed to be done for everyone who takes part in the purifying process. 15 The Holy Spirit confirms this: 16 This new plan I'm making with Israel isn't going to be written on paper, isn't going to be chiseled in stone; This time "I'm writing out the plan in them, carving it on the lining of their hearts." 17 He concludes, I'll forever wipe the slate clean of their sins. 18 Once sins are taken care of for good, there's no longer any need to offer sacrifices for them. 19 So, friends, we can now - without hesitation - walk right up to God, into "the Holy Place." 20 Jesus has cleared the way by the blood of his sacrifice, acting as our priest before God. 21 The "curtain" into God's presence is his body. 22 So let's do it - full of belief, confident that we're presentable inside and out. 23 Let's keep a firm grip on the promises that keep us going. He always keeps his word.
There on the cross God punished every sin by punishing his Son.
Romans 3:23, 25 HCSB For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. God presented Him as a propitiation through faith in His blood, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His restraint God passed over the sins previously committed.
There on the cross God forgave every sin by punishing his Son.
Romans 6:10 HCSB For in light of the fact that He died, He died to sin once for all; but in light of the fact that He lives, He lives to God.
Hebrews 7:26-27 HCSB For this is the kind of high priest we need: holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. He doesn’t need to offer sacrifices every day, as high priests do — first for their own sins, then for those of the people. He did this once for all when He offered Himself.
1 Peter 3:18 HCSB For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, that He might bring you to God, after being put to death in the fleshly realm but made alive in the spiritual realm.Christ's death is a once-for-all sacrifice sufficient to enact the Father’s plan of salvation. No additional sacrifice is needed. Jesus did all the work needed for us to obtain God's grace.
Our salvation and redemption was earned through his suffering, death, and resurrection.
By shedding His blood on the cross, Jesus took the punishment we deserve and offered us His righteousness. When we trust Christ for our salvation, essentially we are making a trade. By faith, we trade our sin and its accompanying death penalty for His righteousness and life.
Romans 5:1-2 HCSB Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. We have also obtained access through Him by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
In theological terms, this is called “substitutionary atonement.” Christ died on the cross as our substitute. Without Him, we would suffer the death penalty for our own sins.
2 Corinthians 5:21 HCSB He made the One who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
Jesus was physically raised from death as “the firstborn from the dead”, securing a future resurrection like his own for all those who are united to him through faith.
Colossians 1:18 HCSB He is also the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He might come to have first place in everything.
Through his triumphant resurrection, Jesus opened the way for us to experience resurrection and eternal life in the new earth when he returns instead of the death we deserve.
1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 HCSB For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the archangel’s voice, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are still alive will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and so we will always be with the Lord. Therefore encourage one another with these words.
In Christ’s victory, fear and shame are gone, and replaced by joy that we are no longer enemies of God or one another.
Romans 8:1-4 HCSB Therefore, no condemnation now exists for those in Christ Jesus, because the Spirit’s law of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. What the law could not do since it was limited by the flesh, God did. He condemned sin in the flesh by sending His own Son in flesh like ours under sin’s domain, and as a sin offering, in order that the law’s requirement would be accomplished in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Romans 8:31-35, 37-39 HCSB What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He did not even spare His own Son but offered Him up for us all; how will He not also with Him grant us everything? Who can bring an accusation against God’s elect? God is the One who justifies. Who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is the One who died, but even more, has been raised; He also is at the right hand of God and intercedes for us. Who can separate us from the love of Christ? Can affliction or anguish or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? No, in all these things we are more than victorious through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that not even death or life, angels or rulers, things present or things to come, hostile powers, height or depth, or any other created thing will have the power to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord!
Only by God’s grace may a person come to trust in God’s atonement in Christ and be saved from the penalty of their sin. The sacrifice of Christ on the cross is the once-for-all payment for the whole world, but the application of His payment requires God’s grace which causes us to trust in that payment.
Romans 5:6-11 HCSB For while we were still helpless, at the appointed moment, Christ died for the ungodly. For rarely will someone die for a just person — though for a good person perhaps someone might even dare to die. But God proves His own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us! Much more then, since we have now been declared righteous by His blood, we will be saved through Him from wrath. For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, then how much more, having been reconciled, will we be saved by His life! And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ. We have now received this reconciliation through Him.
That means that God’s love for you is unlimited and unconditional.
Romans 9:15-16 (HCSB) 15 For He tells Moses: I will show mercy to whom I will show mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. 16 So then it does not depend on human will or effort but on God who shows mercy.
I want us to clearly understand that it is because of God's grace and nothing else that we are saved.
We all like to be in control of our relationships. That includes, if we are really honest, our relationship with God. We don’t really want to feel any sense of obligation; we don’t want to feel powerless or needy; we hate to beg; we want to collect on all the promises of God so we can relax and then count on God only when we need Him.
We think that we can get there and have that sense of security by doing all the religious things; giving our tithes and offerings, and obeying the rules. These things are great, but they are useless in solving the biggest problem--and that is that our sinful hearts make us unfit for a relationship with a holy God. All the good we do can’t erase even one of our bad deeds.
James 2:10 HCSB For whoever keeps the entire law, yet fails in one point, is guilty of breaking it all.
Romans 3:23 (HCSB)23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
1 John 1:10 (HCSB) 10 If we say, “We don’t have any sin,” we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.
So what’s the answer?
Grace personified by Jesus!!
You see before Jesus the only way to get God's favor was by strict obedience to the law. This requirement
was done away with when Jesus gave His life as a sacrifice for mankind and his blood sealed a new covenant.
Hebrews 10:13-23 (MSG) 14 It was a perfect sacrifice by a perfect person to perfect some very imperfect people. By that single offering, he did everything that needed to be done for everyone who takes part in the purifying process. 15 The Holy Spirit confirms this: 16 This new plan I'm making with Israel isn't going to be written on paper, isn't going to be chiseled in stone; This time "I'm writing out the plan in them, carving it on the lining of their hearts." 17 He concludes, I'll forever wipe the slate clean of their sins. 18 Once sins are taken care of for good, there's no longer any need to offer sacrifices for them. 19 So, friends, we can now - without hesitation - walk right up to God, into "the Holy Place." 20 Jesus has cleared the way by the blood of his sacrifice, acting as our priest before God. 21 The "curtain" into God's presence is his body. 22 So let's do it - full of belief, confident that we're presentable inside and out. 23 Let's keep a firm grip on the promises that keep us going. He always keeps his word.
There on the cross God punished every sin by punishing his Son.
Romans 3:23, 25 HCSB For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. God presented Him as a propitiation through faith in His blood, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His restraint God passed over the sins previously committed.
There on the cross God forgave every sin by punishing his Son.
Romans 6:10 HCSB For in light of the fact that He died, He died to sin once for all; but in light of the fact that He lives, He lives to God.
Hebrews 7:26-27 HCSB For this is the kind of high priest we need: holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. He doesn’t need to offer sacrifices every day, as high priests do — first for their own sins, then for those of the people. He did this once for all when He offered Himself.
1 Peter 3:18 HCSB For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, that He might bring you to God, after being put to death in the fleshly realm but made alive in the spiritual realm.Christ's death is a once-for-all sacrifice sufficient to enact the Father’s plan of salvation. No additional sacrifice is needed. Jesus did all the work needed for us to obtain God's grace.
Our salvation and redemption was earned through his suffering, death, and resurrection.
By shedding His blood on the cross, Jesus took the punishment we deserve and offered us His righteousness. When we trust Christ for our salvation, essentially we are making a trade. By faith, we trade our sin and its accompanying death penalty for His righteousness and life.
Romans 5:1-2 HCSB Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. We have also obtained access through Him by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
In theological terms, this is called “substitutionary atonement.” Christ died on the cross as our substitute. Without Him, we would suffer the death penalty for our own sins.
2 Corinthians 5:21 HCSB He made the One who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
Jesus was physically raised from death as “the firstborn from the dead”, securing a future resurrection like his own for all those who are united to him through faith.
Colossians 1:18 HCSB He is also the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He might come to have first place in everything.
Through his triumphant resurrection, Jesus opened the way for us to experience resurrection and eternal life in the new earth when he returns instead of the death we deserve.
1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 HCSB For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the archangel’s voice, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are still alive will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and so we will always be with the Lord. Therefore encourage one another with these words.
In Christ’s victory, fear and shame are gone, and replaced by joy that we are no longer enemies of God or one another.
Romans 8:1-4 HCSB Therefore, no condemnation now exists for those in Christ Jesus, because the Spirit’s law of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. What the law could not do since it was limited by the flesh, God did. He condemned sin in the flesh by sending His own Son in flesh like ours under sin’s domain, and as a sin offering, in order that the law’s requirement would be accomplished in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Romans 8:31-35, 37-39 HCSB What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He did not even spare His own Son but offered Him up for us all; how will He not also with Him grant us everything? Who can bring an accusation against God’s elect? God is the One who justifies. Who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is the One who died, but even more, has been raised; He also is at the right hand of God and intercedes for us. Who can separate us from the love of Christ? Can affliction or anguish or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? No, in all these things we are more than victorious through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that not even death or life, angels or rulers, things present or things to come, hostile powers, height or depth, or any other created thing will have the power to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord!
Only by God’s grace may a person come to trust in God’s atonement in Christ and be saved from the penalty of their sin. The sacrifice of Christ on the cross is the once-for-all payment for the whole world, but the application of His payment requires God’s grace which causes us to trust in that payment.
Saved by Grace
Israel Houghton
Where would I be without Your grace?
I'd be lost without Your grace
How could I live without Your grace?
The life that I have is by Your grace
I am free, I'm forgiven
By Your work at Calvary
You gave me a life worth living
Now the chains are broken, chains are broken
I am saved by grace
Love abounding, mercy found me
I am saved by grace,
And I have life and it's only by Your grace,
It's only by Your grace
Where would I be without Your grace?
I'd be lost without Your grace
How could I live without Your grace?
The life that I have is by Your grace
I am free, I'm forgiven
By Your work at Calvary
You gave me a life worth living
Now the chains are broken, chains are broken
Chains are broken
I am saved by grace
Love abounding, mercy found me
So I am saved by grace
I have life and it's only by Your grace
I am saved by grace
Oh, love abounding, mercy found me
I am saved by grace
I have life and it's only by Your grace
Mercy, the mercy
New every morning
Amazing, amazing
Your grace, Your grace saved me
Grace that brought me
Brought me from a mighty long way
Grace, grace that kept me alive
Alive, alive today, it's only by Your grace
Israel Houghton
Where would I be without Your grace?
I'd be lost without Your grace
How could I live without Your grace?
The life that I have is by Your grace
I am free, I'm forgiven
By Your work at Calvary
You gave me a life worth living
Now the chains are broken, chains are broken
I am saved by grace
Love abounding, mercy found me
I am saved by grace,
And I have life and it's only by Your grace,
It's only by Your grace
Where would I be without Your grace?
I'd be lost without Your grace
How could I live without Your grace?
The life that I have is by Your grace
I am free, I'm forgiven
By Your work at Calvary
You gave me a life worth living
Now the chains are broken, chains are broken
Chains are broken
I am saved by grace
Love abounding, mercy found me
So I am saved by grace
I have life and it's only by Your grace
I am saved by grace
Oh, love abounding, mercy found me
I am saved by grace
I have life and it's only by Your grace
Mercy, the mercy
New every morning
Amazing, amazing
Your grace, Your grace saved me
Grace that brought me
Brought me from a mighty long way
Grace, grace that kept me alive
Alive, alive today, it's only by Your grace
Do You Want This Grace?
This grace that I have been talking about these past five weeks is available to everybody. By definition it’s unmerited so you can’t work to earn it. It’s a gift from God and it can only come through Jesus.
John 6:29 (NLT) Jesus told them, “This is the only work God wants from you: Believe in the one he has sent.”
Romans 10:9-12 (NLT) If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by confessing with your mouth that you are saved. As the Scriptures tell us, “Anyone who trusts in him will never be disgraced.” Jew and Gentile are the same in this respect. They have the same Lord, who gives generously to all who call on him.
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