Work Of The Cross: Grace. Romans 3:21-26 NIV

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1 Work Of The Cross: Grace Romans 3:21-26 NIV

2 Romans 3:21-26 God, 24 and all are justified freely by His grace New International Version (NIV) 21 But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. 22 This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of

3 Romans 3:21-26 unpunished 26 He did it to demonstrate His New International Version (NIV) through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. 25 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of His blood to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had left the sins committed beforehand

4 Romans 3:21-26 New International Version (NIV) righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.

5 Strong's Concordance charis: grace, kindness Original Word: χάρις, ιτος, ἡ Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: charis Phonetic Spelling: (khar'-ece) Short Definition: grace, favor, kindness

6 Definition: Charis can mean: 1. Unmerited favor, blessing, gift; 2. Gratitude to or from, denotes the emotion awakened in the recipient of thankfulness; 3. Pleasant external appearance or act, ie. Gracefulness; 4. Mental attribute when directed at or toward a person, ie. Graciousness; et. al.

7 unmerited operation of God in the heart of man, affected through the agency of the Holy Spirit. Louis Berkof

8 God s grace, quite simply, is God s mercy and goodness toward us. Some have called it God s unmerited or undeserved favor and that is what it is: God s mercy and goodness to us, even though we don t deserve it. we deserve nothing but judgment and death. We have ignored God and turned our backs on Him and refused to live the way He wants us to so why should He even

9 bother with us? The Bible warns, It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God (Hebrews 10:31). And yet in spite of our sin and rebellion, God still loves us and sustains us by His grace. Don t ever take His grace for granted! Billy Graham

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11 John 1:14-18 New International Version (NIV) 14 The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 (John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, This is the one I spoke about when I said, He who comes after me has surpassed Me because He was before

12 John 1:14-18 New International Version (NIV) me. ) 16 Out of His fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made Him known.

13 Romans 5:12-21

14 Grace, grace, God s grace, Grace that will pardon and cleanse within; Grace, grace, God s grace, Grace that is greater than all our sin. Marvelous grace of our loving Lord, Grace that exceeds our sin and our guilt! Yonder on Calvary s mount outpoured, There where the blood of the Lamb was spilled.

15 Romans 5:12-21 Ephesians 1:7, 2:8-9

16 We receive absolution (forgiveness) and grace at no cost or labor on our part, but not without cost and labor on the part of Christ. Martian Luther

17 Romans 5:12-21 Ephesians 1:7, 2:8-9 2 Thessalonians 2:16

18 Titus 3:5-7 New International Version (NIV) 5 He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of His mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, 6 whom He poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that, having been justified by His grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.

19 Romans 8:14-17 New International Version (NIV) 14 For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. 15 The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by Him we cry, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God s children. 17 Now

20 Romans 8:14-17 New International Version (NIV) if we are children, then we are heirs heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in His sufferings in order that we may also share in His glory.

21 When we truly understand grace when we see that God only owes us wrath but has provided Christ s merit to cover our demerit then everything changes. The Christian motivation for ethics is not merely to obey some abstract law or a list of rules; rather, our response is provoked by gratitude. Jesus understood that when He said, If you love Me, keep My commandments. If I

22 may have the liberty to paraphrase: Keep My commandments not because you want to be just, but because you love Me. A true understanding of grace of God s unmerited favor always provokes a life of gratitude and obedience. RC Sproul.

23 Cheap grace means grace sold on the market like cheapjacks' wares. The sacraments, the forgiveness of sin, and the consolations of religion are thrown away at cut prices. Grace is represented as the Church's inexhaustible treasury, from which she showers blessings with generous hands, without asking questions or fixing limits. Grace without price; grace without

24 cost! The essence of grace, we suppose, is that the account has been paid in advance; and, because it has been paid, everything can be had for nothing. Since the cost was infinite, the possibilities of using and spending it are infinite. What would grace be if it were not cheap?... Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness

25 without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession, absolution without personal confession. Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate. Costly grace is the treasure hidden in the field; for

26 the sake of it a man will go and sell all that he has. It is the pearl of great price to buy which the merchant will sell all his goods. It is the kingly rule of Christ, for whose sake a man will pluck out the eye which causes him to stumble; it is the call of Jesus Christ at which the disciple leaves his nets and follows him.

27 Costly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again, the gift which must be asked for, the door at which a man must knock. Such grace is costly because it calls us to follow, and it is grace because it calls us to follow Jesus Christ. It is costly because it costs a man his life, and it is grace because it gives a man the only true

28 life. It is costly because it condemns sin, and grace because it justifies the sinner. Above all, it is costly because it cost God the life of his Son: "ye were bought at a price," and what has cost God much cannot be cheap for us. Above all, it is grace because God did not reckon his Son too dear a price to pay for our life, but delivered him up for us. Costly grace is the Incarnation of God.

29 Work Of The Cross: Grace Romans 3:21-26 NIV